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Brittney Millard: Helping Patients and Persevering Through Breast Cancer
Cancer can be many things. Some describe cancer as a journey, a struggle, or a fight. For Brittney Millard, a breast cancer diagnosis was a life-changing event that gave her the passion to help other cancer survivors. “It’s really what’s in your heart. You can [help] people you know in your daily life, just spreading ...
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Teacher Helps Get Water Safety Classes for Students with Special Needs
Linda Joseph, a special needs teacher in Florida, with some of the highest drowning rates in the country, wanted to make…
Education, Green & Active Spaces
Drowning Prevention Leaders Teach Water Safety to Kids Under 5 in Florida
In the past 15 years, the drowning rate of school-age children in Broward County, Fla., has plummeted thanks in part to…
Green & Active Spaces
Neighborhood Leaders Push San Antonio for More Walkable Streetscape with ‘Place Changing’ Campaign
Nicolas Rivard and Allison Hu, urban designers in San Antonio and members of Dignowity Hill Neighborhood Association, le…
Green & Active Spaces, Healthy Neighborhoods & Communities, Transportation & Mobility
Harvesting the Neighborhood for Fresh Fruit
Two architecture and planning graduate students from the University of Texas San Antonio (UTSA) recognized good fruit fr…
Healthy Food, Healthy Neighborhoods & Communities
San Antonio Clinic Brings Healthcare to the Underserved
The east side neighborhood of San Antonio struggles with socioeconomic hardships, health issues, and a lack of access to…
Access
Branding School Lunch Menus to Make Choosing Veggies Fun
Penny Parham is helping students in Miami-Dade County make healthier food choices more easily thanks to highlighted, veg…
Healthy Food
Good Food Is What the Doctor Prescribed
You may have heard the saying: “an apple a day keeps the doctor away,” but what if your doctor actually prescribed fruit…
Healthy Food
All Good Produce Deserves a Home
Fresh produce can be a rare commodity in Nogales, Ariz., where 17% of children are food insecure. Yolanda Soto saw the n…
Healthy Food
High School Teen Cooks up a Healthy Camp Course
California teen Elena Dennis wanted to help kids have healthy diets. What better way than to encourage them to learn how…
Healthy Food
School Principal Steers a Culture of Cycling with Bike Safety and BMX Trails
In 2009 Douglas Johnson, the new principal at Mountlake Terrace Elementary School in Mountlake Terrace, Wash., realized…
Green & Active Spaces