News & Events

You've come to the right place for updates on current activities from the We Can!™ program and its community sites and partners. Check out the We Can! in Action eNewsletter and our calendar of events. 

There is also a Media Newsroom specifically for the media where they and you can go for press releases, NHLBI press-office contact information, bios, ready-made stories and more.

Recent News Stories

Scholastic Announces Grand Prize Winner in Healthy Lifestyles Contest
Posted November 12, 2009

Teamwork. It's what Joseph Grant, the Grand Prize Winner of Scholastic's "Make it Happen!" essay contest, says keeps him healthy. "Staying Healthy Together" is the title of the first grader's winning essay.

Serendipity in D.C.: First Lady's Health Center Visit Generates High-Level Visibility for We Can!™
Posted November 12, 2009

It was a day of celebration at Unity Healthcare's Upper Cardozo Health Center on June 29, 2009, when First Lady Michelle Obama made a short trip from Pennsylvania Avenue to the diverse, primarily Latino, Washington D.C. neighborhood of Columbia Heights where the center runs a number of health programs, including We Can!.

From the Big Apple to the Bayou—$838,000 Grant to Children's Museum of Manhattan Goes Beyond Manhattan
Posted October 22, 2009

What Do New Orleans and the Bronx Have in Common? New Funds to Launch a We Can!™-based Childhood Obesity Project for Young Children. Can the core messages of We Can !—to eat nutritiously, be more physically active, and spend less time in front of the TV or computer screen—be communicated effectively to young children?

Read more news stories in the News Archive.