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Our Sponsors
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Contact Us
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MT Rural Health Initiative
PO Box 170520
Bozeman, MT 59717
Phone: 406.994.5310
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Thank you for being part of our network and encouraging health and wellness. Please let us know if we can be of any assistance.
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RHI News
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RHI is on Facebook, Twitter
and now Instagram!
Follow us on Instagram @montanaruralhealthinitiative! Remember to hashtag your best Montana moment pictures with #RHIhealth for a chance to be featured on our profile. We want to know what you or your community is up to! For news articles, event announcements, and links to great health and wellness resources make sure to follow our social media outlets.
New RHI Project Coordinator
We would like to introduce the Rural Health Initiative (RHI)'s new project coordinator, Sarah Devitt. Please join us in welcoming her!
Sarah Devitt has recently joined us after graduating earlier this month with her Masters of Science in Health and Human Development from Montana State University. Previously, in 2012, she earned her Bachelors of Science in Community Health also from MSU. Her interests include rural health, gerontology and preventative healthcare. She is from Columbus Montana, and has been a Montana girl all her life. Sarah spends her free time fishing and exploring Montana's great outdoors. Her enthusiasm and scholarship will be great assets to RHI.
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Summer Photo Contest!
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The Montana RHI is holding its first Summer Photo Contest to give you, and your community, an opportunity to visually share how you are staying healthy this summer!
 
Our Summer Photo Contest has two categories: Individual and Community. Individuals are encouraged to submit photo's that are specific to their personal healthy behaviors, and community members are asked to share with us what their community is doing that fosters local health and wellness. For the months of June, July and August, we will pick both a Community and Individual winner. The winners will be awarded a $25 Amazon gift card. At the very end of the contest, a Community and Individual grand prize award of a $100 gift card will also be given. Throughout the three months, all submitted photos will be eligible for the grand prize award.
Please email your rural health photos to the Montana Rural Health Initiative at [email protected]. Participants can also post their submissions on Montana's Rural Health Initiative Facebook page here. For more information and specific contest details, open this link!
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Funding Opportunities
Frontier Community Health Integration
Project Technical Assistance, Tracking, and Analysis
Agency: Health Resources & Services
Administration
Deadline: June 19, 2014
National Library of Medicine's Information Resource Grants to Reduce Health Disparities
Agency: National Institutes of Health
Deadline: June 29, 2014
Community Development Transportation Lending Services: Community Centers, Health and Human Services and
Co-Location Financing
Agency: Community Transportation Association of America
Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
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Upcoming Events
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The Northern Rockies Healthcare Innovation Summit Fairmont Hot Springs, Montana
June 9-10, 2014
 This summit will bring together leaders, change makers, and participants from all sectors of healthcare, technology, and innovation. Created by Mineral Regional Health Center and the Frontier Medicine Better Health Partnership, these organizations are leading the way for healthcare innovation for Critical Access Hospitals and others in the state of Montana and across the globe. Register here!
RHI Webinar: Social Enterprise and Social Entrepreneurship
June 12, 2014, 12 - 1 pm
Presented by Richard Merchant, CEO for the past 13 years at
the Northern Area Health Education Center in Canton NY, along with the past three years as CEO of the Central New York Area Health Education Center. Richard's webinar is designed to provide information about social enterprise, the economic context of nonprofit viability, and the importance of nonprofit organizations considering transition of their operations to a social enterprise business model. The webinar will include identification of the transition steps necessary to initiating social enterprise ventures. Examples will be provided. Register here!
Headwaters Run in Three Forks, MT
Saturday, July 26, 2014
5k,10k, and Half Marathon! Proceeds benefit the Headwaters Trail System to build more trails. The course is on mainly flat terrain on the beautiful Headwaters Trail System in Three Forks. Go explore Three Forks afterwards and check out the model train show and free home-made milk shakes at the old train depot! More information is provided here. Find more Montana summer runs on this site!
Saturday, August 9, 2014 
Libby, MT
The 83 mile bike ride tours the breathtaking shoreline of Lake Koocanusa. Ride includes support vehicles; three food/beverage stops; two water/electrolyte stops; and an awesome post-ride BBQ with live music, prizes and raffles. Proceeds go to David Thompson Search and Rescue, an all volunteer non-profit organization. Learn more here!
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