Healthy Activities
Promotion Project for You (HAPPY)
A Wellness Campaign
Healthy Activities Promotion Project for You (HAPPY) was created by
Aban to encourage District of Columbia residents to engage in
healthier lifestyles and to improve their health and well
being.
Our goal is to:
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Increase knowledge about wellness
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Promote exercise and healthier living activities
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Encourage prevention, early detection, and treatment of chronic
illnesses
We believe it is possible to transform DC into a healthier city.
Yes we can! However, we recognize it will require a sustained and
collaborative effort from across section of individuals,
organizations, agencies, and businesses who share a similar belief.
We hope you are the one. Join us and become a partner or sponsor
for these events.
Every Saturday, during late spring and early fall, we focus on a
particular health issue and invite anyone who has a wellness
resource to partner with us and provide their services,
information, resource for free to the community. In the past five
years we had over 1800 residents receive benefits of our health
activities.
Through partnerships, we provided free HIV/AIDS testings, dental
screening, cardiovascular screening, obesity prevention, youth
health, roller skating demonstrations, education savings
information, health insurance, and other wellness promotion
resources. Our guest speakers have conducted special presentations
on financial literacy, alternative health and nutrition, and
navigating web based health resources.
Many thanks to last year's sponsors, Health Right, Inc. and Prompt
and Proper Capital. And, to our funder, the Far Southeast Family
Strengthening Collaborative, Inc. We are seeking additional support
for this year's activities. Click here to download our Partnership
Information and Sponsorship
Information.
*Please note: If you downloaded previous version of
partnership form, the dates were incorrect. Please use this
corrected version.
Roller Skate at Anacostia Park Roller
Skating Pavilion
We encourage residents to become more physically
active and utilize the roller skating pavilion as a resource.
Anacostia Park Roller Skating Pavilion is the only roller skating
facility in the District owned and operated by the National Park
Service. It is free and open to the public year
round.
Roller skating is a multi-generational activity with
many health benefits. Roller skating is recognized as an excellent
cardiovascular activity that helps to tone and strengthen lower
body extremities, while building muscle mass and reducing body fat.
It does not put stress on bones. Most of all it helps to strengthen
lungs while increasing heart rate. In other words, roller skating
is an excellent fat burner and improves breathing.
Bring your family and friends and join us at the
Pavilion. Together we can live longer healthier happier
lives.
NEW
INITIATIVES
Last summer Aban launched
several initiatives to engage our youth in healthier living. With
partnerships from Summit Health Institute for Research and
Education (SHIRE) and P.I. Advocates International, Inc. and a
grant from Far Southeast Family Strengthening Collaborative to
address the growing concern and urgency of the obesity crisis
affecting our children in DC. Please check back to learn more about
the launch of these initiatives. In the meantime, please download
the enrollment
form.
SHIRE is nonprofit 501(c)(3)
organization dedicated to the promotion of health and wellness for
all people. SHIRE works to eradicate health disparities and aid
vulnerable populations in attaining optimal health. Visit their
website: http://www.shireinc.org/
P.I.
Advocates International, Inc. is a community-based 501(c)3 health
advocacy organization aggressively addressing health literacy as a
disparity in low-income communities in and around the DC
Metropolitan Area. Visit their website: http://piadvocates.org/default.aspx
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Aban Institute and
Associates, Inc. 
