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Submit a nomination for the 2024 WHI Collaborative Impact Award
Since 2021, the WHI’s Collaborative Impact Award has recognized local collaborations that have made a significant positive impact on community health. Do you know of a collaboration between organizations that is improving our community? Nominate them now!
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Washtenaw Optimal Wellness works to bring Blue Zone Project to Washtenaw County
Washtenaw Optimal Wellness is championing a Blue Zones Project in Washtenaw County. This project aims to enhance the Washtenaw County community model of health and well-being by adopting practices similar to those used in regions with high longevity. The Blue Zones Project is based on research conducted in regions where people live significantly longer and healthier…
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Housing and transportation for seniors: Interview the Marie Gress, co-chair of WHI Healthy Aging Collaborative
We spoke with Marie Gress, co-chair of the WHI Healthy Aging Collaborative, to learn more about the collaborative’s recent work and its focus on critical issues affecting seniors in Washtenaw County. How did you come to co-chair the Healthy Aging Collaborative? When I joined, the Healthy Aging Collaborative had already decided to focus on transportation,…
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2023 Collaborative Health Impact Award winner
In December, the Washtenaw community voted to award the 2023 Collaborative Health Impact Award to the Behavioral Health Collaborative for Young Black Men & Boys.
Funded by the Michigan Health Endowment, the project is a collaboration between Packard Health and the University of Michigan School of Social Work Curtis Center for Health Equity’s Young Black Men, Masculinities, and Mental Health (YBMen) Project.
