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Level Up Read & Play Day is coming!
Healthi Kids is proud to support this day by providing resources, activity ideas, and supplies.
Healthi Kids kicks off 2026 with a focus on healthy food access
Healthi Kids is working with R-Centers to design community-led initiatives around nutrition that are based on recent food service assessments.
More playgrounds are coming!
Healthi Kids is teaming up with KABOOM! and neighbors to create more vibrant places to play—and strengthening community along the way.
Healthi Kids joins statewide webinar on summer nutrition program
Healthi Kids and partners from around the state joined in a discussion with Hunger Solutions New York about how regional groups are helping kids get healthy meals during the summer, when school meals aren’t available.
Celebrating our 2025 Healthi Kids Coalition award winners
Healthi Kids Coalition honored three incredible coalition members who go above and beyond to make our community feel supported, healthier and more playful.
Celebrating two years of the Indigenous Health Coalition: honoring stories, strength, and a shared vision
Common Ground Health’s Indigenous Health Coalition celebrated collective work to improve the health and wellbeing of Indigenous people in the Rochester region.
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.