Recent Updates
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A look back at 2017 with Health Foundation President Nora OBrien-Suric
With the holidays nearly here, I wanted to take a quick look back at what we have accomplished with our partners in 2017 and share with you a little bit about…
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Our View: Help children build resiliency to reduce lasting impact of trauma
By Monica Brown Program Officer As a colleague of mine says, “our collective goal is to help our youngest people grow into the greatest older people they can become.” As…
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Our View: The American Health Care Act—Status and Stakes
By Diane Oyler Program Officer The American Health Care Act was passed by the House of Representatives on May 4 and is now being taken up by the U.S. Senate. …
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Our View: Helping organizations survive and thrive through capacity building
By Lisa Fasolo Frishman Senior Program Officer I have spent a great deal of time recently thinking about nonprofit resiliency in the wake of the current political climate at the…
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A message from the president of the Health Foundation
Hello, I am thrilled to be greeting you as the new president of the Health Foundation for Western and Central New York. Since the Health Foundation began more than 13…
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Autumn Means Focusing on Another “Fall”
The calendar says autumn has arrived and with it comes attention to another type of “fall” – one that will happen to 140 older adults in New York every day….
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Success in school requires more than the three R’s
Dotting the Buffalo skyline are windmills generating solar power and tower cranes rebuilding downtown; these images remind us that new changes are happening in our community almost daily. What’s also…