NUHEALTH FOUNDATION TO RECEIVE $50,000 GRANT FROM LI COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR ROOSEVELT CHILDHOOD OBESITY PREVENTION PROGRAM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 13, 2012
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Shelley Lotenberg
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NUHEALTH FOUNDATION TO RECEIVE $50,000 GRANT FROM LI COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR ROOSEVELT CHILDHOOD OBESITY PREVENTION PROGRAM
EAST MEADOW, NY…Arthur A. Gianelli, President/CEO of the NuHealth System and Deidra Parrish Williams, Executive Director of the NuHealth Foundation, will accept a $50,000 grant for the NuHealth Foundation from the Long Island Community Foundation. The grant is to be used to implement a childhood obesity prevention program targeting middle school students in the Roosevelt School District. Local elected officials, Roosevelt school officials, as well as LI Community Foundation Executive Director, David Okorn, will also be present during the check presentation. The NuHealth Foundation will implement a culturally sensitive educational program designed to reduce the prevalence of childhood obesity and its co-morbidities, will hold monthly educational workshops and conduct a health fair for middle school students and their parents.
WHEN: TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2012 AT 11:00AM
WHERE: ROOSEVELT MIDDLE SCHOOL
335 East Clinton Avenue
Roosevelt, NY 11575
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NuHealth is a Long Island health care organization delivering essential medical care and disease and lifestyle management to everyone at every stage of life. Also known as Nassau Health Care Corporation, NuHealth is a public benefit corporation managing the operations of Nassau Medical Center, A. Holly Patterson Extended Care and a network of Family Health Centers that bring primary and specialty care out into the community. By emphasizing wellness, cultural sensitivity and collaborative efforts with the North Shore-LIJ Health System, NuHealth is working to make good care more affordable and easier to access.
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