October 11, 2018 was proclaimed the first Children’s Environmental Health (CEH) Day in New York State, in conjunction with the launch of the NYS Children’s Environmental Health Centers (NYSCHECK). This is an archive of past Children’s Environmental Health Day presentations and celebrations.
This year Children’s Environmental Health Day was Thursday, October 8th, 2026.
Check back soon for updates about CEH Day Events, the Art Showcase and the Youth Symposium.
For a map of CEH Day activities see the bottom of this page: https://cehday.org/ Add your own!
2026 Art Showcase: Celebrate Children’s Environmental Health Day by sharing your vision
Here is the Gallery of all the entries.
nyscheck.org sought creative people of all ages to share their visions of what a healthy community looks like.
They created original artwork that captured their vision in one of two categories:
Healthy Neighborhoods: What do neighborhoods and community gathering spaces that are healthy and resilient for people look like? What are solutions or ways that you can imagine to make our neighborhoods healthier?
Healthy Homes: What do homes, apartments, shelters, and other types of housing that are healthy for people look like to you? What can you tell us about problems and around building and maintaining health spaces where people live, and how do you imagine fixing homes that need help becoming healthier?
The Way FORWARD: 2026 NYSCHECK Youth Symposium on Climate and Environmental Justice
Wednesday, October 7, 2026 | 4:00–6:00 PM | Virtual via Zoom
NOTE: This is the day before CEH Day
Students and youth leaders from across New York State will share community-based projects and ideas addressing climate change, environmental health, and environmental justice.
Video of the event will be posted soon.
Children’s Environmental Health Day – New York City
Thursday, October 8, 2026 | 10:00 AM–2:00 PM
Hatch Auditorium, 2nd Floor – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Livestream – 10:00 AM–12:00 PM Sessions:
- Small Bodies, Big Questions: Plastics, Microplastics, and Children’s Health
Guest Speaker: Megan J. Wolff, PhD, MPH - 11:20 AM–12:00 PM – Awards Ceremony & Envision the Environment Art Showcase
Celebrating Environmental Health champions and recognizing the Envision the Environment Art Showcase awardees.
Media from the event will be posted soon.
2026 CEH Day Events Around the Network
Here are some events around the network that occurred for October’s National Children’s Health Month and on and around CEH Day 2026!
Thanks to all the participants!
Hudson Valley / Westchester:
- CEHCHV received Children’s Environmental Health Day proclamation recognition from Westchester County and New York State. Click to Enlarge.
- School Environmental Health Program (SEHP): On October 6, CEHCHV presented Where Children Learn + Breathe: The Effects of Air Pollution on Children’s Health.
Rochester / Finger Lakes:
- Webinar: On October 7 at noon, we hosted a webinar on Creating Safe Spaces: Engaging Youth Leaders in Addressing Environmental Injustices in their Homes and Communities.
- Environmental Health Tabling and Coat Exchange for families at Golisano Children’s Hospital was held on October 7, 2026. Rebekkah Prasad and Caroline Kirby will answer parent questions and provide information while children will be provided with crayons, books and coats for the upcoming cold season.
Albany / Capital Region:
- CEH Day Resident Lunch and Learn: Tuesday, October 6, the Asthma Population Health Team provided an educational session on Environmental health to the new residents.
- Lead: Still a Problem in Need of Solutions: On Thursday, November 5th, the Albany Lead Resource center will be hosting a lead poisoning prevention event. After the successful visit last year with Shannon Burkett, she will be joining us again at AMC to lead an interactive presentation.
Syracuse / Central Region:
- CEH Day Proclamation: CNYCEHC received Children’s Environmental Health Day proclamation recognition from Onondaga County and Oneida County.
- CEH Day Activities: CNYCEHC is partnering with the LeadSafeCNY Coalition to bring Upstate Medical students in to do lead education at local elementary schools for CEH day.
Long Island:
- Environmental Health Tabling: Tuesday, October 5 at Northwell Health General Pediatrics at New Hyde Park. This was hosted by the SDOH patient navigators, led by Rachel Kuzmishin and Bishesh Subba, featuring coloring books, informational pamphlets on environmental health topics, and fun questions to engage kids and parents.
Buffalo / Western NY
- Lead: On Friday, October 30th, the WNY Lead Safe Task Force will be hosting a lead poisoning prevention event. After the successful visit last year with Shannon Burkett, she will be joining us again for an interactive podcast event followed by an informative panel.
Proclamation from Westchester County.
Proclamation from Oneida County via Syracuse.
2025
The Way FORWARD: 2025 Children’s Environmental Health Day Youth Symposium
Students across New York State presented their community-based work for local environmental justice on October 8th, 2025.
Click here for the videos in 2 parts.
Participants:
- Blueprint Geneva (Finger Lakes)
- Huntington Breast Cancer Action Coalition (HBCAC)
- BridgeUp Health (NYC)
- Rochester Ecology Partners (Finger Lakes)
- Yonkers Partners in Education (Hudson Valley)Moderators: Sena Knopf and Claire Parks Ambassadors from Huntington Breast Cancer Action Coalition (Long Island)
2025 NYSCHECK CEH Day Celebration
Click here for the highlights of the day.
Some of the participants were:
- Alan Woolf, MD, MPH Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
- Alexandra Kranidis & Lynley Siag (NYS Children’s Asthma Initiative)
- Yelissa Alvarez, Jennifer Arcila and Daouda Diarrassouba (AIRnyc)
2025 CEH Day Events Around the Network
Upstate – Syracuse received a CEH Day proclamation from their Mayor!
Hudson Valley – Westchester received a 2025 CEH Day Proclamation!
2025 Art Showcase: Celebrate Children’s Environmental Health Day by sharing your vision
Here is the Gallery of all the entries.
nyscheck.org sought creative people of all ages to share their visions of what a healthy community looks like.
They created original artwork that captured their vision in one of two categories:
Healthy Communities – What do homes, neighborhoods and places that are healthy for people look like?
Fast Fashion – What can you tell us about the problems and solutions for the rapid production and disposal of clothing that contributes to climate change and pollution?
2024
The Way Forward: 2024 Youth Symposium on Climate and Environmental Justice
Please see the video archive page where the video is posted in two parts.
2024 Art Showcase: Celebrate Children’s Environmental Health Day by sharing your vision
See the Showcase.
2024 Other Events
We have just received an official Children’s Environmental Health Day Proclamation from Senator Serrano!
For Children’s Environmental Health Day at Mount Sinai NYC this year, Dr. Nathan Graber gave a presentation – Pediatric Policy: Persistence, Perseverance, Perseveration, Patience, and Perspiration. Enabling a better world for kids.
Link to the Presentation.
Link on Instagram for more.
There is a great overview map of all CEH Day activities nationally on the cehday.org site. Scroll down to see the map
Let’s talk about Children’s Environmental Health!
#CEHchat 2024 was held on October 9 at 12 pm ET, hosted by Children’s Environmental Health Day, Children’s Environmental Health Network, Eco-Healthy Child Care, and the Climate Mental Health Network.
All individuals and organizations who work for clean air and water, safer food and products, and healthier places for children to live, learn, and play are invited to join Children’s Environmental Health Chat 2024!
The Chat was held on multiple channels by the Children’s Environmental Health Network.
The questions and answers can be seen here: