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Featured Sponsorships
CDPHP Is Starting Something BIG in 2012
CDPHP has adopted Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Capital Region as its 'charity of choice' for 2012. Locally, for more than 40 years, BBBS has provided children facing adversity with strong, enduring, life-changing, positive relationships with caring adults. In doing so, BBBS takes responsibility for ensuring that the 700+ children they serve each year:
• Develop higher aspirations, greater confidence, and better relationships
• Avoid risky behaviors
• Achieve greater success in school
The organization accomplishes this by carefully matching each child with an adult mentor. To help ensure that these pairings have the intended impact – to change the child’s life for the better and forever – BBBS provides ongoing professional support, advice, supervision, and training throughout the life of the match.
CDPHP is launching a year-long effort to support the important mission of BBBS by promoting volunteerism among its employees and and hosting numerous fundraising activities.
CDPHP Supports the Interfaith Partnership for the Homeless
CDPHP is pleased to support Albany's Interfaith Partnership for the Homeless and its Sheridan Hollow Drop-In Center, the only shelter in Albany County providing a warm, safe, and supportive environment during the day for homeless families and individuals.
The Drop-in Center is unique in Albany County, offering a safe haven during the day for homeless individuals and those who are at risk of homelessness. The Center assists individuals and families as they move toward self-sufficiency by providing case management services and weekly life skills training, in addition to shower and laundry facilities, a community room, play area for children, daily meal, lockers, access to an office for business purposes, a clothing pantry, and bus token program. The facility also hosts several onsite social service agencies offering legal services, mental health outreach, employment and housing assistance, and healthy low-cost cooking workshops.
The CDPHP Farmers' Market
May to October
CDPHP Parking Lot, 500 Patroon Creek Blvd., Albany
The CDPHP Farmers’ Market evolved from our organization’s commitment to keeping our members, employees, and the community healthy. The market, which is open to the public, is held every Thursday, from the end of May to mid-October, from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the parking lot at 500 Patroon Creek Boulevard in Albany.
We invite you to come and sample all the season’s best fruits, produce, flowers, and specialty items from some of the area’s top farms. While shopping, market patrons can also learn about a variety of foods that promote health, as well as about the nutritional and environmental value of locally grown products.
This market accepts cash payments, WIC, and Senior FMNP checks, and participates in the New York State Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program (FMNP).
The CDPHP Workforce Team Challenge: Where Work and Play Unite
For the third year in a row, CDPHP will be the lead sponsor of the Workforce Team Challenge, the largest annual road race between Utica and New York City. This year, the 3.5-mile race/walk, will be held on Thursday, May 17, 2012 at the Empire State Plaza in Albany. Last year's event broke all previous attendance records, attracting more than 9,200 registered runners/walkers representing 470 organizations.
Open to teams from area businesses and organizations, the race helps to underwrite the programs and services of the Hudson Mohawk Road Runners Club (HMRRC), one of the largest running clubs in the nation. The Club offers scholarships to college-bound high school seniors, grants for youth running programs, seminars and clinics for runners, in addition to coordinating local running events throughout the year and publishing a monthly running magazine.
This year, participant contributions will also support a local charity, which has yet to be named. Stay tuned for more information!
CDPHP, Red Cross Partner for Disaster Preparedness
In partnership with the American Red Cross of Northeastern New York,  CDPHP is title sponsor of the "Be Red Cross Ready" disaster readiness program offered throughout the region.
The program teaches basic yet effective survival techniques in the event of an emergency, illness outbreak, or natural disaster. Health educators at CDPHP receive special training from the Red Cross in order to bring this important service to its membership, and CDPHP funds the program for the public at large as a community service.
To learn more about the program and for a schedule of upcoming courses offered by the ARCNENY, click here.
CDPHP and Sage Colleges Join Forces to Combat the Rising Incidence of Obesity
CDPHP is partnering with the Sage Colleges to sponsor a nutrition lecture series, the first program of which will focus on "Catalyzing Communities for Change: A Systems Approach to Obesity Prevention."
 Christina D. Economos, Ph.D., an associate professor at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University, will be the inaugural guest lecturer for the series.
Dr. Economos has conducted extensive research addressing the interaction between exercise, diet, body composition, bone health, and childhood obesity. She is the principal investigator of multiple large-scale studies examining childhood nutrition and physical activity with the goal of inspiring behavior, policy, and environmental change to improve the health of America's children.
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