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American Water encourages Healthy NewsWorks giving
October 2019 … Healthy NewsWorks is honored to announce that it has been added to the list of nonprofit organizations that are eligible to receive employee donations from American Water,…
September 2019…Healthy NewsWorks is pleased to welcome Deborah Stern, a longtime educator and school leader, as a new member of its board. And a longtime board member, Aviva Habib, is…
September 2019 … At the end of the school year, the student reporters in each Healthy NewsWorks program are invited to reflect on what they have learned throughout the year…
A message from Healthy NewsWorks Executive Director Marian Uhlman September 2019 … I had an unexpected conversation recently with a Healthy NewsWorks alum at a school event. He’s 12, and…
July 2019 … Finding connections among people, birds, trees, gardens, and parks are among the ways 10 Philadelphia-area health leaders say they’re working to make our communities healthier and safer….
June 2019 … A group of Healthy NewsWorks student reporters recently had the chance to try their hands at CPR and to learn first-hand how a high-tech mannequin helps in…
June 2019 … Two student reporters who recently interviewed a biographer of a Revolutionary War-era health leader say they were nervous at first but then they got their footing. In…
[metaslider id=4828]June 2019 … When he was starting fifth grade at St. Veronica Catholic School, Dominic Rivera was a little nervous about working on the Healthy Hero, the school’s health-focused…
Students interview a Revolutionary health leader’s biographer
May 2019… Student reporters from four Healthy NewsWorks schools recently interviewed the author of a new biography of Benjamin Rush, who was a signer of the Declaration of Independence and…
Letters to leaders: ‘I want to help people who need help’
May 2019… The stories of health leaders featured in the Leading Healthy Change In Our Communities book series are read throughout the school year in Healthy NewsWorks schools and used…
May 2019… Generocity, a Philadelphia-based social impact news and events group, recently cited Healthy NewsWorks and two other organizations for helping young people become more knowledgable and thoughtful consumers of…
March 2019 … You’re invited to a book-launch celebration and fundraiser marking publication of Leading Healthy Change In Our Communities 2019, the eighth book in a series by elementary and middle…
