Communities in Hamilton County, Ohio, like Addyston, Arlington Heights, and Cleves, have successfully formed walking groups, encouraging engagement and wellness among residents.
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Category: Community
Active transportation in action: Bringing safer streets to life
Last year, we shared how the WeTHRIVE!℠ communities of Lincoln Heights and Mt. Healthy created Active Transportation Plans (ATP) to make their streets safer for pedestrians, cyclists, and anyone not riding in an automobile. After presenting ATPs to their respective village/city council, the WeTHRIVE! teams worked with village/city administration to…
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Household hazardous products: What they are & how to safely dispose of them
This spring, WeTHRIVE!℠ community teams organized collection events that safely disposed of more than 22,000 pounds of household hazardous waste. In this special guest post, Jack Mangan with Hamilton County ReSource talks about household hazardous products and why discarding them properly is so important.
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WeTHRIVE! communities help older adults stay on their feet
May is Older Americans Month – a perfect time to highlight how WeTHRIVE!℠ community teams help residents THRIVE at any age. By offering fall prevention programs, teams tackle critical health and safety concerns. Just as important, the programs foster social connection, addressing the public health crisis of loneliness and isolation.
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WeTHRIVE! teams boost access to healthy food in their communities
WeTHRIVE! teams use common strategies for enhancing access to healthy food in their communities, yet each team brings its own unique perspective to the challenge.
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Meet the WeTHRIVE! neighborhood navigators!
In this post, we’re introducing some of our WeTHRIVE!℠ neighborhood navigators. Navigators take on a more formal role in working with Hamilton County Public Health (HCPH) to focus on policy, systems, and environmental changes around nutrition and physical activity in their WeTHRIVE! communities.
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Elmwood Place mayor is a WeTHRIVE! champion
Champions Week recognizes the 2024 WeTHRIVE! Champion Award winners.
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Lockland resident honored as WeTHRIVE! champion for leadership, initiative
Champions Week begins today! This is the special time each January when we celebrate the people who go above and beyond to help create a culture of health, safety, and vitality in Hamilton County. We start today with the 2024 WeTHRIVE!℠ Champion for Leadership & Initiative – Margaret Wienholts from…
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Happy 15 years, WeTHRIVE!
Re-cap of the 2024 WeTHRIVE! Recognition Event and celebration of the initiative’s 15th anniversary.
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Mt. Healthy grows community connection with poetry and nature
The Mt. Healthy WeTHRIVE! team recently wrapped up a year of poetry-related community events by unveiling “Poetree” boards at five locations around the city. The team used grant funding to educate student poets and to install display boards where their work can be shared with the community.
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