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Learning how yoga can reduce stress
December 2017…The fourth grade health journalists started with the chair posture and finished with the tree pose. While many of them had tried yoga before, this was the first time…
December 2017 … Healthy NewsWorks is pleased to welcome Justin Campbell, a strategic operations manager at Comcast Corp., as a new member of its board. Justin is a certified public…
November 2017…Philadelphia Phillies Chef Keith Rudolf compares learning how to cook to learning how to play a sport. Like athletes, chefs need to practice a lot, Chef Keith told the…
November 2017… Third grade reporters at Community Partnership School recently wrote a letter to Stephen Gregg, the executive director of SquashSmarts, to let him know that his work inspires them….
December update: We’re excited to announce a special challenge that will make it possible for you to double the value of your gift to Healthy NewsWorks in the final days…
October 2017… The youngest reporters in the Healthy NewsWorks school network have started to learn how large their hearts are, how to locate their pulse, why apples are healthy, and…
Editor’s note: Amy Deahl-Greenlaw is a registered dietician nutritionist who works with Healthy NewsWorks. *** By Amy Deahl-Greenlaw October 2017 … Turn cheese sticks into fingers and clementines into pumpkins. There’s…
October 2017 … Clue: The letters in the headline form a word referring to somebody or something that provides information. This is one question in a new series of 10…
October 2017…Healthy NewsWorks is pleased to welcome Vicky Kinzig as a new member of its board. Vicky is cofounder and chief client officer at KickUp, a Philadelphia-based company focused on…
October 2017 … Apples are available all year-round but they’re best in the fall when you can get them fresh from local orchards. According to the Pennsylvania Apple Marketing Board,…
Artist’s notebook: Putting the art into Hearty Kids
Editor’s note: Andrea Ritter is a ninth grader at Norristown Area High School and previously served as a staff reporter on her middle school’s health newspaper, the East Norriton Bulldog…
September 2017 … Community volunteers who work at Quest Diagnostics in Horsham, Pa., have been great supporters of Healthy NewsWorks since 2014. Members of the QuestCares volunteer team recently helped…
