March Partner Highlight
Children's Hospital
(Children's Center for the Child & Community)
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Health and the City
Kids Line Up to Get
a Taste of Good Health
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Help Me Grow Nebraska Initiative
Help Me Grow, a nationally renowned early childhood development system, now includes Nebraska among its powerful coalition of state affiliates.
Help Me Grow Nebraska is a collective of partner organizations that come together to act as a connection point so young children can thrive.
Children’s Hospital & Medical Center is proud to serve as the backbone for Help Me Grow Nebraska and regularly convenes a leadership team with more than 40 individuals, representing 15 different Nebraska organizations. Read more.
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Learning Can Be Tasty
WeCook, Harvest of the Month, Gardens
Have your kids, like the rest of us, been reaching for comfort food more often during the pandemic?
It can be a hard habit to break. But we've been teaming up with local farmers to delight kiddo taste buds with fresh, healthy produce while our AmeriCorps interns have been showing them how to make yummy recipes with healthy ingredients - and kids are standing in line to be part of it.
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March Partner Highlight
Community Crops
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Community Crops
Growing Local Food, Healthier Families
Community Crops works to help people build household food security by providing gardeners with a low-cost rental plot, free water, seeds, plants, access to tools, and technical support throughout the season to grow fresh, healthy produce.
This year Crops will operate 12 community and special project gardens, 2 farm sites, an urban agriculture plot, as well as the two production greenhouses.
To purchase fresh local produce from the Community Crops farm sites, look for the Crops Veggie Van, (sponsored by Union Bank & Trust) at the Farmers Market at College View throughout the season.
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In this Update
Dr. Rauner explains (1) the difference between a pandemic, an endemic, and an epidemic (2) Why child vaccination is still critical. (3) Returning to “normal” - gauging your own risk. (4) Importance of layered approach and treatment options for medically vulnerable. To listen click the icon.
COVID 19 Information/Resources
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Community Health Endowment
Presents Place Matter 4.0 Webinar
March 25 12 PM
CHE's mapping project, Place Matters, shows the impact of where you live in Lincoln on health factors and outcomes. New this year are maps showing the growth and location of older adults (75+ years) and rental rates for single family homes. These maps are intended to recognize the significant trends that will influence Lincoln’s housing, workforce, health, transportation, and infrastructure in the coming decades. Register or learn more.
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WeCook - A look at the afterschool club that teaches kids how to make tasty healthy recipes - and then eat them up.
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Farm to School Local farmers provide fresh local produce for Harvest of the Month in schools.
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Little Sprouts - Calvert Recreation Center provides a virtual tour of their Little Sprouts pre-school.
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Field Trip Across Lincoln & Beyond
Lincoln Parks & Recreation invites the public to participate in the Field Trip Across Lincoln and Beyond program this spring, March 1 through April 30, that encourages visits to local museums and parks.
The program offers prizes such as art classes, family museum memberships, a wren house, posters, puzzles, artwork and more. The program is free, but admission fees for museums still apply.
For more info contact Lauren Holt, International Quilt Museum, 402-472-7018.
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Aging Partners, March 11
Energize Your Body, Mind, Spirit
Explore the interconnections between body, mind and spirit in this mini retreat via ZOOM through SECC, 9AM-Noon, March 11. Presentations include:
-UNMC Pharmacy College: Benefits, risks of commonly used nutritional supplements.
-Lincoln Yoga Center: Physical, mental and emotional benefits of meditation.
-Aging Partners Health & Fitness: Qidong
-Uni./Nebr. Gerontology Dept.: Meaning, and purpose in the last half of your life.
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Nebraska Sports Council
Cornhusker State Games Ambassadors
Applications are being accepted for the Cornhusker State Games High School Ambassador Program.
Chosen applicants will work with students across Nebraska to implement and execute a sports marketing campaign in their respective area. Learn more or apply.
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Partnership for a Healthy Lincoln is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving and protecting the health, wellness, and fitness of Lincoln's children, families, and seniors.
We work to improve wellness policies and conduct community level health research. We collaborate with community partners to promote healthy weights through good nutrition and fitness, improve child and maternal health by supporting breastfeeding, create better patient outcomes by increasing cancer screening and vaccination rates, improving chronic disease management, increasing preventative outreach, and standardizing clinical practices. During public health crises like the COVID 19 pandemic, we help to protect community health by providing science and evidence-based information.
Partnership for a Healthy Lincoln also works to improve health equity in our community, addressing disparities among racial and ethnic populations with the highest burden of chronic disease. Systemic racism is also a threat to community health. We stand in solidarity with everyone who is fighting for greater equality and justice for all.
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Partnership for a Healthy Lincoln
4600 Valley Road Ste. 250 Lincoln, NE 68510
Phone: (402) 430-9940
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