http://growinguphealthy.org Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:35:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Hulett neighborhood leaders have planned another exciting event.  On Saturday, November 15 they will host an open house at McKinley Early Childhood Center to provide information and resources around energy conservation, weatherization, assistance programs and home ownership.  At this event, Hulett residents will have the opportunity to apply for ... http://growinguphealthy.org/2008/11/05/hulett-event-scheduled/   My name is Marlon Lopez. I am from Guatemala. Una de las cosas mas importantes en mi vida es ser parte de un cambio que sea positivo para la comunidad. Creo en la unidad como la fuerza que inpulsa cambios dentro de la sociedad en general. he trabajado como promotor ... http://growinguphealthy.org/2008/10/23/meet-marlon/ The Hulett neighborhood leaders are busy getting to know their neighbors.  All five leaders are actively visiting residents of the Hulett neighborhood to conduct a survey and investigate the priorities of the neighborhood.  The hope is that survey results will allow the leaders to plan activities, classes and partnerships in ... http://growinguphealthy.org/2008/10/21/hulett-leaders-busy/ From January to May of 2007, the Rice County Growing Up Healthy Campaign conducted twenty-two community dialogs with 161 participants.  Twelve of the 90-minute dialogs were in English, seven were in Spanish, and three were in Somali. Participants were asked to identify what they worry about most with regards to ... http://growinguphealthy.org/2008/09/24/improving-health-by-building-connections-between-families/ Despite a horribly rainy day, the Growing Up Healthy event held in Viking Terrace on Saturday (September 13th) was a big success.  Several exciting things came about: a big group of service providers spent the afternoon in Viking Terrace - a part of the community they are not often in; ... http://growinguphealthy.org/2008/09/15/viking-terrace-event/ http://growinguphealthy.org/2008/08/11/hulett-leaders-at-work/ The National Night Out event was a huge success, despite the rain that ended things early. Many families turned out to enjoy the hot dogs, chips, balloons, games, moonwalk and raffles. Many thanks to Target in Northfield for donating one of the bikes we raffled off! Several people ... http://growinguphealthy.org/2008/08/11/hulett-success/ The Canon River Manufactured Home Park (aka Hulett) is having a big celebration for National Night Out this Friday, August 8th from 6 to 8 PM. Growing Up Healthy neighborhood leaders will be there to meet their neighbors, hand out balloons, talk to folks about resources available in the ... http://growinguphealthy.org/2008/08/06/hulett-neighborhood-event/ I am a single mother of a teenager, a preteen, and a toddler. I am a Lightworker looking for peace by raising awareness. I work as a certified nursing assistant enjoying assisting seniors with their daily activities.  Thinking with positive goals I seek to better people's perspectives of themselves, others, ... http://growinguphealthy.org/2008/07/16/meet-christy/ My name is Siyat Guhad. I am from Somalia.  I came to Faribault 5 years ago as a refugee.  Faribault is a great city and has great people.  I am a neighborhood leader and like helping my community in integrating or assimilating with the greater Rice County community.  I also ... http://growinguphealthy.org/2008/07/16/meet-siyat/