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Advocates for Health in Action (AHA) and Wake County Asthma Coalition have partnered up to launch a county-wide Air Quality Flag Initiative. Participating organizations and businesses will display an appropriate flag based on a daily e-mail notification of the air quality.  Free flags and instructions will be…

Cynthia Seale-Rivera, program director of Teen Parent Connection, and a teen mother talk with Angela Hampton on ABC 11 Heart of Carolina Perspectives. Teen Parent Connection, a collaborative program with community-based support services for pregnant and parenting teens, is offered by the YWCA of the Greater Triangle…

The John Rex Endowment continues a long-term commitment to a Healthy Weight Initiative with more than $1.8 million awarded for new grant projects which will focus on encouraging healthy eating, physical activity, and community-wide solutions to combat childhood obesity. Since 2006, the John Rex Endowment has …

Turn a park walk into an outdoor adventure for children with A Closer Look, a new series of 12 etched, metal plates featuring images of native plants and animals along 1.25 miles of trails at the North Carolina Museum of Art. Families can search for each unique plate and make their own plate rubbings along the way. …

Eight grants, totaling $186,568, will be funded by the John Rex Endowment through a Capacity Building Initiative. Funding supports projects that aim to enhance an organization’s ability to sustain programs and improve performance. The grants include organizational assessment planning projects as well as capaci…

The North Carolina Health and Wellness Trust Fund has awarded the Town of Cary and City of Raleigh with Fit Community designation which recognizes success in promoting healthier lifestyles among residents. The Town of Cary, which has previously received an Active Communities and Neighborhoods grant …

The John Rex Endowment is pleased to announce the Mental Health Request for Proposals. Through this funding, we seek to support efforts toward creating a more comprehensive and better integrated mental health system that ensures Wake County children and youth receive the necessary supports and services. Lette…

The Hands-On Health team at the Inter-Faith Food Shuttle is helping build a community garden at Alliance Medical Ministry. Will Allen, founder and CEO of Growing Power Inc., helped the Food Shuttle kick off the new garden in early April 2010. The John Rex Endowment supports the community garden…

When it comes to the well-being of youth in Wake County, it’s very easy to talk in terms of what we don’t want them to do. Yet, simply focusing on eradicating problems isn’t enough. Last year, the John Rex Endowment began wrestling with a different and, perhaps, a more important question:&#1…

Our 2010 Capacity Building Initiative Request for Proposals has been updated with application deadlines for the next grant cycle. We’ve also added a guide to working with consultants and a new example work and evaluation plan.  Grants funded through this initiative allow organizations to assess the…