Every wish you had a say in how your community creates positive change? Interested in creating a healthier community? If you answered yes to both of those questions, don’t miss the free community discussions hosted in the last week of July across northern Sonoma County by the Healthcare Foundation Northern Sonoma County.
The Healthcare Foundation is the region’s only funder focused exclusively on health for residents from Northern Santa Rosa through the Mendocino border. “We take our responsibility of planning for future needs of our region quite seriously and want to be sure people who live, work and play here have a voice in creating towns that are healthier for everyone,” said Healthcare Foundation CEO Debbie Mason.
The Healthcare Foundation board and CEO have been hearing from local and regional experts, evaluating data from the Sonoma County’s health planning efforts, as well as healthcare trend data. In doing so the organization’s leaders expanded the mission adding to the health access focus area, two additional areas – mental health and early childhood development as those additional areas need attention in our region.
“As our organization evaluates data on existing issues and plans for the next decade for health related matters, getting citizen input is really important,” said Mason.
During the sessions, participants will be asked to identify and then rank current barriers to health and identify ideas for how the community can become healthier – increasing access for people of all income levels to access nutrition, fitness and activities to encourage a healthier lifestyle.
Using a timeline of the next decade, participants will be asked to create their vision of how our community can reduce the high levels of diabetes, high blood pressure, obesity and other issues that affect quality of life for all residents.
The sessions are free and Spanish translators will be present to make sure everyone can engage in the discussions.
The events are as follows:
Tuesday, July 25, 5:30—7:30 p.m. Mary Agatha Furth Center, 8400 Old Redwood Highway, Windsor.
Wednesday, July 26, 5:30—7:30 p.m. Villa Chanticleer Annex, 860 Chanticleer Way, Healdsburg.
Thursday, July 27, 9—11 a.m. Geyserville Inn, 21714 Geyserville Avenue, Geyserville.
Friday, July 28, 9—11 a.m. Cloverdale Family Apartments, 100 Healdsburg Avenue, Cloverdale.
Saturday, July 29, 9—11 a.m. Villa Chanticleer Annex, 860 Chanticleer Way, Healdsburg.
For more information, call 473-0583 or email in**@he******************.net.
