Press Releases
Pups Are Popping Up All Over Cleveland!
7/31/08
Steps to a Healthier Cleveland will join Pop Up City, PetCo and Steelyard Commons to host a weekend of free dog-friendly activities designed to build community and better health amongst Cleveland’s pet owners. A “pop up” dog park on the West Bank of the Flats and a four-legged footrace along the towpath trail at Steelyard Commons are planned as part of Steps to a Healthier Cleveland’s Walk a Hound, Lose a Pound program.
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Ohio Department of Transportation awards $289,000 to make it safer for Cleveland kids to walk to school
2/11/2008
Walking or biking to and from school will soon be a safer, healthier activity for Cleveland students, thanks to a grant awarded to the Cleveland Department of Public Health (CDPH) from the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT). The $289,000 award is part of more than $4 million in federal dollars ODOT is investing in 87 Ohio communities through its Safe Routes to School program.
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Cleveland smokers can get help quitting
1/14/2008
The Cleveland Department of Public Health (CDPH) is offering a new schedule of smoking cessation clinics. The clinics are free to Cleveland residents, with registration. Developed by the American Lung Association, the 8-week Freedom From Smoking® (FFS) program, is led by a trained tobacco treatment specialist. The FFS program uses a positive behavior change approach that shows one how to become a nonsmoker.
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