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.
Drug Addiction After Covid
| Healthy Living, Substance Abuse
An end to the pandemic may be underway. However, its devastating effects will linger long into the future. The global impact on public health and well-being will exist long after…
Pottstown Area Schools Awarded Over $13,000 through Checklist Challenge
| Foundation News, Healthy Living
The Pottstown Area Health & Wellness Foundation awarded over $13,152 to Pottstown Area schools as part of the MUSC Boeing Center for Children’s Wellness (BCCW) School-Based Wellness Initiative. This year’s…
Join the Montco Trail Challenge!
| events, Fitness, Healthy Living
Montgomery County has a wealth of trails to discover—over 92 miles, in fact—and the Montco Trail Challenge is the perfect way to find your new favorite area for biking, hiking,…
Gardening Blooms Better Health
| Fitness, Healthy Eating, Healthy Living | fitness
After winter pandemic months kept us indoors, spring fever is the only contagion we’re happily ready to catch. Getting outside benefits our health. Nurturing a garden, even simple pots on…
Coping with Obesity
| Fitness, Healthy Living
Along with the many health issues caused by the pandemic, our nation’s obesity problem has worsened. Stress, sleep issues, and coping mechanisms have increased our consumption of comfort foods. Sedentary…
Celebrate Our Earth’s Trees!
| events, Healthy Living
Arbor Day Is Friday, April 30 Have you ever gazed up at a tall, proud tree and considered its history? If trees could communicate, they could share stories of generations…
Mission
healthy living
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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.
