Mr. Dwyer Goes To Washington

This week the CEO of the Marshalltown Community YMCA in Marshalltown, IA, represented YMCA of the USA’s Activate America: Pioneering Healthier Communities® (PHC) at a hearing of the United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP).

This hearing, “Prevention and Public Health: The Key to Transforming our Sickcare System,” is especially important because it is a prelude to shaping health care reform, where prevention is expected to be a key focal point.

It also marks the second time this year that Y-USA has testified before this Senate committee. Earlier this year Central Connecticut Coast YMCA CEO Phil Dwyer testified before the Senate HELP committee. Recalling Dwyer's articulate testimony on the role of the YMCA and its Pioneering Healthier Communities initiative in reducing childhood obesity, US Senator Christopher Dodd (D-CT) commended Phil's public policy advocacy.