Times Union: Giant body parts at Colonie Center

Meet Jordyn Bucci-Mooney, an 11th grader at Shaker High School and a member of the 2018 class of “13 Kids Who Care.”

Alan Sanders, M.D., chief medical officer for SPHP Acute Care, and Steven Hanks, M.D., chief clinical officer for St. Peter’s Health Partners, appear in the Times Union’s article on growing numbers of COVID-19 cases in the Capital Region.

St. Peter’s Health Partners will host its 16th annual Journey Through The Body, a hands-on discovery adventure, on Friday, April 17, from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Saturday, April 18, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Colonie Center in Albany. This free, two-day family community health educational event is designed to educate children and their parents about select parts of the human body and to learn about their functions, components, strengths and limitations, and ways to lead an active healthy lifestyle. The presentations are coordinated by clinicians from St. Peter’s Health Partners. Clinicians will be available to guide children and their parents through the models and answer questions. The goal of the program is to develop and promote healthy habits in children. At Journey Through The Body, kids can explore larger-than-life-sized models of the heart, brain, lungs, ear, teeth and more. Kids can walk through the giant, inflatable models of the heart and brain, getting an up close and personal look at how these important organs work. Boasting what is likely the Capital […]