Tag: Events

WYH Sponsors Palace Theatre’s Black History Month Celebration

Whitney Young Health is a proud Community Sponsor for this year’s Black History Month Celebration Series at the Palace Theatre. The closing ceremony includes a reception and the screening of Selma on Monday, February 27th beginning at 6:00pm. Selma is a chronicle of Martin Luther King’s campaign to secure equal voting rights via an epic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama…
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WYH Advocates for Kids During School Based Health Care Month

Advocating for what you believe in is important – especially if affects the lives of millions of children across New York State.  On February 7th, Whitney Young Health staff and board members attended the New York School-Based Health Advocacy Day at the Empire State Plaza along with hundreds of other students, teachers and health…
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What is #GivingTuesday

Celebrated on the Tuesday following Thanksgiving (in the U.S.) and the widely recognized shopping events Black Friday and Cyber Monday, #GivingTuesday kicks off the charitable season, when many focus on their holiday and end-of-year giving. Since its inaugural year in 2012, #GivingTuesday has become a movement that celebrates and supports giving and philanthropy with events…
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#GivingTuesday with Whitney Young Health

Make a big change with your small change this #GivingTuesday with Whitney Young Health! Giving Tuesday is a national movement of opportunity to give back to your favorite cause. It’s an opportunity to take a moment to reflect on the thousands of disadvantaged men, women and children we serve. Help provide quality healthcare…
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WYH Walks 26th Annual Treatment Works March

On a beautiful Fall day, the staff at Whitney Young Health joined together in the 26th Annual Treatment Works March in the south end of Albany. It was a wonderful day to celebrate with hundreds of people in recovery as well as treatment providers from around the Capital District. As one of the original…
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Save the Date – Legacy Event 2016

It’s that time of year again! Whitney Young Health’s annual Legacy Event is right around the corner. Our Legacy Event dinner honors individuals and organizations that have made a difference in the Capital Region, particularly in the population we serve. This year’s honoree is Leroy Twiggs, who is being given the Living the Legacy Award….
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WYH & Fidelis Help Kids with Back to School Prep

Everyone knows that the best part of the new school year is the new school supplies! On August 26th, Whitney Young Health and Fidelis Care joined together to help the kids in the community start the new school year on the right foot by throwing a Back to School Health Fair.  …
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Hundreds Attend Watervliet Health Center Open House

What better way to take part in National Health Center Week than host an open house for your brand new health center? On Tuesday, August 9th, Whitney Young Health unveiled, along with federal, state and local officials, the new Watervliet Health Center with an open house and ribbon cutting ceremony.  Not only…
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WIC Throws a Baby Shower

Happy World Breastfeeding Week! From August 1st – 7th, organizations all over the world celebrate World Breastfeeding Week to encourage breastfeeding and to improve the health of babies around the world. In honor of this week of awareness and recognition, WIC decided to throw a “baby shower!” The goal of the event was to shower breastfeeding mothers and their babies…
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You’re Invited to the Watervliet Open House

Come join Whitney Young Health, along with state and county officials, as we celebrate the opening of the Watervliet Health Center with a ribbon cutting ceremony on August 9th from 9 AM – 1 PM. The new health center provides medical, dental, and behavioral health services to those in the Watervliet community and its surrounding…
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