by Staff Admin | May 2, 2017 | Active Living & Healthy Eating, News
Activate Buffalo County put on Healthy Families Week at the end of April. Activities of partners were promoted as part of the event. “The end of April is a time where the community wants to get outside and enjoy the weather turning. This week was perfect to...
by Staff Admin | May 2, 2017 | News
Ashleigh Galles has been the wellness intern at Community Partners slightly over one year. She recently applied and was accepted for The Public Health Early Admissions Student Track (PHEAST), which is a health professions pipeline program designed to recruit, educate,...
by Staff Admin | May 2, 2017 | News, Youth Advisory Board
The Buffalo County Youth Advisory Board conducted interviews in April for next year’s new board members. To apply, students fill out an application and current YAB board members conducts the interviews. The interviews started with all the youth doing an ice...
by Staff Admin | Apr 27, 2017 | Injury-Free Living, News
Mental and behavioral health are two areas Buffalo County is wanting to work on. Our collaborative HealthyMINDS has worked with Kearney Public School to get two behavioral health coaches hired for two elementary schools. This is just a pilot. The group will evaluate...
by Staff Admin | Apr 9, 2017 | Active Living & Healthy Eating, News
Be Well Buffalo County has been working with a consultant group, Epiphany Services, to create a logic model on which they can build their work. As the strategic team focused on healthy lifestyles in our county, the process has helped Be Well to prioritize issues and...
by Staff Admin | Apr 7, 2017 | Injury-Free Living, News
More than 300 community members joined in March to listen to panelist speak messages of hope and healing. Community Partners Suicide Prevention group heard the community say they needed to be connected to local resources and have a place to speak about their fears and...
