Lincoln Dads say it in many languages: Wear Because You Care
Also: Silver linings in a pandemic; Asian Community & Cultural Center serves client and community needs; kid friendly videos about health measures, and more
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August Partner Highlight
Asian Community Center
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Delivering food to clients in need
The Asian Community & Cultural Center works to empower all refugees and immigrants through programs and services and advance the sharing of Asian and the other cultural heritages of their clients with the Lincoln community at large.
During this difficult time, the Center has found useful and innovative ways to continue to deliver needed services to their clients, provide translation services to the community, and work to combat racism. Read more.
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LNKTV Health
View What's New
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They offer suggestions on how to make your favorite foods more healthy while maintaining flavor and taste and other great tips for making your diet (and your baby's) more nutritious.
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Partner Tidbits
Nebraska Extension
Malone Center
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Nebraska Extension has a new Facebook group, Healthy N Fit Families at the Market, and you're invited to join. The page is designed to encourage and support youth and their families in shopping and eating fresh local produce.
Nebraska Extension aims to support healthy lifestyles by promoting and educating about the consumption of a variety of fruits and vegetables. Visit their website to find out more.
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Did you know that August is National Breastfeeding Month? Breastfeeding means healthier moms and babies, but it's not always easy or equitable.
In this video, Dania DeLone, Community Breastfeeding Educator at the Malone Center, explains the special importance of reaching out and supporting Black mothers in their breastfeeding journeys.
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Health and the City asks
Can There Be An Upside to a Pandemic?
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These are challenging and dispiriting times. Given all the trials we have been facing with this pandemic, how could there possibly be an upside? Take heart - there are a few silver linings we can hang onto. Read more about it in our latest Health and the City column in the Lincoln Journal Star, co-written with LNKTV Health.
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Need Some Help Explaining Health Measures to Kids?
kid friendly videos
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We've added a section to our At Homes Resources web page with kid friendly videos to help explain about the coronavirus, the need to wear a mask, wash hands, and keep six feet of distance. You can also find over 100 links to resources that help keep kids engaged and entertained with healthy and fun gardening, fitness, nutrition, and mindfulness activities.
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COVID 19 Resources
Video series, Mask Friendly Businesses, Downloadables
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COVID 19 Information/Resources
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- COVID 19 information in Spanish
- At home activities for kids and families
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Downloadable face mask flyers in English, Spanish, Vietnamese, and Arabic; and social media graphics
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Multicultural Lincoln dads unite to say
I Wear Because I Care
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LINCOLN DADS COME TOGETHER
Local fathers from many cultures united in this video to encourage everyone in our community to protect each other by wearing a mask, frequent hand washing, and physical distancing. Cindy Lange-Kubick with the Lincoln Journal Star, wrote about their efforts in her most recent column, "Seven Languages, One Message: I Wear Because I Care".
Made in collaboration with MilkWorks, this project was the brainchild of the culturally diverse Community Breastfeeding Educators who work with families to support them on their breastfeeding journeys. The playlist on our You Tube channel includes this compilation, and individual videos in Chinese, Vietnamese, Karen, Arabic, Spanish, Kurdish, and English. Because we're all in this together.
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Partnership for a Healthy Lincoln is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving 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 with good nutrition and beverage choices, increase fitness, support breastfeeding, and improve patient outcomes by increasing cancer and vaccination rates, improving chronic disease management, 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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