Healthi Kids knows we cannot do this work alone. We partner with many organizations, neighborhood leaders, residents and families in our region to advance whole child health. In order to advance our agenda, we work collaboratively across multiple sectors. Our grassroots community coalition is comprised of over 60 kids’ advocates including community residents, youth, nonprofit organizations, healthcare, municipal government, transportation and education. We meet biannually to share knowledge and collaborate to leverage and align community resources. Throughout the year, our coalition members team up in a series of workgroups, task forces and in our respective organizations to advance the policies, systems and environmental change solutions highlighted in our advocacy agenda.
Our coalition members:
14621 NE Block Club - Emma Morrison
Aria Strategies, LLC - Aria Camaione-Lind
Barton & Loguidice, D.P.C - Nicole Cleary
Beechwood Neighborhood Association - Mary Lupien and Joe DiFiore
Best Buddies Western New York - Lindsay Jewett
Boy Scouts of America - Jesse Knoth
Cameron Community Ministries - Jonathon Coyle
Causewave Community Partners - Aaron Lattanzio
Coordinated Care Services Inc. - Elizabeth Meeker
Cornell Cooperative Extension - Monroe County - Maggie McHugh and Sandi Bastedo
Center for Community Health & Prevention - Theresa Green
Child Care Council - Rose Shufelt and Jeff Pier
Children's Institute - Marjorie Allen, Elizabeth Devaney and Dawn Breitung
City of Rochester - Sara Scott, Tremain Harris, John Picone and Darin Ramsey
DEKS Consulting - Dorthea King-Simpson
El Camino Neighborhood Residents - Evette Colon, Ramona Colon, and Jackie Graham
Foodlink, Inc - Mitch Gruber, Margaret Liljedahl, Meg Demment
G2 - Ashley Cross and Oni Heard
Genesee Pediatrics - Sara Collins-McGowan, MD
Genesee Transportation Council - Bob Williams
Greater Rochester After School and Summer Alliance - Carla Stough-Huffman
Greater Rochester Health Foundation - Heidi Burke, Anita Black and Danette Campbell-Bell
Healthy Baby Network - Adeanna Tazell
Ibero-American Action League - Miguel Melendez Jr.
Ibero-American Development Corporation - Gildred Aponte and Dawn Bird
Interdenominational Health Ministry Coalition - Cathy Little and Mona Isler
Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Rochester - Karen Knauf and Kristine DiBitetto
Monroe County Department of Public Health - Anne Kern
Parent Advocates - Toyin Anderson, Nahmese Bacot, Cherriese Bufis, Candace Cabral, Heather Feinman, Jini Figueroa, Allen Jackson, Sasha Lewis, Precious Moses, Lydia Rivera-Warr, Lydia Rodriguez, Dorian Smith, and Doreen Young.
Playworks - Andrew Yansen and Daniel Speciale
ReConnect Rochester - Renee Stetzer
Rochester Accessible Adventures - Anita O’Brien
Rochester City School District - Eva Thomas
Rochester Regional Breastfeeding Coalition - Alka Phatak
Society For the Protection and Care of Children - Megan Smith
SRF & Associates - David Kruse
Strong Center for Developmental Disabilities - Jennifer Ward
Strong Museum of Play - Cathy DeBellis and Debbie McCoy
SUNY Geneseo - Sharon Peck
The Children's Agenda - Pete Nabozny
University of Rochester Medical Center - Cameron Schauf, Steven Cook, MD, Sanford Mayer, MD
URMC Preventative Medicine Residency Program - Alicia Bell
YMCA - Lyndsey Weilert