Educating Our Public about the Children’s Environmental Health Center (CEHC), Huntington

The Children’s Environmental Health Center integrates science-based information, medical practitioners, and the community by providing resources to help the lower risks of disease. The materials created for this program, “Look Before You LEAP” educational materials focus on informing our community about raising healthy children in a toxic world with emphasis on - lead, endocrine disruptors, air pollution and pesticides.

Over the past months, our LEAP Road Show committee presented many outreach programs across Long Island. Parents were introduced to Ribbet the frog, who delivers the message on ways to reduce exposure to potentially harmful substances, such as plastics and chemicals used in everyday products. Thank you, NYS Senator Carl Marcellino for this extraordinary opportunity. Thanks to Legislator Steve Stern who joined us to spread the word at a recent Half Hollow Hills PTA Council meeting. Our sincere appreciation to the Child Care Council of Suffolk for their partnership. Community outreaches were held at Whitman High School, Half Hollow Hills Wellness Fair and Oyster Bay Annual Health & Fitness fair.

Half Hollow Hills PTA Council Meeting

Steve Boese, Learning Disabilities Association of NYS, Evonne Kaplan-Liss, Stony Brook, Karen Miller, Nilima Lovekar, Stony Brook and Legislator Steve Stern

Child Care Council of Suffolk County – Spring Workshop

Dr. Maida Galvez (Mt. Sinai School of Medicine); Gail Krieger (Director, Imagine Leaning Child Care); Helene Aronson ( CCC of Suffolk Health Care Consultant); Audrey Van Deusen (CCC of Suffolk Board Member); Janet Walerstein (CCC of Suffolk Executive Director); Michelle Friedman (Director, Prime Time Early Learning Center).

Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, Damaris Perez and Dr. Maida Galvez, CEHC partners.