Have you started making your PSA yet?!?! It’s not too late to enter and win a $200 prize! Northfield youth and adults alike are encouraged to create a short (30-90 second) video to help prevent cyberbullying and promote responsible technology use. The videos can be aimed at a youth audience, or can be focused on [...]
Community members are invited to come visit the Summer PLUS program this Wednesday (July 13). Stop by the Northfield Middle School between 10:30 a.m and 12:30 p.m. You will get a tour of the program from one of the high school PLUS Fellows and will be able to see this amazing program in action! Summer [...]
Seven Carleton College tutors who volunteered with the TORCH program were named the June recipients of the the Northfield 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. The college students volunteered throughout the school year assisting high school [...]
At their June 2011 board meeting, the Northfield Healthy Community Initiative (HCI) Board approved mini-grants to support four projects and activities designed to benefit Northfield youth. Funded applicants included: Becky Gainey from Sibley Elementary School for Sibley Summer Readers. Becky and other teachers at Sibley Elementary will provide books for children who don’t have access [...]
Technology has changed the world. Through cell phones, texting, tweeting, Facebook posts, Skype and other methods we can stay connected to friends and family around the world. Students can do research for a class project from almost anywhere. Professionals can work from home, or even post a blog for Northfield HCI from a small town [...]
The Northfield News had an excellent story on the Northfield Youth Sports Collaborative in Saturday’s edition. Run by volunteers, the Youth Sports Collaborative helps to assure that all Northfield youth — regardless of their family’s socioeconomic status — can take part in local youth sports associations. One of the group’s key efforts has been the [...]
At their May 2011 board meeting, the Northfield Healthy Community Initiative (HCI) Board approved mini-grants to support four projects and activities designed to benefit Northfield youth. Funded applicants included: Nicholas Gonnerman for GPS Check-out. Nicholas would like to have individual GPS units available to the community to check-out in order to explore Northfield in a [...]
Don’t forget! This Thursday (May 19, 2011) from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m., behavioral expert and parent educator Kirk Martin and his son will be coming to Northfield. Their workshop is titled, “Ready to Be A Courageous Parent? Stop Defiance, Yelling & Power Struggles.” This practical, humorous, and life-changing workshop will be held at the Northfield [...]
The City of Northfield, City of Faribault, and Rice County recently joined communities across the state in adopting social host ordinances. These ordinances make it a crime to knowingly provide a place where underage drinking occurs. The consequences for violating these ordinances are penalties of up to 90 days in jail and up to a [...]
At their April 2011 board meeting, the Northfield Healthy Community Initiative (HCI) Board approved mini-grants to support five projects and activities designed to benefit Northfield youth. Funded applicants included: Ashleigh Cimino for Japan Relief. Ashleigh and other sophomores at Northfield High School – with help from teacher, Sarah Swan-McDonald – are raising money to aid victims of the [...]
