Fighting Pre-Diabetes
Award-Winning ENERGIZE! Program Turns Kids into Champions  Before Ashle, 17, and Alex, 14, were enrolled in WakeMed's ENERGIZE! program, they were on an all too familiar path to developing type 2 diabetes. Their grandmother, Bernice Rogers, worried about their weight and future health but assumed the…
Read MoreNorth Carolinians Invited to Statewide Obesity Conference
A Call to Action: Working Together to Solve North Carolina's Obesity CrisisOctober 7-8, 2008, Greensboro, N.C.Featured speakers include Dr. Leah Devlin, state health director and director of the North Carolina Division of Public Health; Dr. John Ratey, author of Spark; Dr. Richard Jackson, director of Graham Environmenta…
Read MoreBrains & Bodies Workshop for Parents
Presented by Advocates for Health in ActionOctober 9, WakeMed Cary, 10 - 11:30 amOctober 15, Lake Wheeler Park, 6:30 - 8 pmLearn how PTA parents can influence the health and academic success of children. Registration is required. 919-350-7132Download details (PDF)
Read MoreWake County Trails and Greenways Guide Promotes Physical Activity
With support from the John Rex Endowment and several other partners, The Parks and Recreation Partnership for a Healthier Wake created a guide to trails and greenways maintained by the county and its municipalities. Maps and trail information are organized by community and feature a "Don't Miss!" trail for each town. C…
Read MoreAward Recipients Designate Charities to Receive $10,000
More inclusive summer camps. Mental health services for children without the means to pay. An exciting new program that gets gym students moving. These are just some results of the thoughtful choices made by John Rex Endowment Hands of Health Award recipients. Each year, the Endowment honors someone who has improved the …
Read MoreWakeMed Receives National Award for ENERGIZE! Children's Nutrition and Fitness Education Program Supported by the John Rex Endowment
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Anita Blommeanita.blomme@mindspring.com919-673-9591 RALEIGH, N.C. (July 10, 2008) - The American Hospital Association (AHA) awarded the NOVA Award to WakeMed Health & Hospitals' ENERGIZE!, a pediatric nutrition and fitness education program designed to help curb the emerging…
Read MoreJohn Rex Endowment Invites Hands of Health Award Nominations
Winner Will Select Organization to Receive $10,000 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Brian Van Norman919.232.5008Brian@articulon.com RALEIGH, N.C. (July 9, 2008) -The John Rex Endowment invites nominations for the fifth annual Hands of Health award. The local healthcare funder established the award to recogniz…
Read MoreTake a Walk in the Art Park
A new work of art in the 164-acre Park at the North Carolina Museum of Art will be unveiled at the 2008 Earth Day Celebration Saturday, April 19. Invasive, a series of "road tattoos" by artist Steed Taylor, is painted directly onto the paved surfaces of the trails and will lead visitors from the Park entrance at the…
Read MoreMarch 2008
Ripple Effect: Project Access Doctor Improves Boy's Sight Ever since Hector Torres was 4 years old, his mother noticed, he would turn his head to look directly at whatever he wanted to see. By the time he was 17 and a student in the Wake County public schools, his peripheral vision was very poor and he had such trouble …
Read MoreFebruary 2008
Lawmakers Jump Rope at Wake to Wellness Site State representatives Grier Martin and Deborah Ross and other local lawmakers visited the CREATE program at Raleigh's Washington Elementary School in January. Funded in part by the Wake to Wellness Grants Program, CREATE promotes climbing, running and other activities to…
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