Category: Growing Up Healthy
State Officials Visit Rice County Early Childhood Support Sites
August 19, 2025
Officials from the Minnesota Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) visited multiple early childhood and family support sites in Rice County on Aug. 12 to hear directly from providers, district staff, and community partners – including Healthy Community Initiative – about the challenges and opportunities they are navigating. The tour included stops at a […]
Parenting program seeks support
July 11, 2025
By Tom Steinmetz as a Guest Columnist for the Northfield News My first six months as the Executive Director of Healthy Community Initiative (HCI) have been a patchwork of highs, lows, and everything in between. Saturday, June 14, was no different. My emotions ranged from heartbreak to heartwarming. As Minnesotans mourned the tragic murders of Representative […]
Seed Coalition and St. Olaf honor Growing Up Healthy
May 14, 2025
Cheers to Growing Up Healthy! The HCI program recently received a Seed Coalition 2025 Presidents’ Community Partner Award, which celebrates individuals and organizations who have meaningfully improved a community’s quality of life through collaboration with a college or university. Growing Up Healthy was nominated by Seed Coalition member St. Olaf College. Seed Coalition consists of 40+ […]
Mobile Home Rehabilitation Initiative Finds New Home
March 18, 2025
Three Rivers Community Action and Healthy Community Initiative (HCI) have exciting news to share about Mobile Home Rehabilitation efforts in Rice County. Three Rivers, with its robust housing and home energy and weatherization programs, is bringing the Mobile Home Rehabilitation Initiative under its umbrella of programs and will employ and provide support for the initiative’s […]
Just Food Co-op is Making a Difference
June 30, 2014
Just Food Co-op, a community-owned natural foods market and deli, has received the Healthy Community Initiative’s “Making a Difference” Award for June. The award celebrates groups and individuals in the community who have a positive influence on Northfield youth.
Neighborhood Leaders are Making a Difference
January 6, 2014
Eight neighborhood leaders of the Growing Up Healthy coalition received the Healthy Community Initiative “Making a Difference” Award for December. The award celebrates groups and individuals in the community who have a positive influence on Northfield youth.