Morgan Stanley Healthy Cities to Deliver Network of Children's Health Programming to Houston Youth

  • 9 years ago
NEW YORK, September 25, 2015 – Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) today announced a sixth location for its innovative Morgan Stanley Healthy Cities initiative. Healthy Cities Houston aims to deliver a linked network of wellness, nutrition and play resources to children in underserved communities, and launched today with the construction of a new playground at KIPP Unity Primary School. Together, more than 200 volunteers from Morgan Stanley, KIPP, The Houston Food Bank and the local community will work with KaBOOM!, a national nonprofit dedicated to bringing balanced and active play into the daily lives of all children, to complete the new play space in just one day.

Healthy Cities Houston will work with local and national nonprofits to concentrate on expanding and developing new integrated health, nutrition and play programming in nine schools across three Houston communities. The Houston Food Bank will partner with several local health providers to deliver medical care and screenings including, but not limited to, immunizations, physicals, referrals to community health clinics, preventative care programs and health screenings, as well as physical education programming.

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