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Rochester City Schools to Celebrate First-Ever Level Up! Read & Play Day on Feb. 4
Community-wide event combines Global School Play Day and World Read Aloud Day to support student development through play and literacy
Cooking Club at Greece Early Learning Center: Families, Food, and Fun—Together
Cooking Club Night brings families together to cook, try new foods, and build healthy habits, thanks to a partnership between Greece ELC, Healthi Kids, and Cooking Matters, with support from New York State’s CHSC grant.
Su Hora Informativa
Common Ground Health’s Parent Engagement Specialist, Erik Stephens, offers insight into the Love from the Start initiative.
Not Forgotten 2025: kids and seniors come together to deliver joy and connection
Through the Not Forgotten initiative, SACE volunteers assembled and delivered more than 240 gift bags to older adults living in some of Rochester’s most under‑resourced nursing homes.
Building an age‑friendly Rochester: a community working together
Rochester City Council’s People, Parks and Public Works Committee members received an inspiring and thought‑provoking update on Rochester’s efforts to become an Age-Friendly, Livable Community.
Level Up Read & Play Day is coming!
Healthi Kids is proud to support this day by providing resources, activity ideas, and supplies.
In The Headlines
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New Leadership, Shared Vision: Community Advisory Council Looks Ahead
University of Rochester Medical CenterJanuary 15, 2026 - “We’re really confident in the years ahead and the meaningful and united vision Dr. Aycock and Ms. Cook have as new leaders of the group,” shared Wade Norwood, CEO of Common Ground Health/RRHIO and longtime co-chair of the CAC.
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Not forgotten: Local group prepares gift bags for nursing home residents
WXXIDecember 22, 2025 - “We have great numbers of older adults in nursing homes, and particularly people of color, whose families have died, friends are gone, and they're left alone,” said Phyllis Jackson, founder of SACE and Community Wellness Project Manager at Common Ground Health.
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RRH names population health veteran to lead clinically integrated network
Rochester Regional HealthDecember 17, 2025 - Rochester Regional Health Appoints Melissa Gardner as President and Chief Operating Officer of Clinically Integrated Network.
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Sounding the alarm on youth self-harm
WXXIDecember 3, 2025 - Holley Sienkiewicz, research director at Common Ground Health, reports that self-harm has become the leading behavioral health-related reason youth are visiting emergency departments.