Subject: HealthBucks, MomsRising Food Power Brunch, Boogie on the Boulevard and more!
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Bronx Health REACH e-blast: Please share with others who may be interested!
Council Member Ritchie Torres Pioneers Use of Discretionary Funding for HealthBucks
Bronx Health REACH is thrilled to announce that Council Member Ritchie Torres has earmarked $10,000 from the City’s 2015 budget for HealthBucks in District 15, and is the first member of the City Council to fund
this program. HealthBucks is a program facilitated by the Department of Health, where coupons offering $2 toward fruits and vegetables from farmer's markets are distributed through local organizations to residents.
Bronx Health REACH worked with the New York League of Conservation Voters and the Mary Mitchell Family and Youth Center to mobilize community members to request Council Member Torres designate funds for this program, and he responded, recognizing the value
of the Health Bucks program increasing access to affordable fruits and vegetables, particularly for low-income residents. Read more on our blog:
http://bronxhealthreach.blogspot.com/2014/07/council-member-ritchie-torres-pioneers.html
“Not Just Talk” and MomsRising's Food Power Brunch – August 2nd
MomsRising has teamed up with the BlkProject's Not Just Talk, which is a full-day conference of exciting women working in social justice. During the conference, MomsRising will host a brunch gathering of fierce
food justice women working to protect school meals, increase access to healthy food, and end junk food marketing to children. During brunch we will discuss the changes in school meals and how junk food companies are targeting children of color. Most importantly,
we will have ways to make sure kids have access to healthy food anywhere and everywhere. Feel free to just come for brunch or stay for the entire conference.
RSVP here for the Food Power Brunch. For more information about the full Not Just Talk conference and schedule go here:
http://action.momsrising.org/go/4705?t=5&akid=5660.2106341.4EIDGO.
MomsRising Food Power Brunch
Date: August 2, 2014
Time: 11:30 - 1:30pm (full conference 10am-5pm. The conference is free but
registration is required)
Location: THE POINT CDC, 940 Garrison Avenue, Bronx, NY 10474
Join us for Boogie on the Boulevard: Summer Sundays (August 3rd, 10th, 17th)
Celebrate the Bronx's 100th anniversary with three pedestrian Sundays on the Grand Concourse between 165th and 167th Streets. The center lanes will be closed to cars and open to a world of fun, with free music, activities and programs hosted
by art/cultural, civic, health organizations and artists. Rain or Shine! Sundays August 3rd, 10th, and 17th from 10am-2pm. For more information email
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http://www.bronxmuseum.org/events/boogie-on-the-boulevard-summer-sundays
Phys Ed Plus Second Annual Family 5K Run/Walk – August 17th
Phys Ed Plus’ New York City's Childhood Obesity Charity is hosting its Second Annual Family 5K Run/Walk on Sunday, August 17th. This is a fun, family-oriented 5K Run/Walk through Riverside Park in Manhattan, and accommodates
all ages and abilities. Parents that sign up for the race can register KIDS FOR FREE on race day! All are welcome to join as a runner, supporter, volunteer or just to spend a day with your family supporting a great cause.
Join PEP in fundraising for the Cause. All proceeds go to helping NYC kids get the PE and activity they need. Register to run or participate in your own Virtual Run at:
www.CauseRuns.com/PEP5K
Customize your own fundraising page at
www.CrowdRise.com/PEP5K2014
Date: Sunday, August 17th, 8:30am-12:30pm
Location: Riverside Park – 103rd & Riverside Ave, Manhattan
Back-to-School Literacy and Health Fair – August 23
The Office of Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., in conjunction with Healthfirst and Montefiore Medical Center will host the 3rd Annual Back-to-School Literacy and Health Fair. The goal of this event is to provide information to families
and students who attend schools and live in the Bronx. The Bronx Literacy and Health Fair will take place on Saturday, August 23, 2014, from 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. at Middle School 127--The Castle Hill School, located at 1560 Purdy Street, Bronx NY, 10462.
Please share the
flyer widely! If your organization would like to partner on the event, please fill out this
form and return it by August 8th by email or fax.
Walker Memorial Baptist Church Back to School Block Party – August 30th
Join Walker Memorial Baptist Church for a day of fun, food, face painting, games, blood pressure and glucose screening, flea market, raffles, presentation of the Gospel and much, much more. Come and have fun and be Blessed!
Date: Saturday, August 30th, 11am-4pm
Location: Walker Memorial Baptist Church, 120 E. 169th St, Bronx NY 10452
For more information, contact Flora Goldston at
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Children’s Aid Society Food Justice Program Coordinator Position
Children's Aid Society is currently recruiting an AmeriCorps member to serve as a Coordinator for their
Go! Healthy Food Justice Program. Go!Healthy is an initiative that follows children from birth through adolescence and beyond, educating them about wellness and the joys of healthful cooking and eating. The
Go!Healthy Food Justice Coordinator will coordinate Children’s Aid Society’s food justice program, which is an after-school program for middle and high school students. The program aims to empower young people to explore what food means to them and
to their community from various perspectives, including how it intersects with their neighborhood’s cultural, racial, economic, ecological, historical and health landscapes. The program will be implemented at several sites in East Harlem, the South Bronx
and Northern Staten Island. S/he will lead a group of Food Justice facilitators, refine the curriculum, teach the program directly to youth in after-school programs, and help to assess the impact of the program. More information can be found at
http://www.idealist.org/view/job/sBnwT5kDJzMD/ Interested candidates should email their resume and cover letter to Alyson Abrami, Director of Food and Nutrition,
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Witness Cares (Community Awareness, Reach, and Empowerment for Colorectal Cancer Screening)
To efficiently provide awareness to minority communities, especially the African-American community 50 years and over, the Cancer Control and Prevention team at Mount
Sinai has enabled the program Witness CARES. Witness CARES is an educational program with a research component. The main goal is to increase awareness and screening for colorectal cancer amongst this target population. Throughout the educational program, participants
take part in pre- and post-test questions to assess their knowledge and beliefs about colorectal cancer and screening. Participants that take part in the program and answer all questions are given a $5 Metrocard as a “thank you” and participate in a $25 gift
card raffle immediately after the program. Eligible attendees will have the option of enrolling in follow-up assessments to monitor screening rates and outcomes.
If you know or work with any communities, programs or organizations that serve the African-American community who would host a Witness CARES program, please contact project coordinator Clarissa Martinez at
212-824-7802 or through e-mail at [log in to unmask]
Breast and Cervical Cancer Awareness in the African-American and Latino Community through
Esperanza y Vida and Witness Project of Harlem
To provide breast and cervical cancer awareness to the African-American and Latino communities -communities which compose 52.6% of the overall population of the state
of New York- the Cancer Control and Prevention team at Mount Sinai has created the programs Esperanza y Vida and the Witness Project of Harlem. These two programs offer breast and cervical cancer educational presentations at community and faith-based organizations,
specifically targeting African American women and Latinas. It is peer-led, provides survivor testimonials and educational literature. It also offers free navigation services funded by Komen-Greater NYC. If you know or work with any community programs or organizations
that serves either the African-American and/or Latino community that may be interested , please contact project coordinator Clarissa Martinez (for Witness Project of Harlem) at 212-824-7802 or project coordinator Carina Rodriguez (for Esperanza y Vida) at
212-824-7801.
Call for Community Centers in Need of Repairs
Rebuilding Together NYC is a nonprofit organization that provides free repairs for nonprofit community spaces in New York City. They offer a range of building rehabilitation services, including painting classrooms, community rooms, and
offices; repairing walls and flooring; renovating kitchens and bathrooms; landscaping; painting murals; de-cluttering and organizing.
Currently, Rebuilding Together is looking for additional community centers and spaces in the 5 boroughs of NYC that could use their help. While they welcome a broad range of nonprofits in need of their services to apply, they are particularly seeking a space
that serves children and mothers for a project in September and a space in Rockaway for an October project commemorating the 2nd anniversary of Hurricane Sandy. If you are a representative of a nonprofit organization and are interested in these free services,
please fill out a brief survey
here. Also, please forward this survey to your contacts who have community spaces that might be in need of repairs. If you have any questions, please contact
718-488-8840 or
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www.rebuildingtogethernyc.org.
Please remember to send information about your upcoming programs, initiatives, or events that you would like to include in future e-blasts, to Kelly Moltzen at
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Thank you,
The Bronx Health REACH staff
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