Church Becomes Center of Influence
Puli, Nantou County, Taiwan
A church became an urban center of influence when it started cooking and fitness classes, started a summer camp for kids, and served the community in other ways
Essential Life Center
Battambang, Cambodia
The center includes a gym, a vegetarian restaurant, a playground, and a chapel. It will also offer health education, a language school, and music education.
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Oakwood University Addresses Food Insecurity
Huntsville, United States
Oakwood University’s Mobile Market aims to improve healthful food options for Northern Alabama residents living in food deserts. It also seeks to “combat diet-related health disparities and co-morbidities.”
Capitol Hill Counseling and Resource Center
Washington D.C., United States
The center offers counseling, healthy living coaching, nutrition workshops, life coaching, life skills workshops, and youth mentoring and empowerment.
Community Partnership Feeds the Body and the Soul
Denver, United States
SECORCares operates the largest food bank in the southern Denver metro area. Recognizing that suburban poverty is a growing problem, SECORCares offers free groceries, financial support, help to find employment, life coaching, and more.
Adventist social service center will serve children free of charge
Lima, Peru
The Good Hope Clinic in Lima, Peru offers free monthly health care to 2,000 disadvantaged children. Services of the center include primary health care, dental services, consultations and medications.
Wellness hubs fostering connections with communities
Sydney, Australia
"ELIA is working with unions and conferences to establish 100 wellness hubs across Australia and New Zealand by 2025. The hubs will offer health activities, programs and resources aimed at supporting people towards whole-person health."
Miami to Become Home to World’s First Blue Zones Center
Miami, United States
Services at this estimated US$100 million, 10-floor center of influence will include diagnostic, surgical, medical, spa, fitness, lifestyle medicine, and well-being improvement programming. The planners aim to make Miami Worldcenter, and eventually Miami as a whole, the next Blue Zones community.
Brazilian missionary project brings hope and opportunities to refugees in Lebanon
Majdal Aanjar, Lebanon
Winners - Play for Life seeks to help Lebanese and Syrian refugees build new lives. Offering sports and classes such as sewing, English, and computer, the center helps refugees forge friendships and improve work skills.
Graffiti Artist Revitalizes UCI in the largest community in Brazil
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Comunitá-Rio, an urban center of influence in Brazil’s largest community, hired a professional graffiti artist to help revitalize the center which offers workshops in choir, flute, guitar, sign language, and more.
Chinese Community Centers Serving in Inter-America
Tirana, Albania
Seminars at two Chinese community centers in Inter America address issues of health, family, money, and more.
Jewish-Adventist Cultural Center
Mexico City, Mexico
The Jewish-Adventist Cultural center is building friendships with Jewish people in Mexico City