June 2011 Archives

Thursday afternoons from May 26th-June 30th at Inwood Hill Park (the field next to the water)

Ages 5-10, 6 sessions, $70 

Ages 5/6: 4:15pm

Ages 7/8: 5:00pm

Ages 9/10: 6:00pm

Parent's games: 7:00pm

To register or ask questions email: fbcastlllo@gmail.com;  Sponsored by Empire Children's Program

Uptown Soccer Academy will begin its third summer of providing a FREE soccer based summer camp for the youth of Washington Heights and Inwood. This year the Summer program will host 45 boys and girls between the ages of 8 and 15.

 The camp will run Mondays thru Thursdays, 9am-2pm, from July 11th - August 18th at the Dyckman Fields (on 200th Street). For more information please contact us at uptownsoccer@gmail.com or 347.749.3120 or  visit our website www.uptownsocceracademy.org.

The Washington Heights Summer Dance program, presented in partnership with the YM & YWHA of Washington Heights & Inwood, is geared toward students of all levels from ages 12 and up.  This is an incredible opportunity for students to study with a range of professionals in a persity of dance subjects.  Each day consists of technique, composition and repertory classes, along with guest artist master classes. 

SPECIAL Scholarship Tuition: $150 (for full week of dance! thanks to tremendous donor support)

Each day includes 8 hours of instructional dancing. For more information and a typical day's schedule, please visit www.GwirtzmanDance.org/festivals.

The Daniel Gwirtzman Dance Company, in partnership with the YM & YWHA of Washington Heights & Inwood, is holding DANCE AT THE GYM, the FREE series of interactive programs for all ages combining lectures, performance, and workshops by the Daniel Gwirtzman Company. 

"Daniel Gwirtzman Dance Company presents an interactive lecture performance as part of an ongoing series presenting new choreography to the public.  Gwirtzman and the Company will narrate these intimate showings, sharing insights about the process of making and maintaining dances.  
Daniel Gwirtzman Dance Company presenta un espectáculo y conferencia interactiva como parte de una serie que muestra nuevas coreografías al público."

RSVP: info@gwirtzmandance.org
Info: YM & YWHA of Washington Heights & Inwood, 54 Nagle Avenue (between Broadway & Ellwood St.), 3rd Floor Gym - www.gwirtzmandance.org

CHALK will be there with demos and giveaways around the June Habit of the Month!

"Every Sunday in June celebrating: Arts, Music, Health and Heritage.  Presented by Community League of the Heights, NYC DOT, and Broadway United Business.
Todos los domingos de junio celebrando: arte, música, salud y herencia cultural. "

Info: Ilka Tanya Payan Park, 157th St. & Broadway
www.CLOTH159.org - www.BroadwayUnitedBusinesses.org

Star Senior Center

650 W 187 Street between Wadsworth & Broadway

 For more information please contact Ana Lopez, Anais Rojas at 212-781-6722, whicparent@gmail.com . Washington Heights Inwood Coalition, Inc. www.whicoalition.org

Join the CEO of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital as the hospital gives formal recognition and a statement of committment behind its childhood obesity prevention programs. Includes a highlight of our Live your Life campaign! Click below for an invite and RSVP info.

Healthy Children in the Heights Invitev5.pdf

Check out this great commercial from the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene that reminds us of how much sugar are in some drinks. Water is best!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62JMfv0tf3Q&feature=player_embedded

What: Build your own city block with the Center for Architecture Foundation (CFAF) and the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH). In this free hands-on pilot workshop, families will learn how neighborhood, street and build design can be used to encourage an active and healthy lifestyle. Working as a design team, families will redesign a city block to create a space where activities such as walking, biking, outdoor play, and using public transportation are encouraged. Children age 5 and up are welcome, accompanied by an adult:

Where: Harlem YMCA, 180 West 135th Street, Manhattan

To find out how to bring an Active Design Family Day or Active Design residency to your communityorganization or school to become a program supporter, please contact Jamie at jendreny@cfafoundation.org

Please join us at the following locations to pick up your FREE milk:
Practice the Live your Life Habit: Switch to low-fat (1% of less) milk, cheese and yogurt.

Wednesdays :9:30 am near the intersection of Amsterdam Avenue and 159th Street, Manhattan

Thursdays: 9:00 am at 176th Street and Wadsworth Avenue (N.M.I.C.), Manhattan

A program of: Homes for the Homeless. "At Homes for the Homeless, our mission is to provide homeless families with the opportunities and support necessary to move out of shelter and live independently.
With the knowledge that Family Homelessness is first and foremost a poverty issue that disproportionately affects children, Homes for the Homeless has adopted a family-based, child-centered, education-focused approach to all its programs and services."

Visit http://www.hfhnyc.org/milkfromtheheart for more information.  

What: Build your own city block with the Center for Architecture Foundation (CFAF) and the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH). In this free hands-on pilot workshop, families will learn how neighborhood, street and build design can be used to encourage an active and healthy lifestyle. Working as a design team, families will redesign a city block to create a space where activities such as walking, biking, outdoor play, and using public transportation are encouraged. Children age 5 and up are welcome, accompanied by an adult:

To find out how to bring an Active Design Family Day or Active Design residency to your communityorganization or school to become a program supporter, please contact Jamie at jendreny@cfafoundation.org

NYPgreen’s Wellness Taskforce helped launch a "Take the Stairs" campaign at the NYP/Columbia, and most recently at the NYP/Weill Cornell campus.  The signs help encourage people to use the stairs throughout the day to save electricity, and to promote physical activity. The campaign uses NYC Department and Health and Mental Hygiene's "Burn Calories, Not Electricity" signs.  The signs tie into Bloomberg's PlaNYC 2030 - an agenda outlining steps to a greener New York City.  The motivational stair messages are used with permission from Columbia University's Be Fit to Be'ne'Fit program. Their website offers tips for leading a healthy life.

At the Columbia campus, a 3 month follow-up evaluation of the campaign showed that 2 out of 3 intervention sites showed a statistically significant increase in stair usage among patients and staff.  CHALK (Choosing Healthy & Active Lifestyles for Kids), a collaboration between Community Pediatrics at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center and the community  initiated and implemented this campaign at Columbia, and supported the expansion to Weill Cornell.

As of last month, signage is posted near the K and Payson elevator banks of the at the Weill Cornell Campus, as well as adjacent staircases.

CHALK chairs the Wellness Task Force of NYPgreen, providing leadership, staff and funding for these intitiatives.

And don't forget the habit of the month... Drink water!

"The first heat wave of the season has arrived in New York City. Temperatures will climb into the 90s on Wednesday and will remain in the mid- to high 90s through Thursday.

Cooling Centers: New York City cooling centers will open Wednesday, June 8 and Thursday, June 9 until further notice to help New Yorkers beat the heat. Call 311 or use the cooling center finder to find a cooling center near you.

Conserve Energy: During periods of extremely hot and humid weather, electricity use rises, which can cause power disruptions. Use air conditioners only when you're home, and only in rooms you're using. If you want to cool your home before you return, set a timer that turns on no more than 30 minutes before you arrive. Turn off nonessential appliances.

Health & Safety: Stay out of the sun if possible and remember to drink plenty of water. Check on neighbors who may be vulnerable to the heat.

Find a cooling center
Get more tips to beat the summer heat
Sign up for Notify NYC to learn about emergencies in your neighborhood

Comment on this news service:
http://www.nyc.gov/html/misc/html/news_feedback.html "

Coogan's just joined the campaign, and starting Wednesday they will feature a Live your Life special! Here is what's on the menu this week. We actually had our very much appreciated Dietitian Andrea Brekke review the recipes to make sure they fell in the Live your Life spectrum. Coogan's is an institution up here and we are honored to have them on board! So come on out and enjoy their Live your Life Specials- Mango Shrimp Salad or the Hoisin Chicken StirFry with Lettuce Wraps, 400 calories or less.

4015 Broadway (& 169th Street)
New York, NY 10032
212.928.1234

Special Flyer:

June-2011.doc

Community Health Academy of the Heights is having a health fair at 512 West 182nd Street at Audubon Avenue.

"Dear Friends of the NYC Prenatal Fitness Initiative:

You may know that the annual Hike the Heights walk will take place on Saturday, June 4th. This year for the first time we are encouraging pregnant women and their families to join the hike which leaves from several locations. Pregnant women are encouraged to walk as a group from the Jackie Robinson Park meet up location. We welcome you to join us in promoting this event among pregnant women and their families.

Please see the below flier for more information and feel free to contact us with any questions.

Thank you for helping us expand access to quality, affordable fitness options for pregnant women!


Andrea Mata and Mari Pascoe, Co-Founders
NYC Prenatal Fitness Initiative
(646) 831-3903"

Prenatal Hike the Heights June 4th 2011.pdf

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A Healthy Eating Active Living Community Event 

LOCATION: 141 E. 111 Street, New York, NY 10029
 

Health Screenings, Food, Healthy Snack Preparation, Entertainment, Games, Educational Workshops, Arts & Crafts, Face Painting, Cooking Demonstrations, Fruits and Vegetables available!!

Mosaic_Preparatory_School_fair_flyer.pdf

2010 Healthy Eating, Active Living: A School and Community Initiative (HEAL) is made possible through the generous support of MetLife Foundation

Read up on some of the challenges about getting kids to drink water at school, along with some recommendations on how to break the barriers. Thanks to Arlen Zamula of Healthy Schools Healthy Families for sharing the article.

http://www.phlpnet.org/sites/phlpnet.org/files/WaterAcces_FactSht.pdf

Registration is now open for the Municipal Art Society's Livable Neighborhoods Program on Saturday June 18th from 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM at Hunter College.

The Livable Neighborhoods Program (LNP) is a free, day-long workshop series offered by MAS and Hunter College’s Center for Community Planning and Development. It is designed to provide communities with the resources needed to transform local vision into effective plans. Hundreds of New Yorkers have participated in the program since it started in 2007.

Its components include:

• a day of free training taught by committed and experienced community leaders and government representatives on a variety of topics including zoning, community organizing, 197-A planning and much more;
• an online toolkit on planning topics relevant to New York City neighborhoods;
• and an ongoing, web-based “practitioners network,” designed to facilitate an exchange of information and ideas among people who go through the program.

Learn more about the program and how to register. And, please forward this email to others who you think would enjoy and benefit from this day of training.

All the best,

Christine Krische

Vice President, Public Programs

The NYC Strategic Alliance for Health, and the entire coalition is happy to announce the winners of this year’s Excellence in School Wellness Awards! Based on your award level, your school will be presented with a banner, plaque or certificate of recognition. Congratulations to all!

Click here for a list of the schools that won.

www.nycsafh.org

The USDA has moved from a pyramid way of explaining how we should eat to a plate. Read up on it at

http://www.choosemyplate.gov/

Click for a short list of potential resources for summer camps that have a healthy lifestyles theme to them in Washington Heights/Inwood. Some are free, some have costs. Note that this list may not include all- just ones we came across and not all programs may be offering spots. But it may be worth contacting them. If we left you out, let us know and we'll add you.

Summer Camp Resource List 2011.pdf

 "This July we’re launching the Summer Running and Community Engagement (R.A.C.E.) Program, a leadership development opportunity for girls new to running and entering their senior year of high school. We’re targeting residents of Northern Manhattan and the South Bronx, areas affected greatly by both health and economic disparity, but welcome applications from motivated teens attending a NYC public high school in any borough.

After training with an NYRR coach, participants will be able to complete their first 5K race by the end of August. In addition, they will learn from guest speakers about health issues affecting many of the city’s lower-income communities and plan a service project of their choosing that directly addresses one of these issues. Successful completion of the program and at least 80% attendance at all practices will secure a $1000 college scholarship for each girl.

The Summer R.A.C.E. Program flyer and application are below for your easy distribution. You may also find details about the program and about NYRR Youth and Community Services at www.nyrrf.org. Please consider sharing this information with any affiliated youth organizations or with teens directly. The deadline to apply is June 15, 2011.

RACE flyer-1.pdf

Warm regards,

Karimah Nichols

New York Road Runners

Executive Assistant/Project Coordinator

Youth and Community Services

(646) 758-9700

knichols@nyrr.org

Want to bring an innovative program to your school or organization that shows kids how to use the cleanest, greenest, most active and economical transportation available?      On June 9, 2011 (Chancellor’s Conference Day) Bike New York will be offering a bike skills curriculum training to teachers or anybody who works with kids and want to bring bike programming to their school or youth program.    Teachers and schools that have used our bikes and curriculum were recently featured in a New York Times article.   Most kids enjoy cycling, and our curriculum, Bike Driver’s Ed, is a great way to introduce them to cycling and to show them how to do it safely and confidently.    The training workshop will show teachers how to set up and teach skill activities in the Bike Driver’s Ed curriculum, including teaching someone to ride for the first time, as well as essential traffic safety and injury prevention skills.   Teachers will receive a free copy of the curriculum and other resources on a cd-rom.   Bike New York has a limited number of adult bikes available to loan out for the June 9 training workshop.   People who want to borrow one of our bikes should RSVP to me at 212-870-2091, or to rconroy@bikenewyork.org.   

The below flier has details about time and location of the June 9 training workshop.   Please forward this to your educators or members.  

 PS 180 Bike Driver's Ed flier.pdf

Rich Conroy

Bicycle Education Program Director

Bike New York

www.bikenewyork.org

rconroy@bikenewyork.org

212-870-2091

DanceXercise is moving outdoors.

Dance aerobics for kids and parents to salsa, merengue, hip-hop- fun!

See you every Sarturday in June 2pm @ Ann Loftus Park (Dyckman& Bway) & in July 11am-4pm @ AMP-PlaySt/ZonaRecreo (179-180/Pinehurst

The New York City Departments of Parks & Recreation and Health & Mental Hygiene are proud to announce the launch of the enhancedBeFitNYC.org – a search engine to find FREE and low-cost fitness opportunities in New York City! We are looking to recruit, excite and energize people to lead fitness activities all over New York City!

Additionally, we are organizing a week-long celebration of fitness, from June 6-12th. During this week and throughout the summer, thousands of New Yorkers will get moving!