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."
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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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