National Influenza Vaccination Week is December 4 – 8. Seniors, children, Black and Hispanic people are at greatest risk of hospitalization. (SAVANNAH, GA) Healthy Savannah and the YMCA of Coastal Georgia are reminding everyone 6 months and older that there’s […]
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CDC-funded Bridge Access Program provides no-cost COVID-19 vaccines as 2023-24 Tripledemic Season Ramps Up (SAVANNAH, GA) The COVID-19 pandemic may have ended, but the “tripledemic” of flu, COVID, and RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) that was pervasive last fall and winter
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Public listening and training sessions are scheduled for November 9 and 30 (SAVANNAH, GA) Healthy Savannah and the YMCA of Coastal Georgia are inviting community members interested in joining a conversation to advance health equity to consider becoming Community Health
Putting Food Equity Advocacy in Action (SAVANNAH, GA) The YMCA of Coastal Georgia, in partnership with Healthy Savannah, is piloting a new program to encourage food pantry donations that help put food equity advocacy into action. The program called SWAP
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(SAVANNAH, GA) Healthy Savannah and the YMCA of Coastal Georgia have been awarded $1,021,899 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for the first year of a new five-year Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) grant.
(SAVANNAH, GA) The Rotary Club of Savannah has partnered with United Way of the Coastal Empire and the Savannah-Chatham County Public School System for “Read United Buddies,” a program in which volunteers visit selected second-graders twice weekly to read with
(SAVANNAH, GA) Healthy Savannah is pleased to announce the conclusion of a two-month internship program that helped foster community involvement in making Savannah a healthier place to live, work and play. Summer interns Alejandra Moreno Arreola and Kellie Arnold gathered
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(SAVANNAH, GA) Healthy Savannah is providing $2,450 in grant funding to support health equity education and awareness at two upcoming Savannah area events. • Back-to-School Youth Health Fair is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 26
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(SAVANNAH, GA) Lowcountry Down Syndrome Society is partnering with Sunshine Pottery to hold the monthly family support meeting Thursday, August 17 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. The event will be held in the Banquet Room located at 1525 Dean Forest Rd., Savannah,
(SAVANNAH, Ga.) In observance of National Breastfeeding Month in August and Black Breastfeeding Week Aug 25-31, Healthy Savannah and other local advocates are working to underscore the need for better corporate and community support of Black breastfeeding mothers, especially those
