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OUR MISSION To invest in sustainable initiatives that promote the overall health of Salem County residents. OUR VISION To be a financial resource for organizations specializing in servicing the health needs that are deemed to be unmet or underserved. Cover photo by Judith A. Foley Report to the Community As we celebrate our 10th anniversary, we welcome you to the Salem Health & Wellness Foundation’s (SH&WF) Report to the Community. e SH&WF is pleased to be a part of a community that strives to feed its hungry, provide housing for its homeless and ensure access to health care and human services. e SH&WF invests in sustainable initiatives that promote the overall health of Salem County residents. We work closely with organizations and partners in this community to make a difference – to give the vulnerable a voice, a path, a better world, and hope - fully, as a result, a better life. In 2012, the Board of Trustees embarked on a strategic plan to better focus on specific initiatives to provide greater impact. Using data from KIDS COUNT and the County Health Rankings & Roadmaps, the Board chose to center its grantmaking on two areas of greatest need: Nutrition/Childhood Obesity and Teen Pregnancy Prevention. e Board believes that funding through strategic initiatives will have a greater impact. e SH&WF will also continue its responsive grantmaking as well. Both strategies will continue to provide programs and services to meet our mission of promoting the overall health and wellness of Salem County residents. We want to thank all our partners over the last 10 years who have helped us in our endeavors and look forward to what is ahead for the future! Ernest L. Henderson Brenda L. Goins Chair, Board of Trustees Executive Director Executive Director Salem Health & Wellness Foundation Board y e l o F . A h t i d u J y b Brenda L. Goins o t o h P Seated L-R: Louise Foley, Secretary; Ernest L. Henderson, Chair; Stephen D. Miller, Vice Chair Standing L-R: Sean M. Elwell; Dorothy B. Haefner; Nancy Wollet; Dr. Dennis C. Graham Not present for photo: Alan W. Newkirk, Treasurer and Nancy C. Gerrity 1 FOUNDATION foun •da •tion – noun 1. the basis or groundwork upon which something stands or is supported 2. the act of founding, especially the establishment of an institution with provisions for future maintenance 3. an institution supported by an endowment, often one that provides funds for charities, research, etc 2 History e SH&WF was created under the New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation Act to make grants, provide financial assistance and engage in any and all other charitable healthcare purposes y e l which support, assist and develop the health and wellness of o F . A h t residents of Salem County. e SH&WF is governed by a i d u J y board of trustees who are selected from the community-at- b o t o h large. e Trustees serve without compensation and commit P substantial time to the organization. Net proceeds for SH&WF resulted from the October 1, 2002 sale of e Memorial Hospital of Salem County (MHSC) and its related entities, to a subsidiary of Community Health Systems, Inc. (CHS) of Brentwood, Tennessee. e SH&WF is also the beneficiary of income derived from various independent trusts established in years past to advance the work of MHSC. Charitable funds raised by the MHSC auxiliary, as well as bequests and other gis from individuals and funds held in trust by MHSC prior to the sale, have also been transferred to the SH&WF. Streams of interest income from the escrow, the reserve and the independent trusts also flow to the SH&WF. y e l o F . A h t i d u J y b o t o h P y e l o F . A h t i d u J y b o t o h P About Salem County Salem County, New Jersey is the state’s least to the Northeast and Southeast and by Kent and densely populated county, with an estimated New Castle counties in Delaware to the Southwest population of 65,902 people. The county sits in and West. Of the county’s total land, 42.6% is southwestern New Jersey and is bordered by under active farm cultivation. Gloucester and Cumberland counties in New Jersey 3 NUTRITION nu •tri •tion – noun The process of providing or obtaining the food necessary for health and growth. Food; nourishment. 4 TARGETING OBESITY Some Sobering Numbers Gripping statistics from current county health rankings access a high priority. Within Salem County there is an show that Salem County ranks a disconcerting 20th out of 11.3% unemployment rate and 17% of the county’s the 21 New Jersey counties in health behavior measures children are living in poverty. Salem County also has the including adult obesity and physical inactivity, at 34% and highest number of infant mortalities from premature death. 31% respectively compared to the New Jersey state levels of 25% for both adult obesity and physical inactivity. According to Map the Meal Gap, a local-level food” insecurity“ tool created by Feeding America, a total of According to the 2004 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance 9,640 people (14.6% of the population) are food insecure System (BRFSS), 32.1% of Salem County residents are in Salem County. The percentage of food insecure children obese. This is considerably higher than both New Jersey in Salem County is even higher at 18.6% – a total of (21.9%) and national (23.2%) comparisons, and is more 2,890 children. Of the 24,656 households in Salem than double the Healthy People 2010 objective of 15.0%. County, 2,523 of them (10.2%) receive benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to In addition to the county’s obesity issue, high rates of un - alleviate food insecurity. employment and poverty make food insecurity and food Our Strategy: y Healthy Kids, Bright Futures e l o F . A h Focus on Nutrition/Childhood Obesity t i d u J y b As part of the Healthy Kids, Bright Futures initiatives we introduced o t o h P in 2012, the SH&WF will help promote healthier eating habits and lifestyle/nutrition education. Salem County youth deserve the opportunity to establish a healthy lifestyle early in their lives, leading them to a healthy adulthood. “MyPlate” courtesy of the USDA Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion (CNPP) e Food Trust A current partner in this endeavor is e Food Trust (TFT), a nationally recognized nonprofit founded in Philadelphia in 1992. TFT helps improve food access and provides nutrition program planning, design and evaluation consulting services. TFT has interviewed key leaders and providers in Salem County. e organization has also scanned and developed an implementation plan that identifies short- and long-term recommendations for priority grantmaking. TFT will assist the SH&WF in its efforts to set a course of action in reducing obesity, improving nutrition and encouraging behavioral changes in children and their families. 5 INITIATIVE in •i•ti •a•tive – noun The ability to assess and initiate things independently. The power or opportunity to act or take charge before others do. 6 REDUCING TEEN PREGNANCY Teen Pregnancy Rates Continue to be a Concern in Salem County The good news: Nationally, teen pregnancy rates are According to a 2005 American Community Survey, 100.0% decreasing. In 2010, the Centers for Disease Control and of Salem County families with a female householder (no Prevention reported a total of 367,678 babies born to husband present) and with related children under five years women age 15-19-years, a record low. The bad news: Teen of age, are in poverty. This is much higher than both New pregnancy rates in Salem County continue to climb from Jersey (38.9%) and national (47.4%) comparisons. 13.3% in 2006, to 22.4% in 2008. The 2004 birth rate for teens age 18 to 19 was 75.0 in Salem County, compared to 42.5 in New Jersey.* *Source: New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services Our Strategy: Healthy Kids, Bright Futures Initiatives Focus on Teen Pregnancy e SH&WF will focus on finding ways to help reduce teen pregnancy and the risk of sexually transmitted diseases among this young population. We seek to reduce the teen birth rate in an attempt to break the cycle of teen pregnancy in Salem County by engaging community leaders, educators, service providers and parents. We will promote community efforts that use evidenced-based programming in teen prevention. Television, music, the Internet and other popular youth media tend to glamorize teens having sexual intercourse and teen parenting, but the reality is starkly different. Having a child during the teen years carries high costs – emotionally, physically, and financially, to the mother, father, child and community. Family Health Initiatives A current partner in this new endeavor is Family Health Initiatives (FHI), a subsidiary agency of the Southern New Jersey Perinatal Cooperative. is state-licensed Maternal and Child Health Consortium has served the South Jersey region since 1982. FHI is working with the SH&WF board in examining data from secondary sources to identify core- contributing factors to teen pregnancy and STI’s in Salem County. is work has included interviews with key players and champions in the health care, education, religious, and social service communities that serve youth in Salem County. 7 PARTNERS part •ner – noun One that is united or associated with another or others in an activity or a sphere of common interest.