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City of Rochester
(Tuesday, July 12, 2022) – Mayor Malik D. Evans was joined
today by initiative co- founders, Rochester City Councilmember Willie Lightfoot
and Patricia Williams-McGahee, to announce details of the City’s Community Total
Health and Wellness Initiative.
The City of Rochester and Rochester City Council have collaborated
to establish the initiative to help define the gaps in the health and wellness needs
of Rochester’s underserved communities and bring services right into the neighborhoods
that need them most.
“Especially in these days after the pandemic, Rochester
residents are finding themselves in need of important health and wellness services,
and may not know how or where to find them,” said Mayor Evans. “The teams at City
Hall and in City Council are committed to working together with our partners at
Monroe County to identify, fund, and connect key services to city residents.”
Mayor Evans has committed millions of dollars in his
administration’s 2022-23 budget to understanding community health needs, expanding
R-Center services and hours, improving residents’ physical and mental health, expanding
health education, increasing access to healthy food, and other health and wellness
efforts.
To engage with residents and develop a better understanding of
Rochester’s community health needs, the Total Health and Wellness initiative includes
a comprehensive
survey, available on the City’s website. Residents are encouraged to participate,
especially if their needs are currently going unmet.
“We can’t bridge the gaps if we don’t understand what Rochester
residents are looking for,” said City Councilmember Willie Lightfoot. “We are already
planning to bring services into our neighborhood R-Centers, and to two Health and
Wellness Fairs this year. We look forward to expanding our efforts to connect
residents to resources as we continue to get a good picture of neighborhood needs.”
The City’s Total Health and Wellness Fairs will be held from
11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, July 23 at Lightfoot Square, 649 Jefferson Ave.
(on Jefferson Ave. between Bartlett St. and Columbia Ave.), and on Saturday, Aug.
20, at the International Plaza, 828 North Clinton Ave.
The Fairs will offer attendees healthy snacks and will
feature nearly 40 health and wellness service providers offering food and clothing
assistance, family supports, housing services, mental health and addiction resources,
child care services, employment resources, legal services, and more.
For more information about the initiative, visit www.CityOfRochester.gov/HealthAndWellness.
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