Healthy Savannah/Chatham County Community Survey 2023
Healthy Savannah works to improve health and wellness throughout Savannah and Chatham County. Your voice is important. Please take about six minutes to fill out this survey so we can understand the health challenges and inequities facing your family and our community. Your answers will remain anonymous.
Healthy Savannah urges donations of healthy foods during holidays
Nearly 160,000 people in Coastal Georgia struggle with food insecurity, and many families turn to food pantries for additional assistance, especially during the holidays. However, healthy options are not always available for those in need. All too often, they must rely on inexpensive, unhealthy foods because that’s all that’s available. “If we want to be…
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Be informed: Change is coming to Savannah.
The City of Savannah recently published a New Zoning Ordinance (NewZO) for public comment. Through the NewZO, we can help communities work together and be stronger by expanding opportunities to be healthy. Zoning should support key community goals like walkability, affordability, and neighborhood stability through incremental development. The NewZO is an important opportunity. Our current…
Speak Up for a Healthy Savannah
Health starts where we live, learn, work, and play. Over 35,000 Savannahians live in areas without access to healthy food. When people lack access to healthy food, they are at a higher risk of developing chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes and heart disease. Healthy Food Financing Initiatives (HFFI) are a proven strategy in…
Healthy Savannah Celebrates 10 Years!
Friday May 12, 2017 Healthy Savannah celebrated TEN years of making the healthy choice, the easy choice. Our annual meeting kicked off with a message from our founder, and dear friend, Dr. Otis Johnson, former Mayor of the City of Savannah. View his well-wishes here. During our annual meeting new board officers and…
East Savannah Community Transformation Plan
Healthy Savannah is leading an initiative to improve Health and Wellness in East Savannah based on a plan prepared in support of an application for housing tax credits in support of Live Oak Landing, a proposed affordable housing development for seniors, located on Wheaton Street in East Savannah. The Department of Community Affairs (DCA) encourages…
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Please Donate Your Gently Used Bikes!
New Standard Cycles thrives due to the donations that you make of your old bikes, bike parts and volunteer time. While we would love to be able to accept donations of all shapes, sizes and condition, these are the items that we actively look for (and those that aren’t as helpful): Do want:…
Donate with Amazon Smile
Healthy Savannah is part of Amazon Smile! With this new shopping platform 0.5% of the purchase price of your items can be donated to Healthy Savannah! There are no limits or caps on how much the Amazon Smile Foundation will donate. When you start with www.smile.amazon.com you can log in with your already existing Amazon…
Your Policy Makers
If you would like to contact your City Alderman to support any of the work Healthy Savannah is doing in the community use the links below! If you do NOT know who your local Alderman is click here: Aldermanic Districts. If you DO know who your local Alderman is click here: Contact Your Alderman. If…
Encourage Health Archives
Take a look back at our amazing talks from past Encourage Health series. 2020 Series October 2020 Managing Stress & Anxiety During COVID, speakers Bill & Davana Pilczuk 2019 Series October 2019 Strength Training at Any Age, speaker Katie BalthropOwner, Savannah Sport & Fitness September 2019 Cannabidoil (CBD) Facts & Fiction, speaker Michael Vaughn, DC June 2019…