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2019 SHIFT + Letter of Intent (LOI)

August 14, 2018

The Paso del Norte Health Foundation seeks Letters of Intent from eligible organizations to promote the Foundation’s Strategic Plan for Shift+.

Specifically, the Foundation seeks LOIs that propose evidence-based strategies to reduce underage drinking, binge drinking, and related harms in alignment with the strategic plan. Please see the Paso del Norte Health Foundation website www.pdnhf.org for more information about grant guidelines.

Deadlines &…

2019 Smoke Free Paso del Norte - Letter of Intent (LOI)

August 14, 2018

The Paso del Norte Health Foundation seeks Letters of Intent from eligible organizations to promote the Foundation’s Strategic Plan for A Smoke Free Paso del Norte.

Specifically, the Foundation seeks LOIs that propose evidence-based strategies to advance the goals of the initiative. Applicants are encouraged to download and read the A Smoke Free Paso del Norte Strategic Plan at www.pdnhf.org. Click here for more information.

Deadlines & Schedule:

• Letters of intent due to Foundation: **September 10,…

Training to make El Paso Giving Day a Success

August 10, 2018

Direct email marketing is a powerful tool that businesses, governments and media outlets are harnessing to take their messages directly to their audiences. It’s also a powerful tool local nonprofit organization can use to efficiently reach donors.

Tim Escobedo from Snappy Publishing in El Paso will host an informative training session for participating nonprofits explaining how to craft a winning email campaign specifically for El Paso Giving Day.

Because of the overwhelming response to our first training, we will hold the next two trainings — including Tim’s — at Project…

Improving healthcare in our region through data sharing

August 10, 2018

At every doctor’s appointment, my grandmother would bring a grocery bag full of her medications. That way, the physician would know what she was talking about when she would say “the little yellow pill makes my stomach hurt.” Otherwise, it would be very difficult for her physicians to track the course of her treatments, labs, and prescriptions with each of her specialists.

Health Information Exchanges (HIEs) were developed to help make health information sharing easier. HIEs centralize health information from across different hospitals and providers in real time, to create an…

The Power of Partnerships

August 10, 2018

Building layers of wellness is a team effort. We rely on the hard work from our grantees and community partners to ensure that the residents of our region have the knowledge, resources and skills to live happy, healthy and productive lives.

In 2017, the Paso del Norte Health Foundation funded 83 organizations for more than $9.1 million in five priority areas: Healthy Eating and Active Living, Tobacco and Alcohol Prevention, Mental Health and Emotional Well-being, Healthy Kids and Health Leadership.

Click here to learn more about…

Paso del Norte Trail Update

August 10, 2018

A movement is taking place to provide recreational options and promote a healthy, active lifestyle in El Paso.

Paso del Norte Trail

The Paso del Norte Health Foundation engaged Sites Southwest and Alta Design last year to help develop a master plan for a proposed 60-mile county-wide Paso del Norte Trail. The overall goal of the trails is to connect neighborhoods, provide new recreation options and promote a healthy, active lifestyle for residents and visitors. Numerous public meetings were held to get input on the proposed alignment.

A copy of the recent public meeting…

Creative Kids to showcase Playa Drain Trail student artwork at Airport

August 10, 2018

Creative Kids, a grantee of the Paso del Norte Health Foundation, was recently chosen to showcase artwork in the Art Windows of El Paso Gallery exhibit at the El Paso International Airport. The Art Windows exhibit is located in the main floor by Carlos and Mickey’s restaurant. This exhibit will feature the work of Ysleta Independent School District students that were selected from area schools (Cedar Grove Elementary, Riverside High School, Riverside Middle School, Ascarate Elementary, Tejas School of Choice) to create murals that will be fabricated and installed in several locations along…

The Eat Well Otero program provides restaurants with healthy menu options

August 10, 2018

Rachel’s Fine Dining in Alamogordo has a lunch menu that offers more than six appetizers, salads, sides and entrees that meet Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) guidelines. The fine dining restaurant has also added six reduced-portion meals.

The Hitch-N-Post BBQ, meanwhile, has added four entrees that meet the nutritionist recommendations and two healthy side dishes. It also offers four reduced-portion meals on its menu.

These are examples of the impact Eat Well Otero, a grantee of the Paso Del Norte Health Foundation’s Healthy Eating, Active Living initiative, is having across…

REALIZE Board Brown Bag Series

August 10, 2018

REMINDER to all that Registered!

REALIZE Brown Bag Series: Board Governance Session

Tuesday, August 28, 2018
Noon
Paso del Norte Health Foundation
Conference Room C
221 N. Kansas, Suite 1900
El Paso, Texas 79901

Validated parking is available at 222 N. Kansas St.

To view the entire REALIZE Brown Bag series, log-on to: REALIZEboard.org.

Public meeting held on proposed Paso del Norte Trail

July 17, 2018

The Paso del Norte Health Foundation hosted a public meeting in mid-July to get additional public input on the proposed county-wide Paso del Norte Trail. More than 100 people attended the meeting that included a presentation by the trail planners from Sites Southwest on the proposed alignment and typologies for the trail. The Paso del Norte Trail will stretch a proposed 60-miles across El Paso County, connecting neighborhoods, providing new recreation options, and promoting a healthy, active lifestyle. The Health Foundation looks forward to finalizing the proposed trail route and working…