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Facts About PTSD
Education, Healthy Living, mental health, Mental Health | disabilities, disability resources
|Coping with PTSD in Today’s World Whatever the trigger—and today, there are more than ever—PTSD impacts about 8 million individuals every year. Pottstown Area Health & Wellness Foundation reminds us…
Disabilities Resources and Awareness
Education, Healthy Living, mental health | disabilities, disability resources
|Doing More for Disabilities Over 7 million individuals in the U.S. have an intellectual or developmental disability. Yet, only 20 percent were known to their state developmental disabilities agency. The…
Steps to Reduce Skin Cancer
Education, Healthy Living | cancer, prevention, skin cancer
|Don’t Get Burned With sun-filled weeks on the horizon, it makes sense that May is National Skin Cancer Awareness Month. As we spend increasingly more time enjoying the Great Outdoors,…
How to Boost Your Immunity
Education, Fitness, Healthy Living | immunity
|There are a number of ways you can help your body fight off infections, viruses and disease, and here are a few tips on how you can start boosting your…
Get Help With Substance Abuse
Education, Healthy Living, Mental Health, Substance Abuse | child grief, coping
|Substance Abuse Continues to Rise If you or someone you love struggles with addiction, you are not alone. Over a 12-month period ending in October 2021, approximately 105,752 people died…
How to Support a Grieving Child
Education, Healthy Living, Mental Health | child grief, coping
|Small Hearts, Big Breaks: Helping Children Grieve Kids react to grief differently than adults. Sadly, these times have provided an introduction to grief, perhaps prematurely. Pottstown Area Health and Wellness…
Mission
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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.