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Healthy Lifestyles e-Bulletin
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Save the Date for 2017 Planning Meeting
The Healthy Lifestyles-Marshfield Area Coalition Strategic planning meeting will take place on October 27, 2016 from 8:30AM - 12:00 PM at the Hope Lodge (611 W Doege St, Marshfield, WI 54449).
All community members are encouraged to attend and celebrate the many healthy lifestyles accomplishments in 2016 and develop a plan for 2017. For more information or to RSVP for all or part of the meeting, please contact Megan Rheaume-Brand at healthy.lifestyles@marshfieldclinic.org or 715-221-8486. Please RSVP by Thursday, October 13.
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Last Chance to Help Gardens
It's time to bring in the harvest! The Community Garden committee will be holding their annual Fall Clean-Up Day on October 13, 2016 from 4:00-6:00 PM. Volunteers are needed at all three community garden sites (Good Shepherd Church, First Presbyterian Church, and St. Alban Ministry Center) to help clear the garden beds, collect compost, harvest leftovers, and to help weed the garden perimeters to prepare for the next growing season.
If interested in this opportunity, please contact the Center for Community Outreach at 715-221-8400 or email Theresa Balinghasay at
healthy.lifestyles@marshfieldclinic.org
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Marshfield Students Walk and Roll
The City of Marshfield, Marshfield Clinic, Healthy Lifestyles-Marshfield Area Coalition, Marshfield Noon Rotary Club, and eight Marshfield area elementary schools will celebrate International Walk to School Day on Wednesday October 5, 2016. Students in grades K-6 will walk to school from home or nearby parking lots, or on or near school property to emphasize the importance of being physically active and of having safe routes for them to walk and bike to school.
The City of Marshfield, as part of the Safe Routes to School program, will hold the Walk/Bike to School Challenge during the month of October. Students are encouraged to walk or bike to school and keep track of the days they do. Bussed students or those unable to walk or bike to school can participate in alternative physical activities as determined by their parents, teachers, or schools. Participating students will be entered into a drawing for a chance to win one of several prizes, including a bicycle.
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Please welcome two new faces working with Healthy Lifestyles: Theresa Balinghasay and Megan Rheaume-Brand!
Theresa is our 2016-17 Marshfield Clinic AmeriCorps-Volunteer Wisconsin member serving the Healthy Lifestyles Coalition.
She will be serving all coalition committees to support the variety of health promotion programs they implement. Theresa grew up in Marshfield and recently moved back to the Marshfield area after receiving a Masters in Public Health and Physical Activity in Erlangen, Germany.
Megan, a student at UW-Stevens Point studying Health Promotion and Wellness, is interning with the Farm to Table initiative, which promotes the use of local ingredients from farmers to restaurants, and is also helping with other Healthy Lifestyles Coalition projects.
Megan grew up in the small town of Sugar Camp, WI, got her Associate's of Liberal Arts at Nicolet College, and transferred to UW Stevens Point in 2014. She will be graduating December 2016. Please say 'Welcome' and 'Hello' when you see them!
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Get Out and Play!
As the kids get involved in school sports and recreation, so can you! The Marshfield area offers several opportunities for adults to get out and play including: adult men's basketball, men/women/co-ed volleyball and softball leagues, and open recreation/swimming at the
Senior High Fieldhouse & Pool
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The City of Marshfield, Wisconsin
website
offers schedules, rules/regulations, and bylaws for the adult athletics teams, while the
Senior High Fieldhouse and Pool
provides rec hours and costs.
So try going all out and making some new friends on an adult league, or take your family to the open gym and swim, and you'll discover more ways to be active while having fun in Marshfield, WI.
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Autumn Eats
As the weather gets colder, bundle up and enjoy this healthy, easy, and low-cost version of
Three Sisters Soup
, a Native American recipe where the "three sisters" are squash, beans, and corn!
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Upcoming Events
Walk/Bike to School Day: October 5, 2016
Breast Cancer Awareness Ride and Run:
Saturday, October 8, 2016 - beginning at 9:30am
Place: The Sports Den 1202 S. Central Ave., Marshfield, WI
Registration: 8:30am
Ride, run, or walk a 10- or 25-mile route along city and country streets to support breast cancer research and detection at Marshfield Clinic.
10th Annual Fall Polka Jam
October 9, 2016, 12pm
Marshfield Eagles Club,
1104 S. Oak Ave, Marshfield, WI
Bring your instrument and play, dance, or just come to enjoy the music, meet some new friends and reunite with old friends. FREE admission!
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If you haven't already, please take a few minutes to complete a survey and let us know which programs are important to you. This information will be used to plan 2017 focus areas. Click here to take the survey!
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Committee Meeting Schedule
All are welcome!
For more information, visit our calendar.
Unless noted, all meetings are held at Marshfield Clinic Center for Community Outreach (CCO), 1701 North Fig Ave, Marshfield, WI 54449
Healthy Lifestyles-Marshfield Area Coalition Strategic Planning Meeting
Nutrition Committee
The Nutrition Committee meets on the 1st Wednesday of the month from
12:00pm-1:00pm
October 5
December 7
The Physical Activity Committee meets on the 4th Tuesday of the month from 11:00am-2:00pm
Next meeting TBD
The Garden Subcommittee meets on the 2nd Tuesday of the month from
8:30am-9:30am
October 11
December 13
School Wellness Committee meeting dates vary, but usually occur at the Marshfield High School from 3:30pm to 4:30pm.
October 25
November 22
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