Rachel Matney and Fritz Bogott are the March/April 2012 recipients of the Healthy Community Initiative’s “Making a Difference” award. The award celebrates those groups and individuals in the community who have a positive influence on Northfield youth. After reading reports about the achievement gap in Minnesota and Northfield, Matney started thinking of local solutions. She [...]
The Rice County Dollars and $ense program was featured on the front page of Wednesday’s Northfield News. In case you missed the article, check it out HERE. The Northfield Healthy Community Initiative (HCI) is proud to partner on this new financial literacy program for local youth. Dollars and $ense is funded by the Minnesota Office [...]
Up to 15 paid, full-time AmeriCorps positions will be available working with youth and families in the Northfield community for 2012-13. Click HERE for information on the current postings, including contacts and the processes for applying. Questions? Contact HCI (507.664.3524; info@northfieldhci.org). Positions currently accepting applications: AmeriCorps VISTA with Growing Up Healthy AmeriCorps VISTA with [...]
A Northfield man who helped a group of teenagers from the Key build a canoe is the February 2012 recipient of the Healthy Community Initiative “Making a Difference” Award. The award celebrates those groups and individuals in the community who have a positive influence on Northfield youth. John Daniels spent nine months guiding the teenagers [...]
The Minnesota Alliance With Youth (a HCI partner) teamed up with Twin Cities Public Television (tpt) to produce a series of youth-led PSAs on the importance of high school graduation and working together to address the nation’s dropout crisis. Clink HERE to check out the PSAs — you may even see a local face from [...]
February 21, 2012 – 8:47 pm
The Northfield News recently published a series of pieces on the Northfield Healthy Community Initiative, its work in the community, and its upcoming changes. Check them out: “Northfield school board praises efforts of HCI” (February 15, 2012) “Invisible helping hand: Funding needed to support youth development” (February 18, 2012) “HCI wrestles with [...]
February 3, 2012 – 8:20 am
Four teenagers who organized a benefit concert for a family who lost their home in a fire are the December 2011/January 2012 recipients of the Healthy Community Initiative’s “Making a Difference” Award. The award celebrates those groups and individuals in the community who have a positive influence on Northfield youth. Within hours of learning of [...]
January 26, 2012 – 1:21 pm
Dr. Charles Reznikoff will be presenting at the St. John’s Lutheran Church Forum on Sunday, January 29, 2012, during education hour in St. John’s Hall at 9:45 a.m. Dr. Reznikoff is an addiction specialist on staff at Hennepin County Medical Center and facilitates the Opiate Agonist Therapy Clinic at Northfield Hospital. He will present on [...]
January 11, 2012 – 1:41 pm
Recently, the Mayor’s Youth Council (MYC) successfully applied to have Northfield named as one of the “100 Best Communities for Young People.“ As a result, the MYC received funding to support efforts in the community to encourage high school graduation. With this funding, the MYC is making grants available to groups to help promote graduation [...]
December 28, 2011 – 2:22 pm
The Northfield Healthy Community Initiative (HCI) has released its 2010-11 Mini-Grants Report. The document highlights results from the over 70 projects that HCI helped to support through its mini-grants program during 2010-11. For a copy of the report, click HERE. Funded HCI mini-grant projects: allow Northfield young people to develop positive intergenerational relationships with caring [...]
