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Welcome to the first e-Bulletin from Marshfield Clinic Center for Community Outreach (CCO). Moving forward, we will share information regarding CCO programs, projects and approaches to
keep you in-touch with our commitment to community health improvement. For those
of you new to this work, the
CCO Fact Sheet
is a quick read on the overall department. Our staff appreciate the opportunity to engage in strategies with community partners across the Marshfield Clinic Health System to improve the lives of our patients in the places where we live, learn, work and play. It is an honor to work within this large health system, with leadership setting the direction for building bridges between health care and communities, always with our patients' best interest at heart.
Please
the CCO e-Bulletin with your friends and colleagues. If you have something you would like to add or have suggestions for future editions, please contact
Becky Wagner with your input - your feedback is always welcome. We hope you find value in the work that is being done. Thank you and take care.
Ronda Kopelke, Director
Marshfield Clinic Center for Community Outreach
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CCO Website gets a Face Lift
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| As part of a major renovation, the CCO website is getting a face lift! Check out the new sections:
A big thank you to the Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation Biomedical Informatics Research Center (BIRC) team for making this happen! Watch for more updates in the near future! |
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Celebrating 20 Years of Strong Coalitions, Healthy Communities
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Greg Nycz, Executive Director, Family Health Center of Marshfield, Inc.
presenting at Northwoods Coalition Annual Meeting & Training
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Northwoods Coalition, staffed by CCO, held its Annual Meeting and Training in June for two days in Wausau. Northwoods Coalition began in 1995 and is the largest and oldest coalition in Wisconsin dedicated to substance abuse prevention.
Click here to view a map of Northwoods Coalition.
The training was a partnership with Northwoods Coalition, Marshfield Clinic and the Alliance for Wisconsin Youth in collaboration with Northcentral Technical College.
The training featured over 35 breakout sessions and four general sessions with keynote speakers including Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel. More than 180 people from 40 community coalitions throughout the Marshfield Clinic service area attended the training.
Ronda Kopelke received the Lifetime Achievement in Prevention award at the Northwoods Coalition Annual Meeting and Training. The purpose of the award is to recognize an individual who has made exceptional contributions to the field of prevention over a number of years. In addition, 20 coalitions received awards for successfully passing 27 local substance abuse policies in their communities. More information on the awards can be found here.
"It was an opportunity to provide cutting edge training and technical assistance to prevention professionals and their partners in addition to recognizing the hard work of grassroots efforts," said Danielle Luther, Manager - Substance Abuse Prevention, Marshfield Clinic Center for Community Outreach.
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Marshfield Clinic AmeriCorps Lives On!
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Marshfield Clinic has operated AmeriCorps programs across the system of care and beyond for the past 16 years. We are pleased to announce that we just received federal funding for three more years. An award of $604,350
for our Marshfield Clinic AmeriCorps - Volunteer Wisconsin program, is the largest in the state, and continuation funding for our Marshfield Clinic AmeriCorps Afterschool program is $378,300, for a total of $982,650. When combined with community support, the grand total reaches over $1 million.
The Volunteer Wisconsin program will place 45 full-time members with 45 non-profit organizations throughout Wisconsin to focus on building volunteer engagement to support their efforts.
The Afterschool program will place 30 full-time members in 17 Afterschool programs across the Marshfield Clinic service area to promote academic success, social/emotional development and healthy active living for youth ages 5-14.
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Summer Food Service Program
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Nutritious meals are important for children during the summer! Marshfield Clinic Youth Net, the School District of Marshfield and Marshfield Area United Way have partnered to offer a Summer Food Service Program.
Free lunches and snacks are available to all Marshfield area youth and residents. Lunch is served from 12:30pm - 1:30pm and snacks are served from 3:00pm - 3:30pm.
"This program fills a void created when school lunches are not available," said Jennifer Smith, Health Educator, Marshfield Clinic Center for Community Outreach." Helping parents meet the nutritional needs of their children is the strength of this program."
The Summer Food Service Program (SFSP), which is funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and is administered by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, provides nutritious meals to children during the summer.
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Getting Involved in Local Community Events
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Supplies 4 Success
Standing behind the belief that all
children deserve the best possible start to the school year, CCO is coordinating a backpack drive, July 25 - August 15, to ensure that students have the necessary tools to succeed.
This year, the focus is in the school districts of Marshfield, Auburndale, Pittsville, Spencer, Stratford, Loyal, Greenwood, Neillsville and Granton. Next year we hope to expand further across the system.
Please click on the photo for more information and for ways you can help!
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Volunteers Needed
Hub City Days Duathlon Committee is looking for 80-100 volunteers to assist on the run and bike course on
Saturday, July 30 at the UW-Marshfield/Wood County Campus. Click the photo for more information on volunteering.
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CCO staff volunteering at Mike's Run.
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Thank you Mike's Run - You are Making a Difference!
With proceeds from this event, the Mike's Run Committee, Psychiatry & Behavioral Health and
Center for Community Outreach helped launch a series of Marshfield Clinic mental health initiatives:
Suicide Prevention is Everyone's Business:
- Over 240 individuals attended a Question, Persuade and Refer (QPR) training session.
- Provided Sources of Strength (SOS), a suicide prevention program, at Marshfield Senior High.
Steps to Eliminate Bullying:
- Over 125 parents were educated on bullying at a Marshfield Area Parent Network event.
- Provided a character development program at Marshfield Area Catholic Schools to reduce bullying.
Education is Key:
- Nearly 200 individuals attended the Healthy People Wood County Health conference last October.
- Over 700 individuals attended and over 500 individuals viewed the four-part Everyday Mindfulness: A Community Wellness Series held in spring of 2016.
- Sponsored the Marshfield Children's Mental Health Awareness day in May 2016.
Afterschool Matters - Marshfield Clinic Youth Net:
- Created a sensory room that serves as a therapeutic space and developed clubs that provide social and emotional development (i.e. music, art, yoga, etc.) opportunities available to 175
of Youth Net participants.
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Community Health Improvement: Bridging Health Care and Communities
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