Health Beat: Philly Girls in Motion Gets Young Ladies Up and Moving
After a long career in sports – coaching, running fitness programs for two schools in the suburbs and teaming up with others to run a large basketball clinic in South Philadelphia – Beth Devine...
View ArticleHealth Beat: Supper Clubs Support Health and Humanity
The Supper Clubs at Whole Foods Market on South Street provide nutrition information, healthy food and a sense of community. Proceeds from the events, which cost $15 per person, go to the Whole Planet...
View ArticleHealth Beat: Five Things You Didn’t Know
Philadelphians pursue health and wellness in a variety of ways. Trends come and go as people try new things and officials implement new laws to help keep people fit. Here are a few things you might not...
View ArticleHealth Beat: People Helping People Get Fit
In a city crawling with food trucks and fast food restaurants there exists an active, bustling community of health and wellness practitioners working towards changing social attitudes and health...
View ArticleHealth Beat: MANNA Delivers Healthy Foods to Fight Diseases
The Metropolitan Area Neighborhood Nutrition Alliance, also known as MANNA, is a nonprofit organization located in Center City responsible for preparing, cooking and delivering wholesome,...
View ArticleHealth Beat: MANNA Meals Seek to Nourish Clients Back to Health
Located in Center City, the nonprofit organization MANNA (Metropolitan Area Neighborhood Nutrition Alliance) prepares, cooks and serves roughly 4,000 nutritious meals daily to people who suffer from...
View ArticleNorthwest: Roxborough Community Acupuncture Heals Neighbors Together
At Roxborough Community Acupuncture, lead practitioner Dave Schiman has made the Chinese healing art of inserting tiny needles into energetic pressure points affordable for his neighbors. Tucked away...
View ArticleSouth Philadelphia: CHASE Away Diabetes Foundation is Raising Awareness in...
Courtney Young’s life was turned upside-down when her son, Chase, was diagnosed with type one diabetes at the age of three. She and her family started raising money almost two years ago to fight...
View ArticleFairhill: Promoting Latino Culture and Resources Through Community Events
El Centro de Oro, the golden center, fosters Latino dance, music and culture in Fairhill, while also bringing light to an abundance of resources available in the community. This has been showcased...
View ArticleOld City: Leyna Schaeffer Brings a New View to Yoga
Most people associate yoga with a squishy mat, hands and feet pressed firmly onto the ground and aligning their spine with the solid floor. However, Leyna Schaeffer of Kaya Aerial Yoga has been...
View ArticleFitler Square: The Biggest and Most Intensely Local Farmers Market
As the old postal adage goes, neither rain nor sleet nor snow deters the numerous Fitler Square residents who descend upon the park’s weekly farmers market. Held every Saturday, the modest outdoor...
View ArticleSpruce Hill: New Muay Thai Kickboxing Academy Seeks to Empower the Community
Amateur Muay Thai fighters and partners Kate Allen and Charlie Cottone envisioned a Muay Thai kickboxing gym where people from all walks of life are welcomed without discrimination or intimidation of...
View ArticleNorthern Liberties: Dancing Towards a Better Future
Living Arts Dance and Fitness Studio was started by Jaquetta Colson. Originally form Washington, D.C., Colson studied dance at the Duke Ellington School for Performing Arts as well as the prestigious...
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Logan: Catholic High School Offers Healthy Meals Through Eatiquette
Most school lunch programs aren’t very health-conscious. Things such as chicken nuggets, frozen pizza and hot dogs are typical daily menu items in a high school lunchroom. The Vetri Foundation wanted...
View ArticleMantua: Rabbit Run Promotes Exercise as Medicine for Parkinson’s Patients
Jodi Cianci is serious about her workouts. She trains as if her life depended on it – because it does. “I treat my exercise like a doctor’s appointment,” Cianci said. Cianci was diagnosed with...
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Fairhill: Promoting Latino Culture and Resources Through Community Events
El Centro de Oro, the golden center, fosters Latino dance, music and culture in Fairhill, while also bringing light to an abundance of resources available in the community. This has been showcased...
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Old City: Leyna Schaeffer Brings a New View to Yoga
Most people associate yoga with a squishy mat, hands and feet pressed firmly onto the ground and aligning their spine with the solid floor. However, Leyna Schaeffer of Kaya Aerial Yoga has been...
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Fitler Square: The Biggest and Most Intensely Local Farmers Market
As the old postal adage goes, neither rain nor sleet nor snow deters the numerous Fitler Square residents who descend upon the park’s weekly farmers market. Held every Saturday, the modest outdoor...
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Spruce Hill: New Muay Thai Kickboxing Academy Seeks to Empower the Community
Amateur Muay Thai fighters and partners Kate Allen and Charlie Cottone envisioned a Muay Thai kickboxing gym where people from all walks of life are welcomed without discrimination or intimidation of...
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Northern Liberties: Dancing Towards a Better Future
Living Arts Dance and Fitness Studio was started by Jaquetta Colson. Originally form Washington, D.C., Colson studied dance at the Duke Ellington School for Performing Arts as well as the prestigious...
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