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.
A Guide to Buying Safe Gifts for Children
| Healthy Living | children, giving, safety
Sharing presents during the holidays is one of life’s greatest joys. However, thousands of children are hurt or killed every year from playing with unsafe or inappropriate toys. Follow these basic safety precautions.
Avoiding Caregiver Burnout: Practical Tips for Families
| Healthy Living, mental health, Mental Health, resilience | caregiver, caregiving, emotional wellness, resilience
Cultivating wellness requires ongoing and evolving effort. It involves taking actions in our best interest to enjoy a healthier existence. Pottstown Area Health & Wellness Foundation shares tips on creating your optimal state of wellbeing, despite life’s challenges
Brighten Your Wellbeing with Emotional Wellness
| Healthy Living, mental health, Mental Health, resilience | emotional wellness, resilience
Cultivating wellness requires ongoing and evolving effort. It involves taking actions in our best interest to enjoy a healthier existence. Pottstown Area Health & Wellness Foundation shares tips on creating your optimal state of wellbeing, despite life’s challenges
Disaster Preparedness in the Pottstown Area: Prepare to Be Safe
| Education, Healthy Living, preparedness | back to school, outdoor activities, safety, summer events
As summer winds down, a little prep can make back-to-school time less stressful for kids and their families. Pottstown Area Health & Wellness Foundation shares how to pace yourself now so you are energized and ready for fall ...
Outdoor Events to Welcome Fall
| Education, events, Fitness, Healthy Living
Summer may be coming to an end, but there are so many fun outdoor events in the Pottstown Area this month to keep us active and connected as we head…
Getting Ready for Back to School 2023
| Education, Healthy Living, mental health | back to school, outdoor activities, safety, summer events
As summer winds down, a little prep can make back-to-school time less stressful for kids and their families. Pottstown Area Health & Wellness Foundation shares how to pace yourself now so you are energized and ready for fall ...
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.
