2023-2024 Read the 2024 summary
- Supported the Spring Drug Take Back Day in partnership with Holy Family, the County Recycling Center, and local law enforcement.
- Reach out and Read program won a partnership award for their work within the community.
- Partnered with local schools to host Walk, Bike, and Roll to school events encouraging active routes of transportation and pedestrian safety.
- Developed the Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP) to guide work for 2023-2027 addressing the key themes of Navigation & Access to Services, Building a Healthy Community, and Youth Well-Being.
- Created the Youth Resource Hub in partnership with Coolest Coast to consolidate resources available to youth and families into one centralized place.
- Collaborated on a free exercise series in local parks call Fit in the Park in partnership with Holy Family Memorial.
- Created an annual Community Baby Shower to serve local families by gathering resources, providing parent education and support, and creating a fun, safe, family environment.
2019-2022
- Due to COVID-19 Pandemic, majority of work was forced to pause until mid-late 2022.
- The 2022 Community Health Assessment was conducted to prioritize health issues and to lay the groundwork for establishing community goals and initiatives.
2005-2018
- Assisted with the Community Health Needs Assessment every 3 years including creating surveys, hosting community feedback sessions, and creating community data reports.
- Hosted the first countywide, Lakeshore’s Health Challenge. In the first year, there were 275 participants and 1,543.2 pounds were lost. This transitioned to the Lean on the Lakeshore community health challenge sponsored by Holy Family Memorial for many years.
- Substance Use Prevention obtained two federally funded grants to assist with implementation of best practices to reduce youth substance use.
- Started an Injury/Falls prevention group to change organizational policies regarding provider reaction to falls and have distributed information and provided strength training classes such as Stepping On and Tai Chi.
- In 2016, Investing Early received a grant from United Way to coordinate with the local clinics and physicians to provide books along with a prescription for parents/caregivers to read to their child daily- Reach out and Read program.
- Awarded a grant to pilot two programs: Navigating the Healthcare System and Let’s Talk about Medications.
- In 2013, a Mental Wellness Coalition was formed to address education and awareness, advocacy and access to services.
- Developed the “Healthy Teeth Healthy Kids” dental program, a school-based mobile dental clinic that served low-income children initially at 8 schools. The program grew to serve all public schools in the county, and added a fixed site dental clinic that served low-income adults. Medical primary care was added to the fixed site clinic, at which point the assets of Healthy Teeth were turned over to the Lakeshore Community Health Center (now called Lakeshore Community Health Care).
2004
- HMC was established to provide support to coalitions addressing the health of Manitowoc County residents.