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CHEW AND CHAT IS BAaaaCK! Join us next week Tuesday June 28th from 12pm-1:30pm at the CHW office located in the gallery at 515 Main Street to talk about FITNESS AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY. It's summertime, and the perfect time to get in shape and help support exercise and physical fitness for the people and communities we serve. Free and healthy lunch, too! #health #news

CHW CHEW AND CHAT will be on Tuesday 5/24 at 12pm at our offices located at 515 Main Street. TOPIC: Health and Wellness 101! We will share tips and resources for for fitness, nutrition, stress management, and preventative care. #news #health

We will be having a parent fitness session tomorrow THURSDAY 5/5 at 5pm as part of our parent and student CHW initiative. Meet at 5pm at Delaware Park Rose Garden (between the Marcy Casino and playground- meet at the pavilion at the end of the garden). We will warm up and do some strength training until about 5:15, and then walk and/or run a few loops around Hoyt Lake. If you don't see us when you arrive, call or text Jessica at 548-6727. #health

Congratulations to Renee Cadzow, PhD, Buffalo Public Schools Higher Education Wellness partner of the year, and Denise Walden, CHW, Buffalo Public Schools Wellness parent of the year! Isaiah Lee, CHW and Khadijah Hussein, CHW won Wellness students of the year honors (not pictured because they are out of town). TEAM CHW is making a difference in our schools! #health #news

If so, come out to our session TODAY at 5pm at Delaware Park Rose Garden (between the Marcy Casino and playground, across the street and behind the art gallery- meet at the pavilion at the end of the garden). We are starting a parent fitness program BY and FOR Buffalo parents as a partnership of the Community Health Worker Network of Buffalo and Health Committee of the District Parent Coordinating Council. There will be running, walking, and other fitness options depending on

We ran a session with some amazing young ladies today on the invitation of the Buffalo Public Schools Project ACT (Assisting Caregiving Teens). If you are a pregnant or parenting teen, or know one who could use support (linkage to services, a mentor, a support group), let us know and we'll help make the link! #collaborationsandpartnerships #resources #news #health

CHW "Chew and Chat": Tuesday 3/29 at our office located at 515 Main Street. TOPIC- Women's Health- Taking Care of the Body, Mind and Soul. In honor of Women's History Month, we are focusing on women's health for our monthly "chew and chat". THIS SESSION IS OPEN TO BOTH WOMEN AND MEN, but is focused on the unique needs and barriers to women's health. If you haven't been to one of our monthly lunch meetings, this is a place for a free and healthy lunch, networking, support, and

Chew and Chats are back! First in our 2016 series, BURNOUT PREVENTION: Tuesday 2/23 at 12pm-1:30pm at the CHW office/gallery space located at 515 Main Street. Come for strategies, practices, and solidarity- PLUS a free and healthy lunch. Need more info? Message us or e-mail info@chwbuffalo.org. Hope to see you there! #health #news

Thanks to the crew of education and health stakeholders who came out to rally for physical education before the Buffalo Board of Education meeting tonight! We had parents, students, teachers, doctors, lawyers, and concerned community members all standing in solidarity today. "It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men [and women]"- Frederick Douglass #health #news