If you’d like to learn more about partnering with Wabasha County SHIP, email Tina Moen, SHIP Coordinator or call 651-565-5200.

Join via Zoom Meeting ID: 869 4746 3091 | Passcode: 934206

“EBT/SNAP CHAMPIONS! Let’s Unite!” wrote Sara George, Wabasha Farmers Market Manager, in 2016. The letter invited those interested to attend a meeting at Wabasha County Public Health to work on increasing EBT usage at the Farmers Market. Today this group continues to meet and work toward increasing access to healthy food across Wabasha County. 

The first meeting occurred in June 2016 with 16 participants who came ready and excited about working to find solutions to increase access to healthy foods for local underserved populations.  As needs were identified, the group decided it was important to continue meeting. Next, a presentation from U of M Extension talked about the Minnesota Food Charter and afterwards we evolved into the Wabasha County Food Access Network (WCFAN). In addition to working with our county’s farmers markets on increasing use of EBT, the group has identified the following priorities: 

• Increasing access to healthy foods for Seniors

• Reducing stigma attached to receiving services

• Increasing knowledge of healthy food opportunities through outreach, and

• Increasing access to affordable transportation.to access healthy foods.

The topic of this quarter is MN Commercial Tobacco-Free Environments.

September 10, 2024 at 1 p.m. via Zoom
Meeting ID: 820 1624 0390
Passcode: 584938

welcome to join! Whether your organization has a wellness initiative in place or is new to the concept, we invite you to learn more and participate. Investing in the health of your employees is an important step for all employers to take.

By creating a workplace wellness initiative, most of the best practice recommendations take little to no financial resources - only staff time to plan - but the benefits are many:

• increased productivity

• improved morale, and

• better managed health care costs.

Contact, SHIP Coordinator, Tina Moen email or call her at 651-565-5200 to learn how you can get involved.

If you’d like to learn more about partnering with Wabasha County SHIP, email Tina Moen, SHIP Coordinator or call 651-565-5200.

Join via Zoom Meeting ID: 861 1332 5066 | Passcode: 795168

“EBT/SNAP CHAMPIONS! Let’s Unite!” wrote Sara George, Wabasha Farmers Market Manager, in 2016. The letter invited those interested to attend a meeting at Wabasha County Public Health to work on increasing EBT usage at the Farmers Market. Today this group continues to meet and work toward increasing access to healthy food across Wabasha County. 

The first meeting occurred in June 2016 with 16 participants who came ready and excited about working to find solutions to increase access to healthy foods for local underserved populations.  As needs were identified, the group decided it was important to continue meeting. Next, a presentation from U of M Extension talked about the Minnesota Food Charter and afterwards we evolved into the Wabasha County Food Access Network (WCFAN). In addition to working with our county’s farmers markets on increasing use of EBT, the group has identified the following priorities: 

• Increasing access to healthy foods for Seniors

• Reducing stigma attached to receiving services

• Increasing knowledge of healthy food opportunities through outreach, and

• Increasing access to affordable transportation.to access healthy foods.

If you’d like to learn more about partnering with Wabasha County SHIP, email Tina Moen, SHIP Coordinator or call 651-565-5200.

Join via Zoom Meeting ID: 869 4746 3091 | Passcode: 934206

“EBT/SNAP CHAMPIONS! Let’s Unite!” wrote Sara George, Wabasha Farmers Market Manager, in 2016. The letter invited those interested to attend a meeting at Wabasha County Public Health to work on increasing EBT usage at the Farmers Market. Today this group continues to meet and work toward increasing access to healthy food across Wabasha County. 

The first meeting occurred in June 2016 with 16 participants who came ready and excited about working to find solutions to increase access to healthy foods for local underserved populations.  As needs were identified, the group decided it was important to continue meeting. Next, a presentation from U of M Extension talked about the Minnesota Food Charter and afterwards we evolved into the Wabasha County Food Access Network (WCFAN). In addition to working with our county’s farmers markets on increasing use of EBT, the group has identified the following priorities: 

• Increasing access to healthy foods for Seniors

• Reducing stigma attached to receiving services

• Increasing knowledge of healthy food opportunities through outreach, and

• Increasing access to affordable transportation.to access healthy foods.

If you’d like to learn more about partnering with Wabasha County SHIP, email Tina Moen, SHIP Coordinator or call 651-565-5200.

Join via Zoom Meeting ID: 849 7468 9276 | Passcode: 119021

“EBT/SNAP CHAMPIONS! Let’s Unite!” wrote Sara George, Wabasha Farmers Market Manager, in 2016. The letter invited those interested to attend a meeting at Wabasha County Public Health to work on increasing EBT usage at the Farmers Market. Today this group continues to meet and work toward increasing access to healthy food across Wabasha County. 

The first meeting occurred in June 2016 with 16 participants who came ready and excited about working to find solutions to increase access to healthy foods for local underserved populations.  As needs were identified, the group decided it was important to continue meeting. Next, a presentation from U of M Extension talked about the Minnesota Food Charter and afterwards we evolved into the Wabasha County Food Access Network (WCFAN). In addition to working with our county’s farmers markets on increasing use of EBT, the group has identified the following priorities: 

• Increasing access to healthy foods for Seniors

• Reducing stigma attached to receiving services

• Increasing knowledge of healthy food opportunities through outreach, and

• Increasing access to affordable transportation.to access healthy foods.

The topic of this quarter is MN Well-being.

May 21, 2024 at 1 p.m. via Zoom
Meeting ID: 897 0668 6367
Passcode: 305185

Any size employer is welcome to join! Whether your organization has a wellness initiative in place or is new to the concept, we invite you to learn more and participate. Investing in the health of your employees is an important step for all employers to take.

By creating a workplace wellness initiative, most of the best practice recommendations take little to no financial resources - only staff time to plan - but the benefits are many:

• increased productivity

• improved morale, and

• better managed health care costs.

Contact, SHIP Coordinator, Tina Moen email or call her at 651-565-5200 to learn how you can get involved.

If you’d like to learn more about partnering with Wabasha County SHIP, email Tina Moen, SHIP Coordinator or call 651-565-5200.

Join via Zoom Meeting ID: 899 2325 3451 | Passcode: 769826

“EBT/SNAP CHAMPIONS! Let’s Unite!” wrote Sara George, Wabasha Farmers Market Manager, in 2016. The letter invited those interested to attend a meeting at Wabasha County Public Health to work on increasing EBT usage at the Farmers Market. Today this group continues to meet and work toward increasing access to healthy food across Wabasha County. 

The first meeting occurred in June 2016 with 16 participants who came ready and excited about working to find solutions to increase access to healthy foods for local underserved populations.  As needs were identified, the group decided it was important to continue meeting. Next, a presentation from U of M Extension talked about the Minnesota Food Charter and afterwards we evolved into the Wabasha County Food Access Network (WCFAN). In addition to working with our county’s farmers markets on increasing use of EBT, the group has identified the following priorities: 

• Increasing access to healthy foods for Seniors

• Reducing stigma attached to receiving services

• Increasing knowledge of healthy food opportunities through outreach, and

• Increasing access to affordable transportation.to access healthy foods.

If you’d like to learn more about partnering with Wabasha County SHIP, email Tina Moen, SHIP Coordinator or call 651-565-5200.

Join via Zoom Meeting ID: 860 1365 3758 | Passcode: 033116

“EBT/SNAP CHAMPIONS! Let’s Unite!” wrote Sara George, Wabasha Farmers Market Manager, in 2016. The letter invited those interested to attend a meeting at Wabasha County Public Health to work on increasing EBT usage at the Farmers Market. Today this group continues to meet and work toward increasing access to healthy food across Wabasha County. 

The first meeting occurred in June 2016 with 16 participants who came ready and excited about working to find solutions to increase access to healthy foods for local underserved populations.  As needs were identified, the group decided it was important to continue meeting. Next, a presentation from U of M Extension talked about the Minnesota Food Charter and afterwards we evolved into the Wabasha County Food Access Network (WCFAN). In addition to working with our county’s farmers markets on increasing use of EBT, the group has identified the following priorities: 

• Increasing access to healthy foods for Seniors

• Reducing stigma attached to receiving services

• Increasing knowledge of healthy food opportunities through outreach, and

• Increasing access to affordable transportation.to access healthy foods.

If you’d like to learn more about partnering with Wabasha County SHIP, email Tina Moen, SHIP Coordinator or call 651-565-5200.

Join Zoom Meeting.

Meeting ID: 860 1365 3758 | Passcode: 033116

“EBT/SNAP CHAMPIONS! Let’s Unite!” wrote Sara George, Wabasha Farmers Market Manager, in 2016. The letter invited those interested to attend a meeting at Wabasha County Public Health to work on increasing EBT usage at the Farmers Market. Today this group continues to meet and work toward increasing access to healthy food across Wabasha County. 

The first meeting occurred in June 2016 with 16 participants who came ready and excited about working to find solutions to increase access to healthy foods for local underserved populations.  As needs were identified, the group decided it was important to continue meeting. Next, a presentation from U of M Extension talked about the Minnesota Food Charter and afterwards we evolved into the Wabasha County Food Access Network (WCFAN). In addition to working with our county’s farmers markets on increasing use of EBT, the group has identified the following priorities: 

• Increasing access to healthy foods for Seniors

• Reducing stigma attached to receiving services

• Increasing knowledge of healthy food opportunities through outreach, and

• Increasing access to affordable transportation.to access healthy foods.

The topic of this quarter is MN Healthy Eating.

January 9, 2024 at 1 p.m. via Zoom
Meeting ID: 829 5605 1792
Passcode: 841392

Any size employer is welcome to join! Whether your organization has a wellness initiative in place or is new to the concept, we invite you to learn more and participate. Investing in the health of your employees is an important step for all employers to take.

By creating a workplace wellness initiative, most of the best practice recommendations take little to no financial resources - only staff time to plan - but the benefits are many:

• increased productivity

• improved morale, and

• better managed health care costs.

Contact, SHIP Coordinator, Tina Moen email or call her at 651-565-5200 to learn how you can get involved.

If you’d like to learn more about partnering with Wabasha County SHIP, email Tina Moen, SHIP Coordinator or call 651-565-5200.

Join Zoom Meeting.

Meeting ID: 841 0677 3014 | Passcode: 855994

“EBT/SNAP CHAMPIONS! Let’s Unite!” wrote Sara George, Wabasha Farmers Market Manager, in 2016. The letter invited those interested to attend a meeting at Wabasha County Public Health to work on increasing EBT usage at the Farmers Market. Today this group continues to meet and work toward increasing access to healthy food across Wabasha County. 

The first meeting occurred in June 2016 with 16 participants who came ready and excited about working to find solutions to increase access to healthy foods for local underserved populations.  As needs were identified, the group decided it was important to continue meeting. Next, a presentation from U of M Extension talked about the Minnesota Food Charter and afterwards we evolved into the Wabasha County Food Access Network (WCFAN). In addition to working with our county’s farmers markets on increasing use of EBT, the group has identified the following priorities: 

• Increasing access to healthy foods for Seniors

• Reducing stigma attached to receiving services

• Increasing knowledge of healthy food opportunities through outreach, and

• Increasing access to affordable transportation.to access healthy foods.

If you’d like to learn more about partnering with Wabasha County SHIP, email Tina Moen, SHIP Coordinator or call 651-565-5200.

Join Zoom Meeting.

Meeting ID: 899 2499 4344 | Passcode: 031260

“EBT/SNAP CHAMPIONS! Let’s Unite!” wrote Sara George, Wabasha Farmers Market Manager, in 2016. The letter invited those interested to attend a meeting at Wabasha County Public Health to work on increasing EBT usage at the Farmers Market. Today this group continues to meet and work toward increasing access to healthy food across Wabasha County. 

The first meeting occurred in June 2016 with 16 participants who came ready and excited about working to find solutions to increase access to healthy foods for local underserved populations.  As needs were identified, the group decided it was important to continue meeting. Next, a presentation from U of M Extension talked about the Minnesota Food Charter and afterwards we evolved into the Wabasha County Food Access Network (WCFAN). In addition to working with our county’s farmers markets on increasing use of EBT, the group has identified the following priorities: 

• Increasing access to healthy foods for Seniors

• Reducing stigma attached to receiving services

• Increasing knowledge of healthy food opportunities through outreach, and

• Increasing access to affordable transportation.to access healthy foods.

If you’d like to learn more about partnering with Wabasha County SHIP, email Tina Moen, SHIP Coordinator or call 651-565-5200.

Join Zoom Meeting.

Meeting ID: 882 9341 4684 | Passcode: 262453

“EBT/SNAP CHAMPIONS! Let’s Unite!” wrote Sara George, Wabasha Farmers Market Manager, in 2016. The letter invited those interested to attend a meeting at Wabasha County Public Health to work on increasing EBT usage at the Farmers Market. Today this group continues to meet and work toward increasing access to healthy food across Wabasha County. 

The first meeting occurred in June 2016 with 16 participants who came ready and excited about working to find solutions to increase access to healthy foods for local underserved populations.  As needs were identified, the group decided it was important to continue meeting. Next, a presentation from U of M Extension talked about the Minnesota Food Charter and afterwards we evolved into the Wabasha County Food Access Network (WCFAN). In addition to working with our county’s farmers markets on increasing use of EBT, the group has identified the following priorities: 

• Increasing access to healthy foods for Seniors

• Reducing stigma attached to receiving services

• Increasing knowledge of healthy food opportunities through outreach, and

• Increasing access to affordable transportation.to access healthy foods.

The topic of this quarter is MN Healthy Eating.

Gundersen St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Centennial Room, 1200 5th Grant Blvd W, Wabasha, MN 55981

Any size employer is welcome to join! Whether your organization has a wellness initiative in place or is new to the concept, we invite you to learn more and participate. Investing in the health of your employees is an important step for all employers to take.

By creating a workplace wellness initiative, most of the best practice recommendations take little to no financial resources - only staff time to plan - but the benefits are many:

• increased productivity

• improved morale, and

• better managed health care costs.

Contact, SHIP Coordinator, Tina Moen email or call her at 651-565-5200 to learn how you can get involved.

If you’d like to learn more about partnering with Wabasha County SHIP, email Tina Moen, SHIP Coordinator or call 651-565-5200.

Join Zoom Meeting.

Meeting ID: 868 7797 8015 | Passcode: 600725

“EBT/SNAP CHAMPIONS! Let’s Unite!” wrote Sara George, Wabasha Farmers Market Manager, in 2016. The letter invited those interested to attend a meeting at Wabasha County Public Health to work on increasing EBT usage at the Farmers Market. Today this group continues to meet and work toward increasing access to healthy food across Wabasha County. 

The first meeting occurred in June 2016 with 16 participants who came ready and excited about working to find solutions to increase access to healthy foods for local underserved populations.  As needs were identified, the group decided it was important to continue meeting. Next, a presentation from U of M Extension talked about the Minnesota Food Charter and afterwards we evolved into the Wabasha County Food Access Network (WCFAN). In addition to working with our county’s farmers markets on increasing use of EBT, the group has identified the following priorities: 

• Increasing access to healthy foods for Seniors

• Reducing stigma attached to receiving services

• Increasing knowledge of healthy food opportunities through outreach, and

• Increasing access to affordable transportation.to access healthy foods.

If you’d like to learn more about partnering with Wabasha County SHIP, email Tina Moen, SHIP Coordinator or call 651-565-5200.

Join Zoom Meeting.

Meeting ID: 886 9543 6280 | Passcode: 933344

“EBT/SNAP CHAMPIONS! Let’s Unite!” wrote Sara George, Wabasha Farmers Market Manager, in 2016. The letter invited those interested to attend a meeting at Wabasha County Public Health to work on increasing EBT usage at the Farmers Market. Today this group continues to meet and work toward increasing access to healthy food across Wabasha County. 

The first meeting occurred in June 2016 with 16 participants who came ready and excited about working to find solutions to increase access to healthy foods for local underserved populations.  As needs were identified, the group decided it was important to continue meeting. Next, a presentation from U of M Extension talked about the Minnesota Food Charter and afterwards we evolved into the Wabasha County Food Access Network (WCFAN). In addition to working with our county’s farmers markets on increasing use of EBT, the group has identified the following priorities: 

• Increasing access to healthy foods for Seniors

• Reducing stigma attached to receiving services

• Increasing knowledge of healthy food opportunities through outreach, and

• Increasing access to affordable transportation.to access healthy foods.

If you’d like to learn more about partnering with Wabasha County SHIP, email Tina Moen, SHIP Coordinator or call 651-565-5200.

Join Zoom Meeting by clicking here.

Meeting ID: 839 0652 6142 | Passcode: 094585

“EBT/SNAP CHAMPIONS! Let’s Unite!” wrote Sara George, Wabasha Farmers Market Manager, in 2016. The letter invited those interested to attend a meeting at Wabasha County Public Health to work on increasing EBT usage at the Farmers Market. Today this group continues to meet and work toward increasing access to healthy food across Wabasha County. 

The first meeting occurred in June 2016 with 16 participants who came ready and excited about working to find solutions to increase access to healthy foods for local underserved populations.  As needs were identified, the group decided it was important to continue meeting. Next, a presentation from U of M Extension talked about the Minnesota Food Charter and afterwards we evolved into the Wabasha County Food Access Network (WCFAN). In addition to working with our county’s farmers markets on increasing use of EBT, the group has identified the following priorities: 

• Increasing access to healthy foods for Seniors

• Reducing stigma attached to receiving services

• Increasing knowledge of healthy food opportunities through outreach, and

• Increasing access to affordable transportation.to access healthy foods.

If you’d like to learn more about partnering with Wabasha County SHIP, email Tina Moen, SHIP Coordinator or call 651-565-5200.

Join Zoom Meeting by clicking here.

Meeting ID: 898 0138 4708 | Passcode: 821979

“EBT/SNAP CHAMPIONS! Let’s Unite!” wrote Sara George, Wabasha Farmers Market Manager, in 2016. The letter invited those interested to attend a meeting at Wabasha County Public Health to work on increasing EBT usage at the Farmers Market. Today this group continues to meet and work toward increasing access to healthy food across Wabasha County. 

The first meeting occurred in June 2016 with 16 participants who came ready and excited about working to find solutions to increase access to healthy foods for local underserved populations.  As needs were identified, the group decided it was important to continue meeting. Next, a presentation from U of M Extension talked about the Minnesota Food Charter and afterwards we evolved into the Wabasha County Food Access Network (WCFAN). In addition to working with our county’s farmers markets on increasing use of EBT, the group has identified the following priorities: 

• Increasing access to healthy foods for Seniors

• Reducing stigma attached to receiving services

• Increasing knowledge of healthy food opportunities through outreach, and

• Increasing access to affordable transportation.to access healthy foods.

If you’d like to learn more about partnering with Wabasha County SHIP, email Tina Moen, SHIP Coordinator or call 651-565-5200.

Join Zoom Meeting by clicking here.

Meeting ID: 818 5991 1034 | Passcode: 312547

“EBT/SNAP CHAMPIONS! Let’s Unite!” wrote Sara George, Wabasha Farmers Market Manager, in 2016. The letter invited those interested to attend a meeting at Wabasha County Public Health to work on increasing EBT usage at the Farmers Market. Today this group continues to meet and work toward increasing access to healthy food across Wabasha County. 

The first meeting occurred in June 2016 with 16 participants who came ready and excited about working to find solutions to increase access to healthy foods for local underserved populations.  As needs were identified, the group decided it was important to continue meeting. Next, a presentation from U of M Extension talked about the Minnesota Food Charter and afterwards we evolved into the Wabasha County Food Access Network (WCFAN). In addition to working with our county’s farmers markets on increasing use of EBT, the group has identified the following priorities: 

• Increasing access to healthy foods for Seniors

• Reducing stigma attached to receiving services

• Increasing knowledge of healthy food opportunities through outreach, and

• Increasing access to affordable transportation.to access healthy foods.

If you’d like to learn more about partnering with Wabasha County SHIP, email Tina Moen, SHIP Coordinator or call 651-565-5200.

Join Zoom Meeting by clicking here.

Meeting ID: 818 5991 1034 | Passcode: 312547

“EBT/SNAP CHAMPIONS! Let’s Unite!” wrote Sara George, Wabasha Farmers Market Manager, in 2016. The letter invited those interested to attend a meeting at Wabasha County Public Health to work on increasing EBT usage at the Farmers Market. Today this group continues to meet and work toward increasing access to healthy food across Wabasha County. 

The first meeting occurred in June 2016 with 16 participants who came ready and excited about working to find solutions to increase access to healthy foods for local underserved populations.  As needs were identified, the group decided it was important to continue meeting. Next, a presentation from U of M Extension talked about the Minnesota Food Charter and afterwards we evolved into the Wabasha County Food Access Network (WCFAN). In addition to working with our county’s farmers markets on increasing use of EBT, the group has identified the following priorities: 

• Increasing access to healthy foods for Seniors

• Reducing stigma attached to receiving services

• Increasing knowledge of healthy food opportunities through outreach, and

• Increasing access to affordable transportation.to access healthy foods.

If you’d like to learn more about partnering with Wabasha County SHIP, email Tina Moen, SHIP Coordinator or call 651-565-5200.

Join Zoom Meeting by clicking here.

Meeting ID: 865 3819 6417 | Passcode: 039704

“EBT/SNAP CHAMPIONS! Let’s Unite!” wrote Sara George, Wabasha Farmers Market Manager, in 2016. The letter invited those interested to attend a meeting at Wabasha County Public Health to work on increasing EBT usage at the Farmers Market. Today this group continues to meet and work toward increasing access to healthy food across Wabasha County. 

The first meeting occurred in June 2016 with 16 participants who came ready and excited about working to find solutions to increase access to healthy foods for local underserved populations.  As needs were identified, the group decided it was important to continue meeting. Next, a presentation from U of M Extension talked about the Minnesota Food Charter and afterwards we evolved into the Wabasha County Food Access Network (WCFAN). In addition to working with our county’s farmers markets on increasing use of EBT, the group has identified the following priorities: 

• Increasing access to healthy foods for Seniors

• Reducing stigma attached to receiving services

• Increasing knowledge of healthy food opportunities through outreach, and

• Increasing access to affordable transportation.to access healthy foods.

The topic of this quarter is MN Well-Being.

Please join our discussion via Zoom. Meeting ID: 830 0391 1178 | Passcode: 555393

Any size employer is welcome to join! Whether your organization has a wellness initiative in place or is new to the concept, we invite you to learn more and participate. Investing in the health of your employees is an important step for all employers to take.

By creating a workplace wellness initiative, most of the best practice recommendations take little to no financial resources - only staff time to plan - but the benefits are many:

• increased productivity

• improved morale, and

• better managed health care costs.

Contact, SHIP Coordinator, Tina Moen email or call her at 651-565-5200 to learn how you can get involved.

Collaborating so students will have increased learning, better test scores, and improved attendance due to participating in Healthy Eating and Active Living strategies.

Joins us via Zoom by clicking here. Meeting ID: 842 5806 2964 | Passcode: 405209

This is time to network, talk about healthy eating, physical activity, tobacco-free environments and/or well-being work, and to identify opportunities to partner with SHIP (we are receiving applications for SHIP grant funding).

This is a time for schools to get together to support each other in creating more stories like the ones listed here.

If you would like information on what it means to partner with Wabasha County SHIP please email Tina Moen or call her at 651-565-5200.

The advocate group launched in May 2018 with a Bicycle Friendly Community Rapid Planning Workshop. Wabasha County SHIP’s priority in hosting these quarterly meetings is to work toward becoming a Bicycle Friendly Community.

Join Zoom Meeting by clicking here.

Meeting ID: 829 6218 4874 | Passcode: 916910

Contact, SHIP Coordinator, Tina Moen email or call her at 651-565-5200 to learn how you can get involved.

Wabasha County SHIP supports our communities by increasing access to opportunities for walking and biking. We were happy to provide information about what makes Lake City a bike friendly community to BikeMN when they were seeking information for their Bicycle Friendly Community Resource Guide: A Toolkit for Minnesota. This resource contains context and a helpful workbook designed to guide communities through the process of becoming more bicycle friendly starting with an assessment of your community. An excerpt can be found below where Lake City is listed on page 20.  Read the guide

If you’d like to learn more about partnering with Wabasha County SHIP, email Tina Moen, SHIP Coordinator or call 651-565-5200.

Join Zoom Meeting by clicking here.

Meeting ID: 864 3641 6598 | Passcode: 367644

“EBT/SNAP CHAMPIONS! Let’s Unite!” wrote Sara George, Wabasha Farmers Market Manager, in 2016. The letter invited those interested to attend a meeting at Wabasha County Public Health to work on increasing EBT usage at the Farmers Market. Today this group continues to meet and work toward increasing access to healthy food across Wabasha County. 

The first meeting occurred in June 2016 with 16 participants who came ready and excited about working to find solutions to increase access to healthy foods for local underserved populations.  As needs were identified, the group decided it was important to continue meeting. Next, a presentation from U of M Extension talked about the Minnesota Food Charter and afterwards we evolved into the Wabasha County Food Access Network (WCFAN). In addition to working with our county’s farmers markets on increasing use of EBT, the group has identified the following priorities: 

• Increasing access to healthy foods for Seniors

• Reducing stigma attached to receiving services

• Increasing knowledge of healthy food opportunities through outreach, and

• Increasing access to affordable transportation.to access healthy foods.

The topic of this quarter is Breastfeeding Friendly workplaces.

Join Zoom Meeting by clicking here Meeting ID: 861 5048 2041 | Passcode: 000877

Any size employer is welcome to join! Whether your organization has a wellness initiative in place or is new to the concept, we invite you to learn more and participate. Investing in the health of your employees is an important step for all employers to take.

By creating a workplace wellness initiative, most of the best practice recommendations take little to no financial resources - only staff time to plan - but the benefits are many:

• increased productivity

• improved morale, and

• better managed health care costs.

Contact, SHIP Coordinator, Tina Moen email or call her at 651-565-5200 to learn how you can get involved.

Collaborating so students will have increased learning, better test scores, and improved attendance due to participating in Healthy Eating and Active Living strategies.

Joins us via Zoom by clicking here. Meeting ID: 889 5286 9689 | Passcode: 006081

This is time to network, talk about healthy eating, physical activity, tobacco-free environments and/or well-being work, and to identify opportunities to partner with SHIP (we are receiving applications for SHIP grant funding).

This is a time for schools to get together to support each other in creating more stories like the ones listed here.

If you would like information on what it means to partner with Wabasha County SHIP please email Tina Moen or call her at 651-565-5200.

The advocate group launched in May 2018 with a Bicycle Friendly Community Rapid Planning Workshop. Wabasha County SHIP’s priority in hosting these quarterly meetings is to work toward becoming a Bicycle Friendly Community.

Join Zoom Meeting by clicking here.

Meeting ID: 863 0091 5831 | Passcode: 200386

Contact, SHIP Coordinator, Tina Moen email or call her at 651-565-5200 to learn how you can get involved.

Wabasha County SHIP supports our communities by increasing access to opportunities for walking and biking. We were happy to provide information about what makes Lake City a bike friendly community to BikeMN when they were seeking information for their Bicycle Friendly Community Resource Guide: A Toolkit for Minnesota. This resource contains context and a helpful workbook designed to guide communities through the process of becoming more bicycle friendly starting with an assessment of your community. An excerpt can be found below where Lake City is listed on page 20.  Read the guide

The advocate group launched in May 2018 with a Bicycle Friendly Community Rapid Planning Workshop. Wabasha County SHIP’s priority in hosting these quarterly meetings is to work toward becoming a Bicycle Friendly Community.

Join Zoom Meeting by clicking here.

Meeting ID: 865 7253 8548 | Passcode: 497368

Contact, SHIP Coordinator, Tina Moen email or call her at 651-565-5200 to learn how you can get involved.

Wabasha County SHIP supports our communities by increasing access to opportunities for walking and biking. We were happy to provide information about what makes Lake City a bike friendly community to BikeMN when they were seeking information for their Bicycle Friendly Community Resource Guide: A Toolkit for Minnesota. This resource contains context and a helpful workbook designed to guide communities through the process of becoming more bicycle friendly starting with an assessment of your community. An excerpt can be found below where Lake City is listed on page 20.  Read the guide

If you’d like to learn more about partnering with Wabasha County SHIP, email Tina Moen, SHIP Coordinator or call 651-565-5200.

Join Zoom Meeting by clicking here.

Meeting ID: 830 7054 8305 | Passcode: 827373

“EBT/SNAP CHAMPIONS! Let’s Unite!” wrote Sara George, Wabasha Farmers Market Manager, in 2016. The letter invited those interested to attend a meeting at Wabasha County Public Health to work on increasing EBT usage at the Farmers Market. Today this group continues to meet and work toward increasing access to healthy food across Wabasha County. 

The first meeting occurred in June 2016 with 16 participants who came ready and excited about working to find solutions to increase access to healthy foods for local underserved populations.  As needs were identified, the group decided it was important to continue meeting. Next, a presentation from U of M Extension talked about the Minnesota Food Charter and afterwards we evolved into the Wabasha County Food Access Network (WCFAN). In addition to working with our county’s farmers markets on increasing use of EBT, the group has identified the following priorities: 

• Increasing access to healthy foods for Seniors

• Reducing stigma attached to receiving services

• Increasing knowledge of healthy food opportunities through outreach, and

• Increasing access to affordable transportation.to access healthy foods.