Healthy Community Initiative

Allina Health has received the Healthy Community Initiative’s “Making a Difference” Award for February. The award celebrates groups and individuals in the community who have a positive influence on Northfield youth. This is the fourth consecutive year that Allina Health has teamed up with Free Bikes 4 Kidz, a non-profit organization geared toward helping all […]

Northfield Mayor Dana Graham has received the Healthy Community Initiative’s “Making a Difference” Award for January. The award celebrates groups and individuals in the community who have a positive influence on Northfield youth. Since taking office, Mayor Graham has made a priority of including youth as members on city boards and commissions in order to […]

Longtime Raiders coach and community volunteer Larry Santfner has received the Healthy Community Initiative’s “Making a Difference” Award for December. The award celebrates groups and individuals in the community who have a positive influence on Northfield youth. 

  Elizabeth Shepley, the artistic director of the Northfield Youth Choirs, has received the Healthy Community Initiative’s “Making a Difference” Award for November. The award celebrates groups and individuals in the community who have a positive influence on Northfield youth.

  A year after moving to Northfield and immersing themselves in efforts to make the community more bicycle-friendly, Derek and Laura Meyers have received the Healthy Community Initiative’s “Making a Difference” Award for September/October. The award celebrates groups and individuals in the community who have a positive influence on Northfield youth.

  Two Northfield residents who helped middle school students plant and care for a summer vegetable garden have received the Healthy Community Initiative’s “Making a Difference” Award for August. The award celebrates groups and individuals in the community who have a positive influence on Northfield youth.

  The Northfield Historical Society has received the Healthy Community Initiative’s “Making a Difference” Award for July. The award celebrates groups and individuals in the community who have a positive influence on Northfield youth.

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.

  The coordinator of a pregnancy prevention program for Latino youth has received the Healthy Community Initiative “Making a Difference” Award for May. The award celebrates groups and individuals in the community who have a positive influence on Northfield youth.

  Thirteen peer mentors who volunteered with an art program for teens and young adults on the autism spectrum have received the Healthy Community Initiative “Making a Difference” Award for April. The award celebrates groups and individuals in the community who have a positive influence on Northfield youth.