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Recapping Healthy Youth Day 2024
On January 18, VFHY and Y Street, our award-winning volunteer initiative for high school students, celebrated the 14th annual Healthy Youth Day. More than two dozen young leaders from[Read More..]
Y Street Spotlight: Ashley from Woodstock
Since its establishment in 2004, the Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth's (VFHY) statewide youth program, Y Street, has served as a vital resource for training youth across the commonwealth[Read More..]
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s Legacy Lives on in Young Leaders
Since 1986, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday has been recognized as a federal holiday, commemorating Dr. King’s nonviolent activism and commitment to equality. Observed on the third Monday in[Read More..]
Make a Resolution to Practice Healthy Habits
With the fresh-start feeling the New Year brings, there’s no better time than January 1 to establish healthy habits – or to make a major change, like committing to kicking[Read More..]
Secrets to Sustainable Research from the Eastern Virginia Medical School
Since 2002, VFHY has awarded grants to universities across Virginia, funding valuable research into youth tobacco use prevention and supporting more than forty projects to date. Eastern Virginia Medical[Read More..]
Addressing Playspace Inequity in Virginia
This spring, VFHY staff and community members headed to Petersburg, VA to break ground on the first of eight VFHY-funded playgrounds that will be built across the state through[Read More..]
Empower Series Takeaways: Transforming Systems to Adequately Address Food Insecurity
In November, VFHY hosted a webinar focused on ending food insecurity. We were joined by three passionate and inspiring leaders from the food access space: Radha Muthiah is the[Read More..]
Empower Series Takeaways: Unplugging and Encouraging Active, Independent Childhoods
On October 12, VFHY kicked off a new season of the Empower Series, featuring Lenore Skenazy, president and co-founder of Let Grow, the leading childhood independence advocacy organization, and[Read More..]
Three Highlights from the 2023 Champions for Youth Summit
This spring, youth advocates from across the country joined VFHY in Northern Virginia for the inaugural Champions for Youth Summit. The 2023 Summit was VFHY’s first in-person event since[Read More..]
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