September Partner Highlight
El Centro de las Américas
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Health and the City
Good Health … with Style
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El Centro de las Américas
helping families thrive
El Centro de las Américas is a nonprofit organization that has been providing educational and social services to the Latino community for over 40 years, serving as a valuable resource for Latino families in Lincoln.
Through a wide range of health and advocacy programs, El Centro helps families to thrive and build a better future for themselves.
El Centro also promotes cultural understanding, diversity, and community engagement through events like the Latino Festival on Sept. 16 at Antelope Park.
Read more about their programs and events in their September highlight.
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More Than A Shop
You walk in, take a chair. For the next 30 minutes to sometimes 2 hours, someone listens, really listens to you. It’s a safe place to talk about everything – from sports to family matters and politics to health. All for the price of a haircut and a style.
Nowhere is that more evident than within Black barbershops and salons. Black barbershops have long been—and continue to be—central hubs of the Black community, places to congregate, connect, share, and overall, embrace a community.
Read how some Lincoln barbers and salons are reaching out to be "more than a shop" to the people who depend on them in our latest Health and the City column in the Lincoln Journal Star. Cowritten with LNKTV Health.
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September Partner Highlight
Matt Talbot Kitchen & Outreach
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Matt Talbot Serves
Matt Talbot Kitchen & Outreach is a hunger relief and outreach center for individuals and families experiencing homelessness or near homelessness.
More than 44,000 outreach services were provided last year, and nearly 180,000 meals were served. Matt Talbot's "Hope Garden" also provides fresh produce for their guests.
Their upcoming annual fundraiser, Huskers Helping the Homeless on September 30, provides another volunteer opportunity to support the work of Matt Talbot. Learn more in their September highlight.
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Staying Up-To-Date
For the first time there are vaccines for all three fall respiratory viruses that hospitalize and kill hundreds of thousands annually. You can get your flu vaccine now and the new COVID vaccine when released early around October.
RSV vaccines are approved for older adults and for pregnant women, and antibody shots (not vaccines) available for babies. Talk to your doctor about who should get the RSV vaccine.
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Streets Alive!
is Just Weeks Away
Streets Alive!, our free movement and wellness festival, will be hosted again by the University Place neighborhood, on Sunday, September 24, from 1- 4:30 PM.
Lots of new and fun things this year - including a bike tour of historical Uni Place with retired city preservationist, Ed Zimmer; an art festival with Lux Center for Arts; free meal kits from HyVee, bicycle give-aways; and much more.
If you're participating in this year's festival, look for exhibitor, food vendor, and performer instructions and set up information in another e-newsletter, coming soon.
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LNKTV Health - View What's New
Watch September's Shape of the City, featuring what's at Streets Alive! including the Lux Art festival, and the Uni Place historic Bike tour.
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NeighborWorks Lincoln celebrates neighborhoods and their advocates at their 10th Annual Opening Doors benefit, Thurs. September 28th at Woods Park, 3200 J St. Tickets are required, register soon. Learn more.
Asian Community and Cultural Center will host the Harvest Moon Festival, Sept. 30, 4 - 7 PM at Antelope Park Band Shelter. Music, dance, food, kids' activities, and health fair. Learn more.
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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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