Rochester's Healthy Home

On Saturday, August 5, a community barbeque was held at Rochester’s Healthy Home, located at 700 West Main Street. Nearly 70 attendees toured the Healthy Home and learned about different hazards that can be present in a home, including lead and mold, and how to safely address them. Visit the Healthy Home website here.

The Healthy Home Project was started by the South West Area Neighborhood Association, Inc., (SWAN), the Rochester Fatherhood Resource Initiative (RFRI), the University of Rochester Medical Center’s Environmental Health Sciences Center Community Outreach and Education Program, Community Roundtable and New School Vision, Inc. The purpose of the home is to serve as a community link among Sector 4 neighborhood groups, a resource to the community for information on maintaining a healthy home, and a place where members of the community receive referrals, training and materials in order to become self-reliant in maintaining their own healthy homes.

 

Great food brought the community together so that residents could learn valuable information about keeping their homes healthy.

Residents enjoyed the beautiful weather.

Mayor Robert Duffy attended the event and was given a tour by two students from the Building Blocks program.

The Healthy Home entry hall displays lots of other information and resources for making your home healthy.

A volunteer educates other kids in the Healthy Home bedroom, which focuses on how to manage dust and other particles for asthmatic children.

Community members read about how to recognize and safely address lead hazards in the home.

The event was attended by community members of all age ranges, who learned how to keep their homes safe from different kinds of hazards.

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Great food brought the community together so that residents could learn valuable information about keeping their homes healthy.