The Maurer Foundation was recently featured in an online article by Garden City News. The article highlighted our recent program for seniors at Garden City High School for their annual Women’s Health Awareness event. We are happy to say that we have been visiting Garden City High School since 2006!
Our interactive programs teach students how to lower their risk for breast cancer by making healthy choices. Every day, choices are made that influence your well-being. Over time, the rewards and consequences of these choices can become significant. Health behaviors formed during adolescence are closely associated with the morbidity and mortality in adulthood so these important programs will have a lasting effect well into adulthood.