In the Headlines

August 4, 2017 -  Dina Faticone, director of community health and engagement, discusses our Get It Done health initiative in barbershops and salons.

August 2, 2017 - Healthi Kids is highlighted for its work around playability in this story about healthy weight efforts over summer break.

August 2, 2017 -  The Summer Meals Partnership of Rochester is delivering meals to nine extra neighborhoods that lack nearby Summer Meals sites this summer.

August 1, 2017 -  The Summer Meals Partnership, which includes Common Ground Health, is taking more meals on the road.

July 19, 2017 - A three

July 17, 2017 - Krista Berry, HR manager at Common Ground Health, joined a panel of speakers who discussed the value of taking mental health days, and how both employees and employers can help combat the stigma.

July 16, 2017 - Wade Norwood, chief strategy officer at Common Ground Health and an architect of Rochester's lead paint program, was quoted in a Toledo Blade story on Toledo's lead law, which is modeled on the successes of the Rochester effort.

July 15, 2017 - Healthi Kids and partners hosted 'PlayROCs Your Neighborhood 2017,' a day of pop

July 15, 2017 - Play spaces popped up across the City of Rochester on Saturday at twenty community organizations, libraries and churches. The safe places for the children to play were because of an event called PlayROCs Your Neighborhood.

July 15, 2017 - A city wide event encouraged residents to make Rochester a more playful place to live. PlayROCs Your Neighborhood is an annual community

July 12, 2017 -  Healthi Kids — an organization that advocates for community and school policies to benefit children's physical, mental, and emotional health — began the PlayROCs Your Neighborhood initiative last year when members recognized a need for safe play spaces. With 20 pop

July 11, 2017 - Dina Faticone, director of community health for Common Ground Health, said the emphasis for play and physical activity is on neighborhoods, where parents cite traffic and safety and barriers to sending their kids out the door.