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	<description>Connecting the families of Rice County, Minnesota</description>
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		<title>Cooking Up Connections</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today, in Northfield, MN, I led our multicultural cooking club and taught everyone how to make a Costa Rican “casado” (the national plate consisting of rice, beans, salad, fried plantains, and a meat choice &#8211; today we had fish).  The group was small (lots of parents were chaperoning end-of-the-year school field trips), but it allowed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://growinguphealthy.org/2012/05/18/cooking-up-connections/</link>
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		<title>2nd Annual Mental Health is Everyone Summit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If mental health is everyone, then why isn&#8217;t anyone talking about it??? In 2008, the WHO projected in its Global Burden of Disease that by 2030, depression and depressive disorders would be the leading cause worldwide of healthy years lost due to disability. In accordance, mental health problems already account for 35-45% of work absenteeism [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://growinguphealthy.org/2012/02/06/2nd-annual-mental-health-is-everyone-summit/</link>
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		<title>A Bilingual and Multicultural Cookbook!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Looking for a new salsa recipe? Ever wish you knew how to make tamales? Want to make simple and delicious pizza crust from scratch while you brush up on your Spanish vocabulary? Stop by the LINK Center (or e-mail janet@growinguphealthy.org) to pick up your copy of A Bilingual and Multicultural Cookbook. Cookbooks cost $7 and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://growinguphealthy.org/2012/01/30/a-bilingual-and-multicultural-cookbook/</link>
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		<title>You want to fix the health care crisis? Increase spending on social services</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program tracked the medical expenses of 119 chronically homeless people for several years. In one five-year period, the group accounted for 18,834 emergency room visits estimated to cost $12.7 million.&#8221; Four out of five physicians agreed that unmet social needs led directly to worse health.&#8221; These are just [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://growinguphealthy.org/2011/12/12/you-want-to-fix-the-health-care-crisis-increase-spending-on-social-services/</link>
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		<title>Rice County Public Health will resume Face-to-Face hours at the LINK Center!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Rice County Public Health will hold Face-to-Face hours at the LINK Center every Tuesday from 2:30-5:30pm, beginning next Tuesday, December 13th. Call the LINK Center to make an appointment (507) 664-3500.]]></description>
		<link>http://growinguphealthy.org/2011/12/06/rice-county-public-health-will-resume-face-to-face-hours-at-the-link-center/</link>
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		<title>November 2011 Talking Points: Culture and Health</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Did you know that intentionally identifying the things in your life for which you are grateful can actually improve your health? Read more in our latest newsletter about how gratitude and other positive aspects of culture actually benefit your health.]]></description>
		<link>http://growinguphealthy.org/2011/11/28/november-2011-talking-points-culture-and-health/</link>
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		<title>Give to the Max day is November 16th!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ever hear the song about the magic penny?  The one that says if you give it away you’ll have more, but if you hold it tight you won’t have any?  Well, I can’t verify that giving away money will bring more, but by citing someone else’s work I can verify that giving it away will [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://growinguphealthy.org/2011/11/15/give-to-the-max-day-is-november-16th/</link>
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		<title>Blue Cross features our work</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Blue Cross Blue Shield of MN Foundation has featured our work in their latest statewide newsletter.  Check out the following link to read the article and then click around to see what other great projects the Foundation is supporting around the state. Perspectives]]></description>
		<link>http://growinguphealthy.org/2011/11/04/blue-cross-features-our-work/</link>
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		<title>Campus Community Partnerships</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is a video that pairs with our latest newsletter issue &#8211; all about Campus-Community Partnerships.]]></description>
		<link>http://growinguphealthy.org/2011/10/13/campus-community-partnerships/</link>
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		<title>September 2011 Newsletter is here!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Click here to view the September 2011 newsletter kicking off the school year and discussing the relationship between education and health. Did you know that an extra 4 years of education can decrease the risk of both heart disease and diabetes? Read the newsletter to learn more interesting stuff!!]]></description>
		<link>http://growinguphealthy.org/2011/09/08/september-2011-newsletter-is-here/</link>
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