Mission
Healthy Living

We believe that every member of our community should have equitable opportunities embrace a healthier lifestyle.  Join us to connect with knowledge and resources to take control of your health.

Mental Wellness

Pottstown Area Resources for Mental Wellness

Healthy Eating

Ideas, Recipes & Resources for Eating Better

Fitness

Get in Shape and Stay in Shape With These Resources

Substance Abuse

Pottstown Area resources for Substance Abuse & Addiction

Heart Health

Resources for Keeping Your Heart Healthy

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.

Music’s Place in Medicine
Pottstown Takes a Look at Music Therapy From bringing back a moment in time to uplifting a heavy mood, music makes an impact. Experts realize this, including those at Pottstown…
Empower Teens to Build Healthy Relationships
How to Avoid Abusive Relationships Spring often invokes thoughts of romance. It’s the season of proms and weddings, sunshine and warmth. However, relationships are complicated. People and their love lives…
Building Emotional Resilience
Got Resilience? By Nancy Miller, ICF credentialed coach and certified Grief Recovery Specialist As we wait out the dark months of winter for the return of spring, one way to…
Help Your Heart
February is Heart Health Month By Pottstown Area Health & Wellness Foundation A little love goes a long way at helping your heart accomplish about 100,000 beats per day. Pottstown…
Building Emotional Resilience
Got Resilience? By Nancy Miller, ICF credentialed coach and certified Grief Recovery Specialist As we wait out the dark months of winter for the return of spring, one way to…
How To Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions
Be a Goal Getter By January’s end, most new year resolutions are buried under that blanket used for binging Netflix. If this sounds familiar, hit restart with this motivation from…
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.

Walking trail in Pottstown area park

Upcoming Events In the Pottstown Area