Healthy Food and Beverages

Drink NYC Water

Despite NYC’s high-quality, safe tap water, 1 in 4 New Yorkers drinks at least one sugary beverage per day.

Through the Partnership for a Healthier NYC, SIPCW created a Staten Island awareness campaign to promote water as a healthy, affordable, and environmentally friendly beverage option. The posters, “Drink Water: the Choice is Clear”, can be found on Staten Island bus shelters, in promotional materials, and at various events.

Read the Staten Island Advance’s coverage of this program.

My Plate Food Challenge

Working with City Harvest, SIPCW helped host the My Plate Food Challenge.

Eight local food establishments agreed to create plates using the USDA’s My Plate proportions: half vegetables or fruit, one-quarter starch, and one-quarter protein. Customers judged the plates while learning more about what a healthy plate looks like across various ethnicities.

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Mission & Vision

SIPCW seeks to create a healthier Staten Island by bringing together partner organizations and community members to address pressing wellness needs and give all Staten Islanders a chance to live their best lives. The focus of our efforts is in communities and populations with the greatest health inequities such as BIPOC and LGBTQ+ identifying.

Our vision is that our entire community has a shared understanding of the systemic conditions such as racism, classism, and heterosexism, contributing to wellness and the resources to ensure that all individuals and families have the knowledge and access to what they need to live their healthiest lives.

Recognizing the Indigenous History of SI

The Staten Island Partnership for Community Wellness is located on Munsee Lenape land. Native communities called present-day Staten Island Aquehonga Manacknong. The Lenape sold the land we now call Staten Island to European colonizers under duress in 1670. To learn more about this transaction, see Andrew Lipman’s article, “A Hard Bargain.” Today, roughly 300 Ramapough Lunaape tribal members live on Staten Island.

To learn more about land acknowledgement and the Indigenous lands where you reside, view this map of Native lands or text your zip code to 1-855-917-5263