Faith and Health Coalition
The Faith and Health Coalition is a network of faith-based organizations, of all faiths, who come together to encourage healthy lifestyle behaviors in places of worship....
Read MoreHealthy Savannah Announces Community Health Advocate Training on Nov. 10
Healthy Savannah and the YMCA of Coastal Georgia are inviting community members, church and health ministry leaders, community service providers, and others interested in...
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CDC Dedicates More Than $1 Million To Savannah Area in the Fifth Year of REACH Grant Funding
Healthy Savannah and the YMCA of Coastal Georgia are pleased to announce that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has affirmed that...
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Healthy Savannah Explores Equitable Changes At Six Neighborhood Parks
Healthy Savannah is working with Charles T. Brown’s Equitable Cities to take a closer look at how parks in several of Savannah’s priority neighborhoods...
Read MoreSavannah Nonprofit Takes Closer Look At Neighborhood Parks In Low-Income Areas
Healthy Savannah is partnering with Charles T. Brown’s Equitable Cities to take a deeper look at how parks can better serve those in their community. Six neighborhood...
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Southside Activity Friendly Routes to Everyday Destinations Initiative
Healthy Savannah and the Tide To Town team are working with priority neighborhoods to develop specific strategies and recommendations to improve conditions for walking...
Read MoreHealthy Savannah Funds Church Back-to-School Block Party
Healthy Savannah is funding a series of community, faith-based events to help spread awareness and information about Covid-19 and flu vaccines. One of those...
Read MoreHealthy Savannah Presents Findings From Annual Community Check Up
Healthy Savannah released the results of its annual community health survey which included responses from over 230 people. According to the Healthy Savannah 2021...
Read MoreHealthy Savannah Works To Address Food Insecurity
Food insecurity is described as “the state of being without reliable access to a sufficient amount of affordable, nutritious food.” In 2019, one in...
Read MoreHealthy Savannah Hosts Stakeholders’ Meeting, Reveals Importance of Healthy Food Access, Physical Activity Opportunities, and Community Resources
Savannahians want more community-based solutions that promote healthy food and physical activity where they live, work, and play. The findings of a year-long survey...
Read MoreHealthy Savannah Holds First Meeting To Discuss Food Policy Council
Healthy Savannah is asking for your input on nutrition and food insecurity in the area. Tonight they held their first of several meetings to...
Read MoreHometown Hero: Healthy Savannah Pedestrians
The goal is to not just make walking as easy as putting one foot in front of the other. But to make it easy...
Read MoreHealthy Savannah Receives CDC’s 2022 Lark Galloway-Gilliam Award for Advancing Health Equity Challenge
Healthy Savannah has announced that it has received the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) 2022 REACH Lark Galloway-Gilliam Award for Advancing Health...
Read MoreHealthy Savannah/YMCA Advocate To Improve Safety, Infrastructure For Pedestrians
The Coastal YMCA and Healthy Savannah are working together to implement the R.E.A.C.H Grant or Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health provided by...
Read MoreHealthy Savannah and the YMCA Lead Public-Private Partnership To Help Improve Neighborhood Infrastructure and Pedestrian Safety Issues
The “Activity-Friendly Routes to Everyday Destinations Neighborhood Plan” is administered by the YMCA of Coastal Georgia and Healthy Savannah through funding from the Centers...
Read MoreHealthy Savannah and YMCA of Coastal Georgia Invite Community to Conversation About Lessons Learned From COVID-19
Healthy Savannah and the YMCA of Coastal Georgia are inviting the community to join the conversation about lessons learned from COVID-19 at an information...
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