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June 12, 2018 -  County health officials and Common Ground Health are encouraging residents of the 9

June 12, 2018 - The school year is almost over, but students at one city school are still learning some valuable lessons this week. School No. 29 is celebrating Inclusion Week, centered on activities that include students of all abilities. They are working with Rochester Accessible Adventures to continue their efforts. Both Alicia Evans, healthy schools coordinator and Jenn Beideman, community & health engagement advocacy manager at Common Ground Health have been instrumental in promoting inclusion in school activity.

June 12, 2018 -  Ontario County Public Health is conducting a survey in collaboration with Common Ground Health and the Ontario County Health Collaborative through July 31. The survey encourages the use of health stories to better understand and focus on the most serious health

June 11, 2018 -  Common Ground Health is launching an online survey and encouraging residents of the 9

June 6, 2018 -  The Cameron After School Program, along with assistance from the Healthi Kids Coalition, walked for peace Wednesday as part of its Sixth Annual Peace Walk through the Lyell/Otis Neighborhood. Children led friends, family and community members though what symbolized "a day in their shoes." They say that the Peace Walk is one way they are standing up for change in their community.

June 6, 2018 -  Children at Cameron Community Ministries After School Program participated in the 6th annual Peace Walk on Wednesday in the Lyell Otis neighborhood. They walked for peace and for the right to play in a safe neighborhood. They stopped near the home of 3

May 20, 2018 - More than 1000 people, including many community leaders, rode in Bike to School Day events at ten different Rochester

May 17, 2018 - Foodlink, the City of Rochester, the City School District, the Rochester Area Community Foundation and Common Ground Health, will be hosting a "Spring into Summer" event at Frontier Field on Saturday May 19th. The annual fest allows children to play games and activities, learn about local programs and services, sample food and provide feedback for this year's Summer Meals program. The program offers free meals to children 18 and younger at more than 100 sites across the city during the summer, when food insecurity increases.

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April 2, 2018 - On a recent Friday morning, the reception area at CASA

March 27, 2018 -  A second blog by ReThink Health Ventures coach Sherry Immediato offers lessons that other multisector transformation efforts might learn from the experience in the Finger Lakes. She stated "it’s inspiring to see Common Ground Health expand its vision to include reducing health disparities in the region. Moving forward, Common Ground Health has established a new working group that is focused on what it would mean to deliver on the value proposition."

March 20, 2018 -  ReThink Health Ventures launched at the end of 2016 to help regional multisector partnerships accelerate momentum and break through barriers to transform health. They invited Trilby de Jung, CEO of Common Ground Health, to share her perspective about how the stakeholders’ decision to work with an established multisector partnership to accomplish their goals has been playing out in the Finger Lakes.