Mission
Partnership for a Healthy Lincoln is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the health, wellness, and fitness of communities, thousands of people at a time.
KEEPING KIDS HEALTHY AND ACTIVE AT HOME,
SAFE WHEN THEY GO OUT
Check out our At Home Resources page! Find great resources to engage, entertain, and teach kids with our recommendations for physical fitness, nutrition, gardening and mindfulness activities families can use at home, inside and outdoors. If you need help explaining health measures to your kids, you'll also find kid-friendly videos to help explain about the coronavirus and precautions to keep them safe.
LNKTV Health Features
PHL and Partners Monthly
meet our partners
Each month, LNKTV Health features community organizations that are making a difference in our community, great nutrition information and tips to make healthy eating easier, unique and fun ways to be active and highlights featuring inspiring work done by local nonprofits to improve community health.
Watch the latest LNKTV Health productions below and visit LNKTV Health for everything health, wellness, safety, and fitness in our community:
Young women who have questions about their pregnancy and postpartum journey, can find information on where to access available support resources in our community in this video from LNKTV Health and Partnership for a Healthy Lincoln.
Visit the LNKTV Health You Tube channel for more.
Partnerships Make a Collective Impact
Partnership for a Healthy Lincoln collaborates with non-profits across the city to improve the wellness of our community. Throughout the year, we feature the work our partners do to impact the health and fitness of our city. Each month we spotlight the current highlights and happenings of featured partners. Click on the links to read about them.
October 2024 highlights:
Community Health Endowment
Community Action Partnership
PHL - Be Part of Our Efforts
PHL - Support Our Initiatives
PHL - Get in Touch With Us
In The News
The Nebraska Department of Education awarded Partnership for a Healthy Lincoln an $80,000 grant to continue their work in the Community Learning Centers teaching kids about good nutrition and the science of growing with their Harvest of the Month program featuring fresh healthy produce from local farms.
Nebraska's infant mortality rate is worsening compared to the rest of the country. Partnership for a Healthy Lincoln's president, Dr. Bob Rauner, says this is the reason why Nebraska really needs to focus on it.
It’s virus time. Kids are back in school – a great petri dish for cooking up viruses to take home to the rest of the family. Then parents take it to work, and families spread it to extended family. This year's flu and COVID vaccines, formulated to combat the latest strains, have proved effective in Australia, where they were released earlier, which bodes well for the U.S.
Interested in community health issues? Stay in touch with the latest news and information on PHL and our partners.
Subscribe or read our latest e-newsletter.
Check out our Health and the City column on the last Saturday of every month in the Lincoln Journal Star. Read past columns here.
