Schools Promote Healthy Habits
Helping schools in Detroit solidify the health outcomes achieved by Project Healthy Schools Reducing childhood obesity and its long-term cardio-vascular health risks is the goal of Project Healthy Schools, a...
Stories of growth, stories of impact, stories from our community.
Helping schools in Detroit solidify the health outcomes achieved by Project Healthy Schools Reducing childhood obesity and its long-term cardio-vascular health risks is the goal of Project Healthy Schools, a...
The Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute was awarded a $25,000 grant for its cancer caregiver programming at the Weisberg Cancer Treatment Center in Farmington Hills. The Community Foundation for Southeast...
In 2016, more accidental drug overdose deaths occurred than motor vehicle accidents in Calhoun County. Nine out of ten of these deaths involved an opioid. Years before opioid misuse was declared an...
DETROIT – The Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan has awarded more than $1.2 million in grants to 49 organizations through the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Legacy Funds. Each grantee organization...
For Food Gatherers and the people it serves, the 40-pound hubbard squash donated by a nearby, Ann Arbor farmer was both a boon and a curse. It could help feed...
By the year 2030, nearly 37 percent of Michigan’s population will be over 50 years old. Generally, a statistic like that prefaces a list of the disadvantages of an aging...
The chime of small bells filled the air and streams of bubbles floated off into the distance. Children pedaled tricycles along a track surrounding a miniature town. At Palmer Park,...
Making life more comfortable for the more than 80 percent of seniors who want to remain in their own homes is the goal of an experimental collaborative project undertaken by...
Arranging transportation to and from medical appointments. Understanding medical directions. Filling prescriptions. Implementing treatment plans. Scheduling follow-up visits. For most of us, these tasks are just a routine part of...
No report on the state of aging in America today can be complete without a discussion of memory loss and dementia. An estimated 5.3 million Americans of all ages have...