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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.
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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Andeavor provides support to plan for next segment of Playa Drain Trail
July 17, 2018
Planning for the next phase of the Playa Drain Trail from Riverside High School to Ysleta High School will now begin thanks to a generous $50,000 grant from Andeavor to the Paso del Norte Foundation.
The Playa Drain Trail is an 8.3-mile segment of the 60-mile Paso del Norte Trail. The Health Foundation partnered with El Paso Water and City of El Paso Parks and Recreation Department to construct 3.4-miles of the Trail from Ascarate Park to Riverside High School with $2.5 million of Health Foundation funds and $300,000 in Quality of Life Bond funds. The Health Foundation expects this…
San Elizario adopts clean air ordinance
July 17, 2018
This June, the San Elizario Mayor and City Council Members voted unanimously to adopt a clean air ordinance, designed to reduce smoking rates in the City.
A Smoke Free Paso del Norte, an initiative of the Paso del Norte Health Foundation, and the Clean Air Coalition worked together with community residents to advocate for this health-improving change. These efforts are part of a movement that over the past 17 years has made a lasting impact on regional smoking rates.
“We commend the leadership of San Elizario for their commitment to the health of their residents,” stated Tracy J….
Texas A&M Colonias Program receives the Education Empowerment Award from SISD for their Mujer A Mujer and More Counts Programs
July 17, 2018
Congratulations to the Texas A&M University - Colonias Program for being selected as a Socorro ISD (SISD) Partners in Education: Education Empowerment Award Recipient. This award is given to an organization or business that donates invaluable time, money and service to schools across the district.
The Texas A&M Colonias Program provided Socorro ISD schools, including Eastlake High School, with special mental, physical and behavioral health programing for mothers and families through their De Mujer A Mujer (DMAM) and More Counts programs funded by the Paso del Norte Health Foundation….
