Tag: philanthropy
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Annual health policy forum set Sept. 28 in Bowling Green
This year’s annual Howard L. Bost Health Policy Forum “will offer new insights and opportunities from a range of civic sectors for a shared vision, policies, and actions for community health,”...
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Kentucky is one of three states to get Walmart Foundation money to expand farm-to-school programs
Kentucky will use money from The Walmart Foundation to partner with the National Farm to School Network to expand efforts to get more local foods into schools. A project called Seed Change will “jump...
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Grant will fund Lexington signs, maps to encourage walking
A $182,000 grant will fund a pilot project in Lexington to encourage citizens to walk more, by erecting way-finding signs for pedestrians and updating walking maps. The new Walk Lexington...
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Students in poor Louisville neighborhoods learn healthful behaviors in Farm to Family Initiative
A program to fight childhood obesity and foster healthy habits in Louisville’s under-served youth has seen positive results since its launch in October 2013, says KentuckyOne Health. Results include: 41 percent...
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Johnson foundation, Appalachian commission, Foundation for a Healthy Ky. to examine bright and dark spots in Appalachia
The Appalachian Regional Commission, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky are working on a three-year health-research project to determine factors that can support a...
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U of L plans to create statewide health institute with $4 million, three-year grant from KentuckyOne Health hospital firm
The University of Louisville is creating an institute to improve Kentucky’s health through research, education and advocacy of health policies. KentuckyOne Health is giving the university $4 million over three...
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Kentucky gets a $7 million grant to improve survival rates for lung cancer, in which it leads the nation
The University of Kentucky, the University of Louisville and the Lung Cancer Alliance have joined in a unique project called Kentucky LEADS (Lung Cancer, Education, Awareness, Detection, Survivorship) Collaborative to assess...
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W. Ky. elementaries use Baptist Health grants to join national program to fight childhood obesity; results encouraging
Two more West Kentucky schools have joined Project Fit America, a fitness program that targets childhood obesity, to help its students become more fit, reports The Paducah Sun. East Calloway County and Calvert City elementary schools...
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Saint Joseph Hospital Foundation and Verizon team up to help certain patients with chronic diseases monitor their health
Verizon and the Saint Joseph Hospital Foundation have teamed up to help select patients who have a chronic disease manage their condition from home, according to a press release from KentuckyOne...