The purpose of these mini-grants for Resident Health Promotion Projects (RHPPs) is to
support residents' initiatives in making our community a better place to live.
Residents of Lodi, Covert, Ovid, and Romulus are encouraged to apply.
To learn more, please contact us by email <[email protected]> or phone (315) 651-9919.
Some past projects have included community cooking sessions, yoga classes,
art projects, and stress reduction classes, to name a few.
Healthy communities lead to healthier residents. If the community is strong and vital
the residents are more apt to be healthy.
The Greater Rochester Health Foundation GRHF is funding STEPS
through the Pivital Public Health Partnership.
They want to show that the health status of residents will, in fact, improve
if the "social determinants of health" in their neighborhoods improve.
"What makes people healthy?" you may ask. Factors include:
personal behavior (not smoking, eating healthy foods, physical activity);
social relationships (connections with friends, family, groups);
physical environment (quality of housing, air, water, streets, sidewalks, etc.);
economics (employment status, level of income, education level);
and access to medical care.
support residents' initiatives in making our community a better place to live.
Residents of Lodi, Covert, Ovid, and Romulus are encouraged to apply.
To learn more, please contact us by email <[email protected]> or phone (315) 651-9919.
Some past projects have included community cooking sessions, yoga classes,
art projects, and stress reduction classes, to name a few.
Healthy communities lead to healthier residents. If the community is strong and vital
the residents are more apt to be healthy.
The Greater Rochester Health Foundation GRHF is funding STEPS
through the Pivital Public Health Partnership.
They want to show that the health status of residents will, in fact, improve
if the "social determinants of health" in their neighborhoods improve.
"What makes people healthy?" you may ask. Factors include:
personal behavior (not smoking, eating healthy foods, physical activity);
social relationships (connections with friends, family, groups);
physical environment (quality of housing, air, water, streets, sidewalks, etc.);
economics (employment status, level of income, education level);
and access to medical care.
Past Resident Health Promotions
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Press Release- STEPS Awards Resident Health Promotion Project
Title; Lodi Whittier Library is gearing up for a fun summer For More Information Contact: Theresa Lahr at 607-403-0069 or [email protected] June 10, 2020 for Immediate Release Seneca Towns Engaging People for Solutions awarded Resident Health Promotion funds to support the Summer Fun Packs To-Go for Kids project in conjunction with the Library’s “Imagine Your Story” Summer Reading Program. Lodi library allies Ben Masters and Stacey Carpenter are providing resident support for this Summer curbside project that offers youth free take-away bags of age appropriate reading material to add to their home libraries, an activity, and healthy pre-packaged non-perishable food items every week! To ensure safety, participants will pick up the Fun Packs on the library’s front porch, and take materials home to enjoy in order to avoid any human density around the library. Give-away items will be prepared by staff wearing gloves and masks on a disinfected surface and packaged in a clean paper bag. Social distancing and mask wearing during pick up is required. The project will focus on simple prompts and activities that anyone can enjoy despite differences in resources, age and ability and interest. “Many of the items we provide are traditional toys that used to be ubiquitous, especially during the Summer, but maybe have become forgotten with the highly programmed and technological leisure time of children today” said Beth Bevars Library Director. “This summer will be more laid back in terms of structured activities and kids are looking outside technology for options, especially options that they can easily engage in by themselves or with their immediate families. This project is designed to get them moving, playing, interacting, and giving them joy” added project creator and the library’s Children and Youth Services Coordinator Nora Snyder. Activities run nine weeks from June 26, 2020 through August 28, 2020 with the exception of the week of July 4th. Kids can participate on a weekly basis if desired; the themes of the Summer Fun Packs To-Go will change every Friday. All children and their families are encouraged to participate; there are no restrictions based on level of need or residency; all are welcome. Please call ahead to establish a pick-up time during library hours at (607)582-6218, or email [email protected] STEPS, a project of the S2AY Rural Health Network made possible by a grant from the Greater Rochester Health Foundation, is a Neighborhood Health Status Improvement Initiative acknowledging that where you live, and the social, economic and environmental context of your neighborhood, has an impact on your health. It focuses on the many positive aspects of the towns of Covert, Lodi, Ovid and Romulus. All residents of the four-town neighborhood are encouraged to engage in the asset-based and resident-driven project to create a healthier community. Please contact us at the STEPS office: (607)403-0069 [email protected] |
Interlaken Gets a Mural
A Mural is Going Up at the Interlaken Community Vegetable Patch For Immediate Release. For More Information Contact: Theresa Lahr at (315) 651-9919. STEPS (Seneca Towns Engaging People for Solutions) awarded Resident Health Promotion funds for a mural to be painted on the wall of Seneca Fitness, owned by Doug & Penny McGill, at the Interlaken Community Vegetable Patch. The Resident Health Promotion Project team was led by Interlaken residents Donna Levy and Meg Jastran who wanted to make the wall behind the garden more aesthetically pleasing in order to draw more interest in gardening from community members. The vegetable patch and mural promote community health by supplying residents with fresh vegetables, encouraging healthy eating & outdoor exercise, providing opportunities to learn about nutrition & gardening, supporting social interaction, and nurturing a shared sense of place and community pride. The mural painting, by local artist Mary Beth Ihnken, began on Monday July 6th and should take a few weeks to complete. “I believe that public murals help to create community by radiating out stories and energy that touch everyone who passes by them. I strive to create this immediate visual and emotional impact with every mural I create,” Mary Beth says. She is incorporating the design suggestions of over 25 South Seneca elementary students into the mural. “Mary Beth's mural depicts our precious local landscape and resources, many of which were expressed by students in Interlaken's 5th grade art classes when asked what their community means to them. This mural will be celebrated and is especially important now during this rough patch we are all experiencing. We hope its presence will spark more interest in the Community Vegetable Patch where the harvest is shared with the community and residents can learn to garden, share gardening knowledge, nourish themselves and meet one another. Nothing compares to friendships bonded in the garden,” says local resident Donna Levy. In addition to the funds awarded by STEPS, the following local businesses also generously donated to the mural: Hip Shot, Lucas Winery, Good Life Farm, FDR Ungleich Hardwood Floors, Cayuga Lake Creamery, Pine Tree Farms, Inc., Sommarstuga Gardens, Jay’s Cleaning, Hurlbut Funeral Home, Blue Jay Plumbing and Heating, Interlaken Guns and Ammo, Sunny’s Happy Landing, Quick Shoppe Interlaken, Seneca Fitness, LLC, Fitness Equipment Doctor, Penelope’s Hair Salon, Waid’s Honey, and Mama Mia’s. Resident Health Promotion Projects are neighborhood-based, small scale community improvement efforts that residents design and implement with their neighbors to improve some aspect of community health and well-being. These mini-grants are available to residents in the towns of Covert, Lodi, Ovid, and Romulus. STEPS would love to hear your ideas for positive-themed projects! Please contact Theresa Lahr at (315) 651-9919 or [email protected]. ### STEPS, a project of the S2AY Rural Health Network made possible by a grant from the Greater Rochester Health Foundation, is a Neighborhood Health Status Improvement Initiative acknowledging that where you live, and the social, economic and environmental context of your neighborhood, has an impact on your health. It focuses on the many positive aspects of the towns of Covert, Lodi, Ovid and Romulus. All residents of the four-town neighborhood are encouraged to engage in the asset-based and resident driven project to create a healthier community. Please contact us at the STEPS office: (315) 651-9919. [email protected] |
