(SAVANNAH, GA) Healthy Savannah works and collaborates with nearly 200 organizations across Savannah to effectively complete the work of big-picture policy, system, and environmental change.
In observation of Black History Month throughout February, Healthy Savannah is pleased to celebrate these Black-owned businesses and Black-led organizations among its partners.
They are:
100 Black Men, African American Health Information & Resource Center, Ashford Tea Company, Berean Missionary Baptist Association Inc., Blessings in a Book Bag, Bluknowledge, Byron Childs Productions, DEEP Center, DeLoach Lupus Foundation, Dream Smith Book Nation of Dreams, East Coast Greenway, Eastside Concerned Citizens, Economic Opportunity Authority, Elevate Savannah, Emmaus House, Emory University, First Bryan Baptist Church, Forsyth Farmers’ Market, Genesis Ed Solutions, Glow Lactation, Greater Gaines Chapel AME Church, Greenbriar Children’s Center, Harambee House, Inc., Hosanna Church, Ivory Bay, Kingdom Life Christian Fellowship, The Links, Parent University, Patriot Postal, Pennsylvania Avenue Resource Center, Pullin Foundation, Savannah Black Heritage Festival, Savannah Chatham Citizens Advocacy, Savannah Links, Savannah State University, Savannah Tribune, Shelter From The Rain, Southern Palate, STAR School Initiative, Step Up Savannah, Streeter’s Sports and Entertainment, Susie King Taylor Community School, Think Equity, Vegan Who, West Savannah Community Organization, Woodville Community Action Organization and Through It All.
“These partners are vital to our work to seek and establish health equity across all of Savannah’s communities,” said Armand Turner, deputy director of Healthy Savannah.” Our patronage and support of these businesses and organizations, through the REACH Grant, also demonstrates our commitment to addressing a broader spectrum of social determinants of health including economic equity education and neighborhood environment.”
Healthy Savannah is the co-administrator, along with YMCA of Coastal Georgia, of a five-year, $5.1 million Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) grant awarded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in September 2023. The funding is being deployed in an “upstream” approach to foster sustainable health equity among racial and ethnic minority populations in low-wealth neighborhoods in areas of nutrition, physical activity and the reduction of chronic diseases.
Black History Month is an annual observance originating in the United States, where it is also known as African-American History Month.
“The significance of Black History Month is to remember important people and events in the history of the global African diaspora, the worldwide collection of communities descended from people from Africa, especially here in the Americas,” said Paula Kreissler, Healthy Savannah’s executive director. “We want to show our gratitude for the support of every partner, and pay homage to and lift up the legacies of our Black business partners.”
Organizations interested in volunteering or becoming a business partner should contact Healthy Savannah at https://healthysavannah.org/about/connect-with-us/. Visit https://healthysavannah.org/about/partners/ for links to all of the REACH partners, including those listed above.
ABOUT THE YMCA OF COASTAL GEORGIA/HEALTHY SAVANNAH GRANT FOR RACIAL AND ETHNIC APPROACHES TO COMMUNITY HEALTH: In September 2023, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention awarded a second grant called Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) to Healthy Savannah and the YMCA of Coastal Georgia. $5.1 million in funding is being deployed over a five-year period to be utilized in an “upstream” approach to foster sustainable health equity among racial and ethnic minority populations in low-wealth neighborhoods in areas of nutrition, physical activity and the reduction of chronic diseases. The renewed funding enables work to continue which began under the initial, five-year, $3.4 million REACH grant awarded in 2018, and a supplemental grant awarded in 2021 to increase awareness and acceptance of COVID-19 and flu adult immunizations. Working with more than 200 community partners and organizations, the Savannah/Chatham County project team’s specific goals in implementing the new five-year grant include fostering physical activity by creating greater access to safe places to walk, run, bike and play; elevating the health and wellness of the community through policy, systems, and environmental change; and providing education and awareness regarding adult immunizations, especially as they relate to health disparities in chronic conditions of hypertension, heart disease, Type 2 diabetes, and obesity. The administrators will also continue to foster stronger connections between people and the healthcare providers who serve them by supporting awareness and use of the HERO Help Me database. In July 2022, Healthy Savannah received the CDC’s 2022 REACH Lark Galloway-Gilliam Award for Advancing Health Equity Challenge. The award recognizes extraordinary individuals and entities whose work has contributed to advancing health equity.
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