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Nov 1, 2008 Multiservice Center Celebrates Anniversary The Business Monthly more
Sep 29, 2008 Krieg Celebrates Decade at Horizon The 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... more...
Jun 6, 2008 A Healthy Pursuit Rewarded The 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... more
Apr 1, 2008 New Corporate Partner, Expanded Support Announced for Healthy Howard BizWeekly 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. more...
Mar 31, 2008 New Corporate Partner, Expanded Support Announced for Healthy Howard The Business Monthly 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. more...
Mar 30, 2008 Major boost for health coverage effort The Baltimore Sun A $500,000 grant from the Horizon Foundation is the latest boost for Howard County's ambitious health access plan for uninsured residents. more...
Mar 27, 2008 County adds dental care to Healthy Howard plan offerings The Columbia Flier To address what they call a fragmented and often neglected piece of the health care puzzle, Howard County officials this week announced that they will add dental services to a larger plan that targets the county's uninsured. more...
Feb 29, 2008 Foundations Shift Investing Strategy to Weather Bad Economy Baltimore 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. more...
Jan 18, 2008 Foundation Head Is a Multitasker The 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... more...
Jan 16, 2008 Teen Workshops Focus on Healthy Self-image The 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. more...
Jan 4, 2008 County to Have a Public Policy Center: Aim Is to Analyze Best Ways to Deal with Range of Issues The Baltimore Sun Howard County soon will have its own public policy center that will analyze the best and most cost-effective ways for the county to deal with issues ranging from adult illiteracy to housing costs. more...
Dec 18, 2007 Horizon Foundation, Columbia Association Fund 'Time Banking' Initiative BizWeekly The Horizon Foundation issued a $30,000 grant to the Columbia Association (CA) to support a 'time banking' program that will cover neighborhoods throughout Columbia as well as parts of Elkridge. more...
Nov 19, 2007 Columbia's Time Banking Program Measures Services Equally The Baltimore Examiner In Columbia, sewing curtains for a neighbor is worth just as much as grocery shopping or striping wallpaper. more...
Nov 1, 2007 Chamber Announces 2007 Workplace Wellness Awards The 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... more...
Sep 14, 2007 Howard Seeks To Be 1st in State with Health Care for All residents Baltimore Examiner Howard is leading the state in a plan to provide access to health care for thousands of uninsured county residents. more...
Sep 1, 2007 Horizon Awards Howard County Government $273K The Business Monthly Howard County Government has been awarded $273,000 by The Horizon Foundation in support of key Health Department initiatives, said Richard Krieg, Horizon Foundation president and CEO. more...
Aug 29, 2007 $273,000 To Be Donated for Health Programs Baltimore 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. more...
Aug 1, 2007 Summit Focuses on Boomers, Health Care System The 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... more...
Aug 1, 2007 Horizon Foundation Announces $308,500 in Grants The 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... more...
Jul 22, 2007 New Human Services Center Draws Democrats Baltimore 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... more...
Jul 17, 2007 Female-owned businesses thrive The Baltimore Examiner Some credit Columbia founder Jim Rouseâ��s vision of a diverse community. Others point to Howard Countyâ��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... more...
Jul 13, 2007 Tips to Make Life's Senior Years Simply Golden Baltimore 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. more...
Jul 12, 2007 Flying Fearlessly, Author Navigates Issues of Aging Columbia 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. more...
Jun 21, 2007 Horizon leader Kennedy feted with scholarship The Howard County Times As Padraic "Pat" Kennedy listened to the list of awards being handed out during the Horizon Foundation's fourth annual awards ceremony June 14, he never imagined that one of them would go to him. more...
Jun 21, 2007 Foundation honors four who aided area health The Howard County Times The Horizon Foundation this month recognized four individuals for their work in providing health and wellness services in Howard County. more...
Jun 15, 2007 Columbia scholarship named after town's pioneer The 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. more...
Jun 15, 2007 Pat Kennedy, A Visionary For Columbia The 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... more...
Jun 12, 2007 Columbia Foundation's Lawson to be honored by the Horizon Foundation The Baltimore Examiner Barbara Lawson will have quite the retirement party. The Columbia Foundation president and chief executive officer announced her resignation this fall after 19 years with the nonprofit. more...
Jun 1, 2007 Horizon Foundation and HCGH Jointly Fund $3 Million Partnership The 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. more...
Jun 1, 2007 County Promotes Healthy Howard Initiative The 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... more...
Jun 1, 2007 Horizon Foundation Recognizes Community Leaders at Awards Breakfast The Business Monthly Grassroots Executive Director Andrea Ingram, HC DrugFree, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity and Columbia Foundation President and CEO Barbara Lawson will all be honored at The Horizon Foundation's Annual Awards Breakfast on June 14. more...
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