Blue Zones Project: making healthy choices easier
Klamath Tribal Health and Family Services employees are practicing the healthy strategies that they teach. The wellness committee there recently implemented strategies that include standing or walking meetings to encourage movement throughout the day; the installation of health-friendly equipment, including standing desks, wireless headsets and exercise balls; and the posting of upbeat messages throughout the offices. Employees also get 30 minutes of “wellness time” every day for activities such as working out in the weight room or walking on a nearby nature trail.
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Blue Zones Project
Well-being initiative Klamath Tribal Health and Family Services employees are practicing the healthy strategies that they teach. The wellness committee there recently implemented strategies that... Read More
Learning communities
With just 1,500 residents, Wheeler County in north central Oregon is the least populated in the state. Four hours from Portland, it’s home to the John Day River, the state’s largest deposit of... Read More
Battling food insecurity
Tailgate parties are big in Siskiyou County, Calif. Every month from May through October, Great Northern Services throws a big party in four Northern California towns. What do they serve? Truckloads... Read More
Potlucks build community
On the second Sunday of this month, neighbors in Southern Oregon’s Upper Cow Creek area know what they will be doing for dinner. It’s the same thing their parents and, in some cases, their... Read More
Board members retiring
Karla Chambers, a 16-year veteran on the board, and Allyn Ford, the son of the Foundation's founders, will retire at the end of this year. Read More
For the children
At the end of December 2016, the Douglas County foster case system reported 419 registered abused and neglected children. Two months later, there were 485 — an increase of more than one new foster... Read More
RAIN: Nurturing innovative start-ups
The efforts of creative business entrepreneurs hold great promise for the economic health of Oregon, particularly in rural communities, but they can’t do it without help. “It takes a community to... Read More
Education for Job Readiness
It should come as no surprise that an integral part of the Eastern Linn County Pipeline, an industry-directed job-training program, is education. After all, the goal of the initiative, led by... Read More
Baker Technical Institute
Adjacent to Baker High School, the Baker Technical Institute announces its mission with a bold sign: “Next generation education for thriving communities.” The Institute began four years ago with a... Read More
Planting seeds of service
Brandy O’Bannon loves living a life of service. “Working alongside friends, colleagues, donors and volunteers in my community has brought a tremendous amount of joy to my life,” says Brandy O’Bannon... Read More
Long and healthy lives
Every few years, it seems a story pops up in the newspaper about the oldest man or woman in the world, and readers eagerly parse their words of wisdom for something they can apply to their own lives... Read More
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