Penn Nursing’s Community Champions Engage to Improve Health

From outside the Sayre Recreation Center at 58th and Walnut streets, the only indication of something happening on a chilly December Tuesday is a dozen or so parked cars. Otherwise, the massive fenced-in lot is quiet. Inside the gymnasium, a crowd has formed at check-in. With pump-up music booming in the background, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing students weigh participants, measure their heights and resting heart rates and provide them with pedometers. Community members of all ages have come to Sayre High School for Dance for Health, a free fitness class put on by Penn's School of Nursing as a way to actively engage community in its health outcomes. Dance for Health is one of 11 initiatives in the Community Champions Program, which Terri Lipman , Nursing's assistant dean for community engagement, started two years ago. Sophie Mintz and Chantal Low, both Penn seniors, are Community Champions' student leaders.
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