Jan 11, 2012Cool New Innovation in Language Translation Comes to Howard CountyHoCo Well & Wise
Community leaders and representatives of the county’s Spanish-speaking, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, and Deaf communities joined the Horizon Foundation and Howard County General Hospital last week to launch a new video interpretation service designed to make health care more accessible in...
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Sep 22, 2011Study shows working poor struggle in Howard CountyExplore Howard
With its high cost of living and highly skilled workforce, Howard County is a difficult place for low-wage workers like Johnson, who made $17,000 last year, to become self-sufficient, according to a Policy Analysis Center study released Wednesday, Sept. 21.
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Jul 24, 2011Combat childhood obesity with one simple message: no sugary drinksThe Baltimore Sun
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By Peter L. Beilenson and Rich Krieg
A recent Harvard School of Public Health study indicated that potatoes, especially chips or fries, but even boiled ones, contribute more to weight gain than other foods.
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May 16, 2011Retired Physician Tackles Childhood Obesity at Columbia BarbershopDiane Dunn, HoCo Well and Wise
Jerry Seals, M.D. along with fellow members of the Howard County chapter of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity (Rogers Lewis, M.D., and Bryant Robinson, Esq.) and volunteer physician Ruth Penn, M.D., won a Horizon Foundation grant to start a blood pressure and body mass index (BMI) screening program...
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Feb 22, 2011Alzheimer's patients find help, kindred spirits in social clubThe Baltimore Sun
A $22,600 Senior Center Operating Funds grant from the Maryland Department of Aging and a $20,000 grant from the Horizon Foundation, a Columbia-based health and wellness philanthropy, help fund a social club for patients with Alzheimer's.
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Feb 14, 2011Horizon Council Makes Lunches for HomelessColumbia Patch
Western Horizon Council members prepared lunches for people who are staying in the Cold Weather Shelter managed by Grassroots Crisis Intervention Center during the winter months when space at its other quarters are at capacity.
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Jan 25, 2011HCC starts work on new health sciences buildingThe Horizon Foundation
A $50-million health sciences building, aimed at handling Howard Community College’s burgeoning health care programs, will soon be a part of the HCC landscape.
The Columbia college broke ground on the building in the early morning sunshine Monday.
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Jan 25, 2011A New Building For Nursing, Health Care Students At HCC By 2013Columbia Patch
With more and more students studying nursing and other health care professions at Howard Community College – and not enough room to hold them – the school is starting construction on a new building designed specifically for those programs.
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Jan 19, 2011Grant Highlight: Days of Taste®The Horizon Foundation
Days of Taste®, the signature educational program of The American Institute of Wine & Food (AIWF), is a discovery-based program which introduces elementary school children to the basic elements of taste and teaches them how food travels from the farm to the table. The program brings together...
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Dec 30, 2010Howard County Library awarded grant for teaching gardenThe Baltimore Sun
The Friends of Howard County Library, a nonprofit organization that supports the library system, has received a $25,000 grant from The Horizon Foundation to develop a community-based teaching garden at the soon-to-open Charles E. Miller Branch and Historical Center in Ellicott City.
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Dec 30, 2010Horizon Elects New Board MembersColumbia Patch
Horizon Foundation president and CEO Richard Krieg has announced the election of five new members to the Foundation's Board of Trustees. Howard County's largest philanthropy, The Horizon Foundation addresses community health issues through strategic grants, community programs and partnerships...
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Dec 1, 2010Will Protein and Vegetables Make a Comeback…In Time?Courtney Carpenter, MS
Recently the United States Centers for Disease Control reported that between 26% and 29% of Maryland residents are obese. Since the rising costs of health care are just beginning to be correlated with obesity and it does not look good, individuals and communities need strategies for resisting...
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Dec 1, 2010New Ideas that Build on Decades of Experience with Healthy FoodsCourtney Carpenter, MS
It is an irrefutable fact that our metabolisms decline over time. However, this is almost never directly addressed in diet books nor in iconic public health initiatives such as the food pyramid.
Regardless of this oversight, many observe that a healthy fifty year old cannot eat like...
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Dec 1, 2010Emergency Preparedness Materials Available in LibraryBusiness Monthly
The Howard County Community Emergency Response Network (CERN) has launched a campaign to educate the public about emergency preparedness, according to chairman Mary Lasky. Community Emergency Response Network, and Valerie Gross, President & CEO of the Howard County Library,...
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Dec 1, 2010Grant Highlight: Expanding Horizons: Broadway KidsThe Horizon Foundation
Loyola University Maryland was founded in 1852 as a small, all-male commuter school but has now emerged as a comprehensive, co-educational university. In 2003, Loyola created the Loyola Clinical Centers (LCC) to provide graduate education and training and a range of speech-language...
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Nov 22, 2010Grant Highlight: The Homewood Center's Legacy Poetry ProjectThe Horizon Foundation
The Homewood Center opened in 2002 serving students from grades six through twelve as an alternative learning center designed to provide both academic and behavioral support systems.
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Nov 4, 2010Howard County newsmakersThe Howard County Times
The Horizon Foundation awarded scholarships to Jordan Borak and Lisa Kawata to attend the Leadership Premier program of Leadership Howard County. The 10-month program is designed to give an overview of local issues and resources and empower participants to strengthen and transform the community.
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Oct 22, 2010Horizon Foundation starting new health information websiteThe Baltimore Sun
A new centralized health information website intended to compare local statistics with national trends and inform users of the latest medical treatments is under preparation by a coalition of health groups led by the Horizon Foundation.
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Sep 2, 2010Laurel Multiservice Center - New Location, Room for ExpansionJanene Holzberg
The North Laurel-Savage Multiservice Center re-opened July 21 in larger quarters that will allow twice as many southeastern Howard County residents to begin receiving assistance from 10 county agencies housed together under one roof....
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Jun 25, 2010Howard educator honored for work with Hispanic communityBaltimore Sun
In an effort to help Hispanic parents, especially those new to the country, get involved in the school system, Elisa Montalvo, a Hispanic achievement specialist for Howard County schools, developed an academy for them.
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Jun 24, 2010Horizon Foundation accepting grant proposalsExplore Howard
The Horizon Foundation, a philanthropic organization dedicated to health and wellness, is looking for grant proposals for its strategic initiatives program.
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Jun 8, 2010Kennedy Wins Horizon Foundation’s Transformative Leadership AwardThe Horizon Foundation
Former Columbia Association president Padraic Kennedy is this year’s winner of The Horizon Foundation’s Richard G. McCauley Award for Transformative Leadership. He and other Horizon Foundation award winners will be honored at a breakfast on June 24 at the Hawthorn Center. Kennedy was...
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May 25, 2010On the Move: Meléndez joins Horizon FoundationMD Daily Record
osimar Meléndez has joined The Horizon Foundation staff as senior staff associate. She previously was the United Way of Central Maryland’s regional director for Howard and Anne Arundel counties. The foundation, in Howard County, addresses community health issues through strategic grants,...
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Mar 25, 2010Multi-Service Center set to move in JulyExplore Howard
Horizon grantee, the North Laurel-Savage Multi-Service Center, expects to nearly double the number of clients it can serve when it moves to expanded quarters in July.
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Mar 19, 2010Will the iPad Impact Health Practices?Marla Shaivitz
Like many technology professionals (and consumers) I’ve been curious about Apple’s iPad and implications regarding the area of health and lifestyle management.
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Mar 18, 2010The Horizon Foundation appoints two new TrusteesCorridor Inc.
Charmaine Gordon, owner of Synergy Women's Fitness and Synergy Pilates & Yoga in Columbia, and Kwang Chul (KC) Whang, owner of the W Group, have been elected to The Horizon Foundation's Board of Trustees.
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Mar 10, 2010Homeless aid group rises from ashesExplore Howard
With federal stimulus funding coming in from the government and $120,000 in funding coming from the Horizon Foundation in Columbia and other private donations, Grassroots and Bridges to Housing Stability are making inroads into preventing homelessness.
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Feb 21, 2010Health Notes: Healthy Howard wants $500,000 more from countyBaltimore Sun
Healthy Howard, Howard County's health access program for the uninsured, is requesting another $500,000 infusion of county funds for the fiscal year starting July 1. The program is also getting a new $150,000 grant from the Horizon Foundation.
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Jan 21, 2010Salvation Army Receives $37,500 in Grant MoneyExplore Howard
The Salvation Army Howard County Service Center recently received $37,500 in grants from the Horizon and Columbia foundations. The Horizon Foundation, which promotes health and wellness in Howard County, donated $30,000 for the Salvation Army's Utility Turn-Off and Eviction Assistance Program.
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Oct 8, 2009New Council Will Help Nonprofits Facing Tough Economic TimesThe Business Monthly
Horizon Foundation president and CEO Richard Krieg is concerned. "Due to the economic downturn, the challenges faced by nonprofits are unprecedented," he said. "Many community organizations are under stress. They're in cutback mode and the low hanging fruit has been cut."
Enter Howard County...
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Sep 20, 2009Nonprofits join to fight recessionThe Baltimore Sun
Howard County's nonprofit organizations have formed a collaborative council with county government and the Horizon Foundation to find new and creative ways to protect their services from the ravages of the recession.
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Sep 16, 2009Ulman pledges support to nonprofit groupsExplore Howard
A group of 13 community, business and economic leaders, including Rich Krieg, president and CEO of The Horizon Foundation, will advise County Executive Kenneth Ulman on funding and support of local nonprofit groups.
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Jul 1, 2009Horizon Foundation and United Way Forge Cost-Saving PartnershipThe Horizon Foundation
The Horizon Foundation will be renting office space to the United Way of Central Maryland in order to house United Way's Howard County Partnership operation. In addition, both organizations will partake of "back office" resource sharing in order to lower administrative costs. Horizon Foundation...
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Jun 29, 2009Horizon Foundation Approves Grant to Help Better BedRest Inc.The Howard County Times
The Horizon Foundation has approved a grant to help Better BedRest Inc., a nonprofit support, resource and referral service available to women placed on bed rest due to complications of pregnancy, increase its visibility and increase calls in order to reach more women placed on bed rest in the...
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Jun 15, 2009Howard announces 'Healthy Workplaces' initiativeThe Baltimore Sun
Top county officials joined with several business owners, the county Chamber of Commerce and the Horizon Foundation on Tuesday at the offices of the Columbia Bank to launch what is being called the "Healthy Workplaces Program." A campaign to enhance the health of people at work is the latest move...
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Mar 26, 2009Doughnuts, potions used to help get dads involvedThe Howard County Times
West Friendship wants to encourage fathers to promote academic learning at home, said the school's guidance counselor, Carita Carlisle. She said the effort was inspired by research from the Horizon Foundation, a county organization that promotes health and wellness, which shows that strong...
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Sep 29, 2008Krieg Celebrates Decade at HorizonThe Business Monthly
Following a national search, Horizon Foundation President & CEO Richard Krieg was recruited for his position in July 1998. The former Chicago Health Commissioner and Peace Corps volunteer recently talked about the Foundation, its accomplishments during his decade at the helm and the challenges...
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Jun 6, 2008A Healthy Pursuit RewardedThe Baltimore Sun
"When people come here, I'm the first to say, 'Slow down and take a breath,' " says Robert Duggan.
Duggan recently received the Richard G. McCauley Leadership Award from the Horizon Foundation, a decade-old health and wellness philanthropy based in Columbia. The award is named for the...
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Apr 1, 2008New Corporate Partner, Expanded Support Announced for Healthy HowardBizWeekly
Howard County announced that Healthy Howard, a plan that will provide access to health care for many of the county's uninsured residents, has a new corporate contributor as well as expanded support from The Horizon Foundation.
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Feb 29, 2008Foundations Shift Investing Strategy to Weather Bad EconomyBaltimore Business Journal
Just over a year ago, the Horizon Foundation in Columbia had virtually no alternative investments -- holdings like hedge funds that aim to profit in all kinds of markets. Today, the Horizon Foundation has about 15 percent of its portfolio in alternative investments, said CEO Richard Krieg.
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Jan 18, 2008Foundation Head Is a MultitaskerThe Baltimore Sun
Lying in a field and gazing up at the star-filled night sky of western Howard County is what finally sold Richard Krieg on taking the helm of the newly created Horizon Foundation a decade ago. Now the Ellicott City resident spends his workdays not only as the first president and chief executive...
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Jan 16, 2008Teen Workshops Focus on Healthy Self-imageThe Baltimore Sun
In her five years as a teen counselor in Howard County, Lisa Morrel found that one issue kept cropping up: Young girls were obsessed with food and being thin.
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Nov 1, 2007Chamber Announces 2007 Workplace Wellness AwardsThe Horizon Foundation
In fall 2005, the Howard County Chamber of Commerce and The Horizon Foundation joined to create the Workplace Wellness awards program, a recognition program that honors Howard County employers for sponsoring practices that help their employees improve their physical health, reduce stress, address...
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Aug 29, 2007$273,000 To Be Donated for Health ProgramsBaltimore Sun
The Horizon Foundation was to give Howard County officials a check for $273,000 for health department programs today at Oakland Manor in Columbia.
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Aug 1, 2007Summit Focuses on Boomers, Health Care SystemThe Business Monthly
Horizon Foundation President Richard Krieg knows all too well about the "crazy patchwork" that is the health care delivery system for older adults. Krieg, who heads a $94 million philanthropy dedicated to improving health and wellness, has met the system head-on as he attempts to deal with his...
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Aug 1, 2007Horizon Foundation Announces $308,500 in GrantsThe Business Monthly
The Horizon Foundation, a $91 million philanthropy, has announced the award of $308,500 in Strategic Initiative Program (SIP) grants to local organizations and agencies in the nonprofit and public sectors. The awards are intended to stimulate positive changes in major health and wellness issues...
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Jul 22, 2007New Human Services Center Draws DemocratsBaltimore Sun
The celebration last week of an expanded human services operation in North Laurel is the kind of ribbon-cutting event that politicians love, and a bunch of them -- all Democrats -- showed up at the Whiskey Bottom Shopping Center to mark the start of what County Executive Ken Ulman called "a major...
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Jul 17, 2007Female-owned businesses thriveThe Baltimore Examiner
Some credit Columbia founder Jim Rouse's vision of a diverse community. Others point to Howard County's recent growth and progressive attitude for opening the doors. Whatever the reason, female-owned businesses are thriving in Howard, which boasts the highest percent of firms owned by women in...
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Jul 13, 2007Tips to Make Life's Senior Years Simply GoldenBaltimore Sun
Erica Jong, the writer who schooled a generation about women's desires and the pleasures of commitment-free sex, has some new bits of knowledge to impart as she pours her passions into grandmotherhood.
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Jul 12, 2007Flying Fearlessly, Author Navigates Issues of AgingColumbia Flier
I was in the throes of puberty when "Fear of Flying" was published in 1973, and the hubbub about this supposedly sexy novel piqued my adolescent curiosity. So when my mother got a paperback copy, it wasn't long before I started sneaking peeks at it.
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Jun 15, 2007Columbia scholarship named after town's pioneerThe Baltimore Examiner
With tears in his eyes, former Columbia Association President Padraic Kennedy learned of a Howard Community College scholarship established in his name in time for Columbia's 40th birthday.
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Jun 15, 2007Pat Kennedy, A Visionary For ColumbiaThe Baltimore Sun
Not quite a mayor and not a CEO either, Padraic "Pat" Kennedy held a job unlike any other as the first and longest-serving president of the Columbia Association. Kennedy, who was president of the association from 1972 to 1998, was honored yesterday with a scholarship fund created in his name by...
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Jun 1, 2007Horizon Foundation and HCGH Jointly Fund $3 Million PartnershipThe Business Monthly
The Horizon Foundation is granting $950,000 to Howard County General Hospital (HCGH) during the next four years to help establish a center for excellence in geriatric health, address emergency psychiatric needs and improve access to care for lower-income county residents.
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Jun 1, 2007County Promotes Healthy Howard InitiativeThe Business Monthly
When Dr. Peter Beilenson was named health officer for Howard County, he immediately seized the opportunity to make a difference. After spending 13 years as the health commissioner for Baltimore City, Beilenson had spent much time dealing with reactive public health issues and his new position in...
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Recently the United States Centers for Disease Control reported that between 26% and 29% of Maryland residents are obese. Since the rising costs of health care are just beginning to be correlated with obesity and it does not look good, individuals and communities need strategies for resisting... more...
It is an irrefutable fact that our metabolisms decline over time. However, this is almost never directly addressed in diet books nor in iconic public health initiatives such as the food pyramid. Regardless of this oversight, many observe that a healthy fifty year old cannot eat like... more...
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