News under ‘Think~Act~Be Healthy Communities’

Local leaders representing various sectors of the com­munity have been selected to guide efforts to improve the health of Winter Park through the ACHIEVE pro­gram. ACHIEVE stands for Action Communities for Health, Innovation and Environmental Change and is an initiative of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Healthy Communities Program. The Winter Park [...]

Local biking and fitness opportunities are growing thanks to two new grants approved by the Winter Park Health Foundation (WPHF) through its Community Health Policy Work Group on April 5. Work Group members first approved a $50,000 grant to Orlando Community and Youth Trust, Inc. (the nonprofit organization that raises funds for the City of [...]

The Winter Park Health Foundation (WPHF), Get Active Orlando and The Blue Foundation for a Healthy Florida are partnering to support the creation of a Community Garden Coordinator position to foster the development of Community Gardens in Orange County. WPHF, through its Community Health Policy Work Group, approved a $20,000 grant to support the coordinator [...]

Hoping to build on and broaden the success of the Think~Act~Be Healthy Communities initiative, the Winter Park Health Foundation (WPHF) has been invited to participate in training for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) ACHIEVE (Action Communities for Health, Innovation and Environmental Change) initiative.  Debbie Watson, Diana Silvey and Lisa Portelli will be [...]

The Winter Park Day Nursery, which received a Think~Act~Be Healthy Communities initiative grant from the Winter Park Health Foundation to offer Super Suppers and nutrition education to its parents, is now sharing the success of its efforts with child care facilities in other parts of Orange County. During January and February, Winter Park Day Nursery [...]