JOIN US FOR A FUN WATERFRONT STEWARDSHIP WORKSHOP Can you believe that the Harlem River Shoreline used to be lined with marsh grasses and upland streams? How did this natural shoreline change to host a major shipping port? How can we reintroduce the natural environment to our waterfront? If you are in the 5th…
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Activities and Events for the Family, July Part 1
Hi All, For those who would like to have something fun to do over the weekends, we have some very cool, very hip opportunities coming up around the neighborhood: It’s My Park Day at Harlem River Park: Help clean and beautify the park, and stick around for exciting family programming and events. Where: 135th Street and…
2016 Women’s Health (part 1)
(Click here if unable to view slideshow.) July 9, 2016: Women’s Health Today’s discussion was the first of three walks focusing on women’s health. Today’s topic was cancer prevention. Although women’s health is can be a sensitive topic, it is important to discuss. We began by talking about the two main methods of cervical…
2015 First Aid Panoramas
This page may take some time to load fully. Be patient. Click on the Hand Icon to start the Panorama. Works well with a gyroscope on a smart phone. Move the phone around and you’ll see. These were uploaded to 360cities.net. The images are from the 2015 First Aid walk. 2015.10.31 Cada Paso 01 2015.10.31…
October 31st Family Fall Harvest Walk and Día de los Muertos Celebration
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Cada Paso Walking Program Contact: Emma Murphy contact@cadapaso.us Website: www.cadapaso.us Family Fall Harvest Walk and Día de los Muertos Celebration EAST HARLEM NEW YORK, NY – Our next walk on Saturday, October 31, will address basic first aid skills and offer guidance to families about when to appropriately use emergency rooms and…
Obesity & Nutrition
Google Photos Album The suspicious forecast yielded to perfect walking weather for the second of four walks of the pilot program. We focused on the intertwined topics of obesity and nutrition. The pre-walk lesson covered what obesity means, the health risks of obesity, and finally ways to prevent obesity. These suggestions ranged from increasing physical…
First Aid
Google Photos Album Date: 7/19 After a wonderful four walks to pilot our program in May, we decided it was time to hit the streets again. We had a great reason to do so: as part of another health information program run by Little Sisters of the Assumption Family Health Service, our co-leader Lara realized…
Asthma & Allergy
Google Photos Album May 3rd, 2014: our very first Cada Paso walk of our pilot series, and it was a great success! We gathered in Poor Richard’s Playground and registered all our families before a discussion on the number one health concern that we identified from our needs assessment survey: asthma and allergies. We had…