Healthy Hub
HEALTHY LIVING HUB
Read up on a variety of health topics, learn more about affecting positive change, share tips and ideas and stay on top of the latest community events.
Which Diet Is Best for You?
| Fitness, Healthy Eating, Healthy Living | diet, self-care, wellness
Forget about trendy diets. The best way to eat is by consistently choosing healthy foods. We gather some options to help you get the nutrition you need. Don’t worry. We didn’t forget about your tastebuds...
Magnesium: The Mineral that Multitasks
| Fitness, Healthy Eating, Healthy Living | heart health, magnesium, self-care, wellness
Do you get enough magnesium to help prevent disease as well as improve your overall health? Pottstown Area Health & Wellness Foundation provides insight on this mineral and how it can benefit you ...
Screening Screen Time
| digital issues, Education, health issues, Healthy Living, mental health, Mental Health | screen time, self-care, wellness
Screens surround us almost everywhere we go. As we enter fall with its more hectic pace our time becomes more limited. Start now with a healthy screen-time diet to avoid overconsumption and its negative effects on everything from mental/physical health to finances.
The Exercises You Need Right Now
| Fitness, Healthy Living | exercise, heart health, self-care, wellness
Summer is a great time to focus on fitness. The days are bright and motivating. Pottstown Area Health & Wellness Foundation (PAHWF) shares guidelines on the best workouts for your age.
Cool Tips for Heart Health
| health issues, Healthy Living | heart health, self-care, wellness
May is National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month and Physical Fitness and Sports Month. It is time to recognize these two can be observed together. We share how to exercise to clear your head and strengthen your lungs.
Headache Help
| health issues, Healthy Living | headaches, self-care, wellness
May is National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month and Physical Fitness and Sports Month. It is time to recognize these two can be observed together. We share how to exercise to clear your head and strengthen your lungs.
Mission
healthy living
Gain greater control over your health with the area’s most dependable free online community. Read up on a variety of health topics, get a new recipe, learn more about affecting positive change, share tips and ideas and stay on top of the latest community events.
Our role in the Pottstown community is multi-faceted.
Aside from grantmaking, we also serve the Pottstown area by:
- Acting as a convener of non-profit, governmental, educational, and municipal entities to encourage conversations that will ultimately serve as a catalyst to create positive and health-related systemic change in Pottstown.
- Focusing on programs and services that build long-term solutions to meet the current and future health needs in the Pottstown service area.
- Coordinating and funding non-profit resources and sponsoring professional development programs for our grantees as well as to the nonprofits in the region.
- Leading the Healthy Schools collaborative group.
- Providing health and wellness information and resources on the Pottstown Area Health & Wellness Foundation and Mission Healthy Living websites.
- Collaborating with representatives at the regional and state level, and local municipalities to improve the parks and trail systems in our area.
- Committing to the use and maintenance of the resources of our long-term endowment effectively and efficiently.
Fun & Fitness
Our List of Parks and Destinations
Want to get outside? Here is a list of great locations where you can get out and move, right here in the Pottstown area.
