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.
It’s National Blood Donor Month
| Education, events, Healthy Living | blood drive
It’s a New Year—Get Your Blood Flowing! It’s a dreary time of year. The holidays are behind us, gifts are unwrapped, and we are coping with the bills. However, consider…
Helping Others Stay Warm This Winter
| Education | staying warm
As we approach winter’s bitter weather, PAHWF shares tips on staying warm and helping others do the same. With a little preparation, the warmth of the holidays can last all…
‘Tis the Season for Transforming Lives
| Healthy Living
It is that time of the year again, a season of generosity and compassion. Building a healthy and vibrant community takes all of us working together—if you want to give…
The Mental and Physical Benefits of Gratitude
| Healthy Living, mental health, Mental Health | depression, Healthy Living, mental health
The Ingredient for Better Health, This Season and Beyond Instead of adding a dollop of butter or pinch of sugar to enhance your holidays this season, pile on a healthful…
Coping with Depression
| Healthy Living, mental health, Mental Health | depression, Healthy Living, mental health
Symptoms and self care for Depression Everyone feels sad or lonely at times. Often, it’s As cooler, shorter days arrive, October makes sense as National Depression Awareness Month. We pull…
Sickle Cell Awareness Month
| Healthy Living, Upcoming Events
September is Sickle Cell Awareness Month, and the American Red Cross is working to reach more blood donors who are Black to help patients with sickle cell disease. Transfusions are…
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.
