1. Community Partnerships: Building a Healthy Future
Hanna Jaworski, MD, FAAP
Carilion Clinic Children’s Hospital
PATH Community Coalition

2. TEAMWORK
“Competition has been shown to be useful up to a certain point and no further, but cooperation, which is the thing we must strive for today, begins where competition leaves off.”
Franklin D. Roosevelt
“Problems can become opportunities when the right people come together. ”
Robert Redford
“Society is joint action and cooperation in which each participant sees the other partner's success as a means for the attainment of his own.”
Ludwig von Mises

3. MULTIDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATION

4. PATH Community Coalition: Building Community Partners Breaking Cross-sector Barriers
Carilion Clinic: Hanna Jaworski
Roanoke City: Tom Carr, Keith Holland, B.T. Fitzpatrick, Bob Clements
Roanoke City Parks and Rec: Donnie Underwood
Roanoke City Schools: Rita Bishop, Robert Wray, Brandon Kelley, Suzanne Moore
Food for Thought: Cynthia Lawrence
Roanoke College: Liz Holbrook
Roanoke Community Gardens: Mark Powell
United Way: Abby Verdillo
Council of Community Services: Dan Merenda

5. Building Physical Structures: Hurt Park Elementary Garden

6. Making Recommendations:
Providing insight to how budgets might be spent
Advocating for safe crossings to parks, healthy food marts, schools
Helping to shape tailor-fit health curriculum in schools

7. Finding ways to Build Communities
Creating a model for assessing a neighborhood/community
Using data to shape community building and development
Using resources to host community building events

8. Healthy Communities = Healthy People
Collaborative Partnerships Thinking About
Access
Quality of Environment
Knowledge
Skill
Motivation/Desire to change