Healthy Communities Coalition meets in Yerington this Thursday
Healthy Communities Coalition of Lyon and Storey Counties’ November public breakfast meeting will be in Yerington at the Boys & Girls Club’s main gym at 124 North Main Street on Thursday, Nov. 14 at 9 a.m.
Serena Evans, Policy Specialist with the Nevada Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence, will be one of the guest speakers. The Nevada Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence provides statewide advocacy, education and support of the front-line organizations that help those impacted by domestic and sexual violence. They support Nevada’s direct-service organizations that help serve victims of domestic and sexual violence and their families.
Also on the agenda, Alisha Moss and Michelle Eriksen of Healthy Communities will share what they learned this summer at the Opioid Response Summit in Las Vegas.
Michelle Eriksen will also give an overview of Healthy Communities’ Yerington Food Pantry, which she manages.
In addition, Eriksen will explain her role as Healthy Communities’ school-based Resource Coordinator serving Yerington students and families.
Immediately after the meeting at 11am, BGC is offering a tour of their new Teen Center for those attending the preceding Healthy Communities meeting.
What Is the Coalition? Whether its organic school gardens, mobile dental clinics, tobacco and opioid use prevention, STEAM activities, job skills training, or suicide prevention, Healthy Communities takes a multi-faceted approach to promoting opportunities for health and wellness with a prevention first approach.
Healthy Communities is comprised of dozens of local, state, federal and tribal group partners; hundreds of community volunteers; a board of directors and staff, all working together on a common mission to strengthen communities in the Lyon and Storey regions by increasing access to 1)health care; 2) affordable, locally grown food; and 3) sustainable, community development opportunities that serve the common good and build local assets and self-reliance.
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