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| Cover Story Christiana Care Health System is making an impact on health with a $1 million gift to REACH Riverside
As Wilmington’s Riverside community embarks on an extraordinary revitalization effort, Development Corporation with support for community health and youth development programs.
Riverside, in the northeast corner of Wilmington, is one of the city’s oldest and most underserved neighborhoods. Christiana Care’s
gift adds to the landmark community redevelopment initiative, announced in November, which includes government, private and nonprofit investment and robust community engagement.
• Community wellness initiatives
through an expanded Kingswood Community Center, which has served children through seniors for nearly 75 years.
• The Teen Warehouse Inc., a “for
teens, by teens” facility featuring programming in health, confidence- building and educational, social and career competencies. Opening in September 2019, The Warehouse will
be in the former Prestige Academy on Thatcher Street, in walking distance from Kingswood Community Center.
• A redevelopment plan with 400 high- quality, mixed-income housing units.
• Education expansion for pre-K through high school in partnership with Wilmington’s EastSide Charter School and Kingswood Community Center.
“We want everybody who comes to Riverside to understand that this is a vibrant, healthy community, that anyone born here is not going to be held back by their
ZIP code,” said Logan Herring, CEO of REACH Riverside, Kingswood Community Center and The Warehouse. “We would like to see our partnership with Christiana Care blossom and grow. This commitment is just the first step in creating a healthier neighborhood.”
“This partnership with REACH Riverside will help the people who live and work in the Riverside community to realize their own vision for a healthy lifestyle.”
Janice E. Nevin, M.D., MPH
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Janice E. Nevin, M.D., MPH
Riverside will help the people who live and work in the Riverside community to realize their own vision for a healthy lifestyle,
with better access to healthy activities, lively places to learn and play and caring partners who will work with them to develop solutions that meet their needs. We’re here to serve our community.”
Christiana Care’s gift will fund community health and wellness outreach and education, facilities and resources for teen programs and activities, and support for seniors and children in this multigenerational neighborhood. The gift also will fund transportation so that neighbors have easy access to meet their health and social service needs, and programs to support economic mobility through workforce development and financial health programs.
Christiana Care’s support provides a major health component to the multiphase endeavor. The REACH Riverside project will include:
Bettina Tweardy Riveros, Esq.
“One of the
most significant indicators of an individual’s health is a person’s ZIP code,” said Bettina Tweardy Riveros, Esq., chief health equity officer at Christiana Care.
“At Christiana Care, we serve together to make a positive impact on health,” said Christiana Care President
and CEO Janice E. Nevin, M.D., MPH. “This partnership with REACH
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Logan Herring
“This partnership is a commitment to
good health in Riverside by working with the community to address social and environmental barriers to health and providing healthy opportunities for all ages right in the community.”
The revitalization is part of the national Purpose Built Communities initiative that reinvigorates neighborhoods with housing, a cradle-to-college education pipeline and community wellness programs so residents can thrive and achieve a brighter future.
In Wilmington, REACH Riverside is the program’s “community quarterback.”
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