What do projects such as communities-in-schools, building affordable housing, preventing adverse childhood experiences, wasting less food, septic systems monitoring, and neighborhood trails or pathways have in common? They are all efforts being led by public and private entities in our community to boost our health.
How are they connected? They are all part of the Thurston Thrives campaign.
As we prepare to celebrate National Public Health Week (April 6-12), our goal is to make the United States the “Healthiest Nation in One Generation.” And you might take comfort knowing that Thurston County has a plan for getting our community there.
The County Health Rankings, a nationwide assessment of community health factors that was released last week, show that by addressing a variety of factors, we can improve how long and how well people in our community live. Our community’s call to action to address these health factors is called Thurston Thrives, and April marks its second anniversary.
[For more of this story, written by Rachel Wood, go to http://www.theolympian.com/201...l?rh=1#storylink=cpy]
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