Mobile Bike Hub internship provides teens with a unique opportunity to learn bike repair and prepare for employment after high school.
Health and Wellness
Health & Wellness
Posted inCarousel, Education, Health and Wellness, Home, Neighborhoods, News
Popular health fairs to provide free vaccinations, backpacks for kids
Vaccinations, hearing and lead tests are among the free services that will be offered at the upcoming Milwaukee Health Department “Back-to-School Health Fairs” at North Division and Bradley Tech high schools.
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Health insurance advocates continue ACA enrollment efforts
Although ACA open enrollment will be closed until November, individuals and families with life-changing events can enroll in health insurance on the federal marketplace.
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Mother administers hope to three sons with hemophilia
Three of Danielle Suchla’s six children have hemophilia, but she works hard to ensure they live a normal life.
Posted inCarousel, Education, Health and Wellness, Home, Layton Boulevard West, Menomonee Valley, Neighborhoods, News, North, Public Safety, South, Washington Park
Urban Ecology Center branches provide safe options for outdoor play
In some city neighborhoods, kids play indoors because parents fear for their safety. But places such as the Urban Ecology Centers are providing safe havens for outdoor play and creating safer neighborhoods in the process.
Posted inCarousel, Community, Health and Wellness, Home, Neighborhoods, News
Free summer meals available for youth, disabled
The Summer Food Service Program, which provides meals to local youth while school lunches are not available, has released locations, meal times and days served.
Posted inCarousel, Health and Wellness, Home, Lindsay Heights, Neighborhoods, News, North
Officials, residents hope new park in Lindsay Heights will revitalize neighborhood
Neighborhood residents joined city officials to break ground for a new pocket park in Lindsay Heights, part of the HOME GR/OWN Initiative, intended to create economic development, healthy food access and neighborhood revitalization.
Posted inCarousel, Havenwoods, Health and Wellness, Home, Neighborhoods, News, Northwest
Proceeds from Growing Power 5K to support local food movement
Growing Power’s first Good Food Revolution 5K walk and run brought residents, local food advocates and politicians together to promote fresh, healthy food.
Posted inCarousel, Health and Wellness, Neighborhoods
Special Report: Managing Chronic Diabetes
The dramatic increase in type 2 diabetes that has swept the state and the country in the past 20 years has hit low-income minority Milwaukeeans harder than most.
Posted inArts and Recreation, Carousel, Health and Wellness, Home, Neighborhoods, News, Washington Park, West
Ballroom dance competition keeps students on their toes
Students at 50 Milwaukee schools are preparing to participate in an upcoming ballroom and tap dance competition at the Bradley Center.