The Provider Team of the Rice County Chemical Health Coalition sponsors a monthly opportunity for parents dealing with a son or daughter’s substance abuse to meet and talk with other parents. The group offers both education and support. It meets on the first Tuesday of each month at 7:30 pm. Thus, the next meeting will [...]
Leisa Irwin is the August 2010 recipient of HCI’s “Making a Difference” award. The award celebrates those groups and individuals in the community who have a positive influence on Northfield youth. Irwin organized the Northfield Ballroom Dance Club last fall out of a desire to teach her own sons an activity she enjoyed. Interest by [...]
Northfield Hospital & Clinics will commemorate its 100 years of service to the Northfield community with a three-mile historical walk this Saturday morning, August 14, 2010. The event will benefit HealthFinders Collaborative, a local health care collaborative serving uninsured and under-insured residents of Rice County. Walkers will meet at Eighth and Water (the site of [...]
In spring 2010, the Mayor’s Task Force on Youth Alcohol & Drug Use launched a parent education and support campaign. Called “Talk. Listen. Connect. (TLC),” it encourages parents to engage in conversations with their teens about important topics and to actively seek out and connect with the parents of their child’s friends. The TLC campaign [...]
You have seen them in lawns around town. What ARE these signs all about?!?! Click HERE to learn more about the PRIMEtime out-of-school collaborative and the “It’s 4:00 p.m.” campaign. For a video about the PRIMEtime collaborative, click HERE.
The Growing Up Healthy coalition produces a monthly newsletter, detailing the coalition’s activities to empower and support low-income families with children in Rice County. Check out the July 2010 newsletter for a series of very interesting features on summer activities. Be sure to click on the “Summertime Achievement” video to learn more about a number [...]
Rachel Hanson, Leigh Langehough and Heidi Strike are the July 2010 recipients of HCI’s “Making a Difference” Award. The award celebrates those groups and individuals in the community who have a positive influence on Northfield youth. Hanson, Langehough and Strike, who all graduated from Northfield High School in June, organized the successful Beat Cancer: Cancer [...]
Y Kids Tri Saturday, August 7, 2010 Northfield Old Memorial Park Pool area The new Y Kids Tri is a fun, non-competitive triathlon that’s all about getting kids excited to get fit! Youth ages 6-14 will experience a morning of encouragement, cheers and satisfaction of completing the swim, bike and run event. There’s nothing like [...]
A giant round of applause to the Rotary Club of Northfield for their commitment to Northfield youth! Rotary announced that they will provide up to $40,000 in assistance to support the purchase of the new Key location in downtown Northfield (see photo below). They will also partner with the Northfield Union of Youth/The Key to [...]
The PRIMEtime Collaborative presented to the school board this week to recap highlights from the year, share the significant positive outcomes of the program and announce the launch of the website and the “It’s 4 PM, Where are Northfield’s Kids?” Two PRIMEtime 7th graders charmed the group with their perspectives on the programs they are [...]
