In the Headlines

July 15, 2017 - Play spaces popped up across the City of Rochester on Saturday at twenty community organizations, libraries and churches. The safe places for the children to play were because of an event called PlayROCs Your Neighborhood.

July 15, 2017 - A city wide event encouraged residents to make Rochester a more playful place to live. PlayROCs Your Neighborhood is an annual community

July 15, 2017 - Healthi Kids and partners hosted 'PlayROCs Your Neighborhood 2017,' a day of pop

July 12, 2017 -  Healthi Kids — an organization that advocates for community and school policies to benefit children's physical, mental, and emotional health — began the PlayROCs Your Neighborhood initiative last year when members recognized a need for safe play spaces. With 20 pop

July 11, 2017 - Dina Faticone, director of community health for Common Ground Health, said the emphasis for play and physical activity is on neighborhoods, where parents cite traffic and safety and barriers to sending their kids out the door.

July 7, 2017 - Levels of lead exposure near children's homes has a direct, causal effect on the likelihood they'll be suspended from school, according to a review of data on 120,000 students. The story quotes Elizabeth McDade of the Coalition to Prevent Lead Poisoning.

July 1, 2017 -  This story profiles Phyllis Jackson, community wellness project manager for Common Ground Health, reverend and founder of the Interdenominational Health Ministry Coalition. View larger print version here.

June 30, 2017 - Prior to joining United Way, Fran Weisberg served as executive director of the Finger Lakes Health Systems Agency.

June 29, 2017 - The United Way of Greater Rochester will need to look for a new president and CEO. Fran Weisberg, who came on board in April of 2015, says she will leave at the end of this year. Before joining the United Way, Weisberg also led the Finger Lakes Health Systems Agency, Lifespan, and some years ago was chair of the Monroe County Democratic Party.

June 29, 2017 - Fran Weisberg, president and CEO of United Way of Greater Rochester, has announced she's stepping down at the end of the year. Weisberg took the reins as the organization's first female president in May of 2015 and previously was executive director of Finger Lakes Health Systems Agency.

June 21, 2017 -  Frontier Field recently welcomed more than 600 attendees during the annual Spring into Summer: Summer Meals Fest.

June 16, 2017 - Last year the Summer Meals Partnership served more than 400,000 meals. If you know someone who might benefit from the program, please spread the word. Hunger shouldn't spoil the summer of any child.