Michigan residents have greater access to healthy fruits and vegetables, thanks $380,000 in contributions from Michigan Good Food Fund’s Catalytic Investment Awards. The fund is helping to support the type of necessary improvements that typically prevent smaller, independent grocers from carrying fresh fruits and vegetables. DETROIT Two Detroit-based organizations were awarded with funds that will […]
Homelessness takes a toll on the health and longevity of those who experience it. Bob Voland understands this firsthand. The formerly homeless veteran has been living at Piquette Square for three and a half years. Bob wanted a program to help him lead a healthier life, and when “Healthy Piquette” launched in June, he decided to enroll. […]
There are more programs, places and spaces to play in Detroit thanks to the Detroit Parks and Recreation Department, which received the prestigious Excellence in Youth Sports Award this month in Orlando at the Youth Sports Congress. There’s a bit of tried and true (old) and new offerings at Detroit Parks and Recreation-supported facilities. Although […]
I admit it. I’m a sucker when it comes to fad diets. You name it, I’ve probably done it, from the cabbage soup diet to Jenny Craig, to Dexatrim, to the current green smoothie craze. When did this fetish begin? I wasn’t an overweight child – but I never had thin thighs either. This journey […]
Every kid needs someplace that they can kick-back, congregate and call their “own.” With the grand re-opening of the former Tindal Recreation Center, local neighborhood youth now have access to a newly renovated facility that will provide a wide range of classes and activities. UAW-Ford sponsored the center’s renovations, including: a remodeled gym floor, painting, […]
Everyone gets the point award-winning “Got Milk” advertising campaign featuring movie stars and sports heroes with a milk mustache. The idea was to get us to drink more milk – and to recognize that it’s good for you. It worked. That’s great, but to many children in Southeast Michigan that tagline is changed to “want […]
If you give a kid a gadget, they’re going to want to use it. But give them a vegetable and many are ready for kitchen warfare. It doesn’t have to be that way, according to the developers of the 5-2-1-0 Kids App introduced by Henry Ford Health System. Linking kids’ love of electronics to apps […]
A wobbly butt and a sweaty belly are among Maria’s biggest nightmares and a major impediment to the 15 year-old’s ability to maintain the minimum 60 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity daily recommended by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Although a recent trip and fall incident made her even more self-conscious […]
It’s a snap to double up that fresh, feel good feeling you get from fruits and vegetables. That’s the promise of the recently announced $5.1 million Double Up Food Bucks grant to the Fair Food Network, which will bring more healthy fruits and vegetables to Michigan families. The U.S. Department of Agriculture grant will be […]
Eula Johnson kept her nose so deep in her journals she didn’t know how splendidly the Detroit riverfront had transformed until she adopted a six-week-old German shepherd that likes to take walks. “Cassius loves to walk with other dogs, feel the air on his coat and sniff all the smells,” says Johnson, a lawyer at […]