by Staff Admin | Dec 5, 2016 | Healthy Homes & Sustainable Communities, News
KEARNEY – The Kearney Works recently hired Stan Zimbelman as the first Executive Director. His first day with the new nonprofit will be December 1. He has more than 26 years of workforce development experience working for the Nebraska Department of Labor in...
by Staff Admin | Dec 5, 2016 | Active Living & Healthy Eating, Healthy Homes & Sustainable Communities, News
Be Well Buffalo County’s strategic planning process is officially underway. Over the last year, Be Well has developed a relationship with consultant group, Epiphany Community Services. At their meeting on November 28, 2016, Be Well walked through the first step of...
by Staff Admin | Nov 1, 2016 | News, Youth Advisory Board
The Youth Advisory Board came together for a Fall Retreat/Halloween party consisting of an afternoon of fun games and hard work. YAB members were invited to come to the Elm Creek school dressed in a fun Halloween costume. The meeting started out with fun games and...
by Staff Admin | Oct 26, 2016 | High-Impact Prevention Services, Injury-Free Living, News, Uncategorized
Community Partners Board launches a new behavioral health collaborative, HealthyMINDS, focused on improving health outcomes from birth to 18 years of age. This summer, grant funders and other community stakeholders invited Buffalo County Community Partners Board to...
by Staff Admin | Sep 30, 2016 | Injury-Free Living, News
Pictures from artists all over Buffalo County were celebrated at our Picturing Peace Reception on September 21st, International Peace Day. Employees from the SAFE Center were our community judges and picked the top five photos in different categories: people...
by Staff Admin | Sep 30, 2016 | High-Impact Prevention Services, News
Prescription drugoverdose is now the leading cause of accidental deaths in the United States, surpassing motor vehicle accidents. In Buffalo County, over half of youth that use prescription drugs say that they get these prescriptions from a friend or family’s...
