Medical Mutual of Ohio Grant to Help Area Hispanic Youth Fight Obesity

“Hispanic teenage boys from the Cleveland area will benefit in health and wellness thanks to a grant awarded by the Medical Mutual Charitable Foundation, a supporting organization of The Cleveland Foundation.

The $50,000 grant is going to The MetroHealth Foundation on behalf of The MetroHealth System.

The funding will benefit the Cleveland Hispanic Adolescent Health Initiative. Formed in October 2003, the mission of the Health Initiative is to create a community-based health effort focusing on Hispanic youth and their parents to address medical, psycho-social, and socio-economic needs through education, prevention and intervention….”

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