Hunger to Health Collaboratory (H2HC)

The de Beaumont Foundation's new Communicating about Public Health: A Toolkit for Public Health Professionals is a research-based resource?that?equips public health workers with practical messaging strategies to?support?public understanding?of critical public health work.? ? #PublicHealth #HealthCommunication #HealthEquity

The Kraft Center for Community Health at Mass General Brigham has?launched the?Kraft Prize for Excellence and Innovation in Community Health. The?$100,000?award will recognize groundbreaking?work in heart disease, cancer, substance use disorder, and maternal health with a focus on addressing social drivers of health. ? Two finalists will receive?$10,000?each, and?all awardees will?be included in the MGB World Medical Forum in September. ? The?deadline to submit an application is?April 4, 2025. ? #HealthEquity #SDOH #CommunityHealth #Innovation #KraftPrize

In her fall 2024 Ted Talk, Alexandra Amouyel, president and CEO of Newman's Own Foundation (NOF), presents NOF’s ‘100% for purpose’ model that donates all profits to charity. She outlines four ingredients for a successful 100% for purpose business: make a profit, raise money responsibly, reverse governance (foundation controls the company), and focus on impact rather than competition. Amouyel highlights this model's potential to transform business, philanthropy, and capitalism by prioritizing social impact along with financial success.

At the H2HC 2024 Fall Summit, leaders from three regionally diverse Massachusetts Community Action Agencies discussed the vital role that their agencies play in tackling poverty and inequity at the local level. Despite these monumental efforts, systemic inequality persists. As Marybeth Campbell of the Worcester Community Action Council, Inc. has stated, "We strive to make our organization as obsolete as possible. We are an aftermarket solution to root-cause issues." As 2024 comes to a close, we must reflect on the current state of U.S. wealth inequality, and we must also continue to move forward to accelerate solutions for a more equitable future for all Americans. #WealthInequality #SystemicInequity #Poverty #CommunityActionAgencies https://lnkd.in/ef9UgXtQ.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and USDA recently released the Scientific Report of the 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee. This report will help guide the federal government in crafting the next edition of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, which play a central role in shaping national nutrition policies and improving public health outcomes. The new report is notable for its intentional focus on health equity to ensure that factors such as socioeconomic position, race, ethnicity, and culture were considered to the greatest extent possible.?This approach is crucial for addressing disparities in access to nutritious, safe, and affordable food across diverse communities. #HealthEquity #NutritionPolicy #DietaryGuidelines https://lnkd.in/exuaFH_q

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Over the holiday week, H2HC Prize for Innovation winner DC Central Kitchen welcomed Vice President Harris and her family to their headquarters as they prepared a organizational record-breaking 69,000 Thanksgiving meals for the DC community. “Vice President Harris and Second Gentleman Emhoff have been staunch advocates for the importance of fighting food insecurity, creating economic opportunities, and providing meaningful service opportunities that unite our communities,” says DC Central Kitchen CEO Mike Curtin, Jr. “For them to return to DC Central Kitchen on Thanksgiving for the third time and see how our impact has grown in our new facility reminds us all that everyone can serve and that everyone can make a difference.”

It was so inspiring to be part of Hunger to Health Collaboratory (H2HC)'s fall summit last week, learning from amazing nonprofits like DC Central Kitchen, Green Bronx Machine, and Alameda County Recipe 4 Health, as well as visionary leaders from foundations and the for profit sector, including Nishant Roy at Chobani, Gordon Reid from Stop & Shop, Cecilia McKenney at Quest Diagnostics and Emily Yu from Newman's Own Foundation. And coming home with a 2024 Prize for Innovation - an honor The Giving Grove shared with some incredible changemakers at Boston Medical Center's StreetCred program - was the cherry on top. Thank you to Nicolene Hengen, MSPH, Richard MacMillan, Samantha L. and their colleagues at H2HC for a fantastic convening and the opportunity to celebrate all those who make The Giving Grove's work possible.

Hunger to Health Collaboratory (H2HC) for its 2024 Fall Summit,?Accelerating Solutions The right mix of innovators and changemakers creating solutions to food and nutrition challenges and advancing health equity nationwide. Congrats to the H2HC 2024 Prizes for Innovation Winners:?StreetCred?and?The Giving Grove. Big shout out to Samantha L. Richard MacMillan & Nicolene Hengen, MSPH for all that you do! #H2H #WorcesterCommunityActionCouncil #Recipe4Health #OASH #CommunityActionPioneerValley #TheAspenInstitute #QuestDiagnostics #StopAndShop #GreenBronxMachine #Chobani #StreetCred #BMC #ActionForBostonCommunityDevelopment #DCKitchen #TheGivingGrove #NewmansOwnFoundation #CenterForMedicareAndMedicaidInnovation #Accenture #AugMentors

H2HC was thrilled to welcome 2024 Prizes for Innovation winners, StreetCred and The Giving Grove, to our growing learning community at the 2024 Fall Summit on November 21.