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HEALTH PROMOTION COUNCIL ANNUAL REPORT
HP C AN N UAL RE PORT
D E A R F R I E N D S, On behalf of the board of directors and staff of Health Promotion Council (HPC), I am honored to share our 2008-2009 achievements in this annual report. Last year was a year of solid achievement and opportunity for HPC. Despite the uncertainty of the economy and the shifting political environment, HPC’s impact remains constant, and our commitment to serving diverse communities is unwavering.
One of our most significant achievements over the last year was expanding HPC’s geographic reach across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, touching nearly 60 counties. Expansion enables us to assist even more organizations in building their capacity to implement targeted chronic disease risk reduction strategies. We have also continued to convene and build alliances of multi-sector groups, such as the Southeastern PA (seven county) Regional Tobacco Coalition, six Regional Advisory Councils and the Philadelphia Urban Food and Fitness Alliance, to influence policies and practices that address broad-based public health issues like tobacco control and prevention, childhood obesity, food access and built environment issues. HPC works particularly to address these issues in low wealth communities.
Join us in looking back on some of our accomplishments—none of which would be possible without the commitment and support of our staff, board, clients, partners and friends. Bringing together the right people in the right roles helps ensure that we continue to advance our mission and improve our effectiveness. We thank everyone who has contributed to our mission and success. As we continue in 2010, we look forward to another productive year filled with opportunities to work together to make our diverse communities healthier and stronger.
Yours in public health,
Vanessa Briggs, MBA, RD, LDN, Executive Director
HP C AN N UAL RE PORT
BOARD OF DIRECTORS George E. Downs, PharmD*
Tine Hansen-Turton, MGA*
President
CEO, National Nursing Centers Consortium
Professor of Clinical Pharmacy, Director of Annual Fund,
VP, Public Health Management Corporation
University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, The Philadelphia College of Pharmacy
Jerry C. Johnson, MD Professor of Medicine, Director, Center of Excellence for
Michael P. Rosenthal, MD* Vice President Professor and Vice Chair for Academic Programs,
Diversity, Chief, Division of Geriatric Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center
Department of Family and Community Medecine, Thomas
Arthur B. Keppel, Esq.
Jefferson University
Attorney-At-Law, Mylotte, Rawle & Henderson, LLP
Gerard M. Franz, MBA*
Warren Levy*
Treasurer
President, Compelling Meetings
PNC Advisors, Wealth Management Group
John G. Loeb, MSS* Cynthia M. Livingston, MSW* Secretary
Senior Vice President, Public Health Management Corporation
Assistant Vice President, Community Relations,
Cornelius D. Pitts, PharmD
Drexel University
Consultant
Barrie Baker, MD, MBA
Elizabeth B. Rappaport, MD
Senior Medical Director, Keystone Mercy Health Plan
Associate Professor, Thomas Jefferson University, Jefferson Medical College
Steven Brown Managing Partner, Star Group, The EVP Business Management
Margaret Rivello, MBA County Health Director, Chester County Health Department
Deborah Diserens, MPhil* Director of Development and Program Evaluation, FAIMER
Joseph A. Romano, CFP President, Romano & Romano Financial
Nikki Franke, EdD* Associate Professor, Temple University Department
Janet Walkow, PhD*
of Public Health
Managing Member, MxV, LLC; Director, Drug Dynamics Institute, the University of Texas at Austin
*executive committee member
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TH A NK YOU TO O U R FUNDERS
2008 - 2009 AT A G L A N C E
Government
Merck Company Foundation
STATE
North Pennsylvania Community
Every year HPC helps to make our diverse communities healthier. Here are a few 2008-2009 highlights:
Pennsylvania Department of Health
Health Foundation
CITY
The Philadelphia Foundation
CHRONIC DISEASE RISK REDUCTION
Philadelphia Office of Supportive Housing
Susan G. Komen Foundation
HPC’s nutrition educators visited 20
HPC’s WISE SNAC (Wellness Initiative
City of Philadelphia Office of Behavioral
Tenet Healthcare Foundation
Philadelphia schools, reaching 14,500
for the School Environment: Smart
United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania
students throughout the city and pro-
Nutrition and Activity Collaborative)
vided additional educational resources
promoted messages and opportunities
to 500 principals, teachers and nurses.
for healthy eating and physical activity
Health/Mental Retardation Services • Office of Addiction Services • Community Behavioral Health
Corporations/Other
Philadelphia Department of Public Health
National Nursing Centers Consortium
COUNTY
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
Delaware County Library System
to 18,000 children in 25 elementary HPC’s Southeastern PA Regional Tobacco
schools in three Montgomery county
Pennsylvania State University
Project reached over 1,000 youth and
school districts. The program also
Public Health Management Corporation
adult tobacco users, including nearly 90
received the 2008 Nemours Vision
Foundations/Trusts
School District of Philadelphia
pregnant women, who participated in
Award, which recognizes exemplary
Green Tree Community
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
SEPA cessation programming, and suc-
programs in child health promotion and
University of Pennsylvania
cessfully quit using tobacco.
disease prevention.
Health Foundation W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Kellogg Action Lab, Fieldstone Alliance
CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION & MANAGEMENT
COMMUNITY & ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING
Kathleen Sebelius, 21st Secretary of
HPC’s Child Asthma Link Line received
HPC’s City Harvest community garden-
W.K. Kellogg Foundation selected Phila-
Health and Human Services, recog-
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agen-
ers, in partnership with the Pennsylvania
delphia Urban Food and Fitness Alliance
nized the Philadelphia MCAN Project
cy’s National Exemplary Award for its
Horticultural Society, donated 16,000
(PUFFA) Grow and Sow initiative to lead
as a national model for managing
leadership and commitment to compre-
pounds of food to local cupboards.
its Food & Community Program effort.
childhood asthma during her visit to
hensive asthma care. The Link Line is a
Thurgood Marshall Elementary, one of
free, community-based call center that in-
HPC's BE A BRIDGE provided training to
of nine awarded by the foundation for
16 schools in Philadelphia that part-
tegrates and helps coordinate medical ap-
over 700 professionals, representing 283
community-led projects that work to
ners with the Merck Childhood Asthma
pointments, asthma education and other
organizations across the state, to help
transform food systems and the built and
Network, Inc. (MCAN).
services for families affected by asthma.
them develop integrated population-
natural environment locally. The grant
specific tobacco and chronic disease-
extended the work PUFFA began in 2007
related programs and interventions.
under the W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s
PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION & CONSULTING Staff from HPC’s Child and Adult Care
HPC’s Community Healthcare Inter-
Food Program trained over 70 emer-
preter Training program, modeled after
gency housing employees in nutrition
the nationally recognized Cross Cultural
and food safety.
Health Care Program in Seattle, WA, trained 98 bilingual individuals to work
HPC provided cooking demonstrations, tastings and nutrition education to more than 3,000 people last year at various community gardens and food cupboards.
as medical interpreters in health care settings throughout Pennsylvania.
The $1.2 million national grant is one
earlier Food & Fitness program.
HP C AN N UAL RE PORT
FINANCIAL INFORMATION Assets Current Assets
$ 3,990,509
Other Assets
$
Property and Equipment, Net
$
Total Assets
$ 3,990,509
Unrestricted Net Assets
$
585,778 698,685
0
0
Liabilities & Net Assets Current Liabilities
$ 2,706,046
Long-term Liabilities
$
Total Liabilities
$ 2,706,046
0
Temporarily Restricted Net Assets
$
Total Net Assets
$ 1,284,463
Total Liabilities and Net Assets
$ 3,990,509
Expenses Total Program Expenses
$ 9,920,724
Change in Unrestricted Net Assets
$
15,218
General and Administrative
$
Unrestricted Net Assets Beginning of Year $
570,560
Total Expenses
$ 10,446,332
525,608
Unrestricted Net Assets End of Year
$ 585,778
260 South Broad Street, Suite 1800 Philadelphia, PA 19102 215.731.6150 PHONE 215.731.6199 FAX Executive Director: Vanessa Briggs, MBA, RD, LDN Health Promotion Council of (HPC) is a nonprofit corporation whose mission is to promote health, prevent and manage chronic disease, especially among vulnerable populations through communitybased outreach, education, and advocacy. For more information, please visit hpcpa.org. HPC is a United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania Community Partner | Donor Code: 589 HPC-00691-09