About Health Wealth & Wellness
Health, Wealth, and Wellness Week is observed to create venues where the community (the constituents of each state) can intimately access the resources of resident businesses, vendors, organizations, government and faith-based entities from the aspect of holistically acquiring Health, Wealth, and Wellness related knowledge, on-site assistance, training, interviewing, activities, and community-business networking. Additionally, the purpose of the initiative is to increase the visibility and awareness of each business, vendor, organization, government and faith-based entity's presence, and the range of services offered to promote community engagement and to increase business/programmatic accruals through the mutual investment of time and resources.
Our Vision
The vision of the Health, Wealth, and Wellness Week is to provide a plethora of resources to the communities that we serve, with the intent to mutually enhance the overall quality of health, wealth, and wellness of the constituents and resident businesses, vendors, organizations, government and faith-based entities.
More About Health Wealth & Wellness
The intent of the week's calendar events is to encourage communities within the six (6) regions (Northeast, Southeast, Northcentral, Southcentral, Northwest and Southwest) of the state of Pennsylvania, to observe and participate in activities that enhance their overall Health, Wealth and Wellness. Any relevant activities would be applicable.
Our Proud Sponsor
About the American Kidney Fund
The American Kidney Fund is the nation’s No. 1 source of treatment-related financial assistance to kidney patients and a leader in providing health education to people with or at risk for kidney disease. In 2009, this charitable organization provided treatment-related grants to 87,000 kidney patients totaling more than $155 million. The American Kidney Fund reaches tens of thousands of individuals each year with information about kidney health; operates a kidney disease screening program in high-risk communities; and maintains a toll-free HelpLine (866-300-2900) which provides education about kidney disease. For more information, visit www.kidneyfund.org.
About MIKE
The American Kidney Fund’s MIKE program (Minority Intervention and Kidney Education) partners with government agencies, community groups and faith-based organizations to provide free health education, kidney screenings and follow-up services for people who are at high risk for chronic kidney disease. MIKE screenings are free of charge. The American Kidney Fund works with local community organizations to plan screenings for neighborhoods with high documented rates of kidney failure. High-risk participants—those found to have indicators of kidney damage—receive telephone contact, a follow-up survey, questions to ask their doctor and a resource list of medical care in the community. The American Kidney Fund also conducts expanded outreach programs in cities around the country.
