Press Releases Sept. 15, 2009 SWITCH OFF THOSE TVS, COMPUTERS FOR A WEEK The Rapides Foundation is urging Central Louisiana residents to participate in the national Turnoff Week Sept. 20-26 by limiting their use of TVs, computers and video games. Press Release - Turnoff Week Feb. 9, 2009 FOUNDATION TO HOLD DIET, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY FORUM The Rapides Foundation is looking for community partners interested in working on its Diet and Physical Activity Initiative. Press Release - Forum Dec. 5, 2008 CENTRAL LOUISIANA SCHOOL WELLNESS SUMMIT Teams from nine parish school districts attended The Rapides Foundation’s first Central Louisiana School Wellness Summit on Friday to hear results from the state’s report card on physical activity and learn how to make public schools healthier. Press Release - Wellness Summit Oct. 1, 2008 THE RAPIDES FOUNDATION LAUNCHES NEW TOBACCO ADS A series of powerful ads designed to drive smokers to services that help them quit begin airing today on Central Louisiana radio and television stations. Press Release - New Tobacco Ads Aug. 12, 2008 THE RAPIDES FOUNDATION JOINS CAMPAIGN THAT SHOWS SMOKERS HOW TO ‘BECOME AN EX®' The Rapides Foundation has joined a new public health initiative called EX® that aims to help those struggling with the difficult process of quitting smoking. Press Release - Become An Ex June 11, 2008 New Orleans Saints Junior Training Camp Tobacco-Free Sports Statewide Tour May 13, 2008 Press Release - Saints Junior Training Camp April 17, 2008 Man Behind Tobacco Campaign Wants Wife's Legacy 'To Live Forever' Rick Stoddard wanted the world to know that tobacco killed his 46-year-old wife. He was so passionate about it that he insisted her obituary list her cause of death as “cancer caused by cigarette smoking.” Press Release - Rick Stoddard Jan. 11, 2008 Patrick Reynolds The grandson of tobacco-company founder R.J. Reynolds was in Alexandria Jan. 9 to warn the public of the dangers of tobacco use. Press Release - Patrick Reynolds   Click the following link to access the 2005 Community Health Assessments for your parish and others in The Rapides Foundation Service Area. read more >>

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