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The
Health Council is currently working on a very important
project - producing a health resource booklet for
at-risk families. This pocket-sized directory will
include information about local organizations that
provide services to families and children. It further
will give essential basic care and safety information
for child-rearing support.
The
Health Council is working in collaboration with
the Literacy Council and Covering Kids & Families
Council to develop and print this booklet.
Sponsors
for this important resource include Michigan City
Enrichment Corporation, Sand Castle Shelter for
Children and Families, and LaPorte County Health
Department.
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Health
issues continue to be a strong focus for Healthy Communities.
Through
our Health Council, in 2006-07 seven series of free nutrition
/ obesity prevention classes were offered in the community. Purdue
Extension Educator Betty Brewe showed nearly 90 persons how to read
food labels, prepare healthy meals and cut their calories in a nutritious
way. Funding was provided by the 4Community project, through United
Way of LaPorte County, Lilly Endowment, Matthew F. Moore Foundation,
and HealthVisions Midwest.
In addition,
the collaborative Super Shot Saturday immunization program was developed
through the Health Council, vaccinating nearly 800 children over
a four year period. Many of these children also received free vision
screening courtesy of RSVP.
We also
serve as the umbrella for the Maternal and Child Health Coalition,
and are meeting with  this
group to tackle specific maternal-child health issues for the county.
Another
important focus was assisting United Way and other partners with
a regional health needs assessment - see the box at right for more
details of this essential process.
Betty
Brewe, at right, and Savannah Bazemore prepare a healthy meal for
participants at the free series of nutrition / obesity prevention
classes.
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