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Healthi Kids offers free training for home-based providers

Healthi Kids offers free training for home-based providers

Care training that explores foundational elements of early childhood development, including infant and early childhood mental health, physical movement, nutrition, and the transformative role of play.

Are you a foodie? The Food Policy Council wants you!

Are you a foodie? The Food Policy Council wants you!

The Rochester Food Policy Council is looking for new members to join our team.

We built a playground in a day!

We built a playground in a day!

On October 3, 120 volunteers transformed Rochester's Ryan R-Center in the Beechwood neighborhood by moving mulch, mixing concrete, and rebuilding playgrounds and bleachers.

Common Ground Health-Rochester RHIO Announces  Leadership Changes

Common Ground Health-Rochester RHIO Announces Leadership Changes

Organization celebrating co-CEOs Wade Norwood and Marlene Bessette’s careers as they prepare for retirement

Symposium to Focus on the Link Between Hair and Health

Symposium to Focus on the Link Between Hair and Health

Residents in Rochester and the Finger Lakes region have an opportunity to learn how their health is affected by their hair, skin and scalp at a free symposium.

Women of color to share, inspire and perform

Women of color to share, inspire and perform

Hear from inspiring women during A Call to Women of Color, a free event focusing on empowering women and girls of color to engage in conversation and promote healthy living across generations of women and their families.

In The Headlines

  • Common Ground Health–RRHIO announce leadership transition

    Rochester Business Journal

    October 24, 2025 - Leadership changes are on the horizon at Common Ground Health–RRHIO, as co-CEOs Wade Norwood and Marlene Bessette begin their retirement planning.

  • SUNY Cortland Recreation Conference marks diamond jubilee

    Cortland Standard

    October 23, 2025 - Wade Norwood, co-CEO of Common Ground Health and the Rochester Regional Health Information Organization, recognized for advancing health equity throughout the Finger Lakes will present the Metcalf Keynote Address.

  • 75th Recreation Conference marks diamond jubilee

    SUNY Cortland

    October 15, 2025 - As Keynote, Wade Norwood, co-CEO of Common Ground Health/Rochester RHIO will discuss the important role recreation and tourism can play in addressing health inequity and improving quality of life.

  • Leadership shift ahead at Common Ground Health

    Finger Lakes 1

    October 20, 2025 - Wade Norwood and Marlene Bessette, co-CEOs of Common Ground Health and the Rochester Regional Health Information Organization, have announced their plans to step down as they transition toward retirement.