Healthy Wrangell Coalition Meeting

Healthy Wrangell Coalition Meeting
May 8, 2012, noon
Harbor Light Church

1. Introductions:

2. Upcoming events of interest:
a. Annual Salmon Derby begins Saturday, May 12.
b. City goes on diesel power generation for annual maintenance of the hydro-plant on Monday, May 14.
c. First Wrangell Community Market: 10 am – 2 pm Saturday, May 19 at the covered play area.
d. 3rd Annual BIKE RIDE: from Banana Pt. to Petersburg Saturday, June 9, meet at Breakaway's shack by city float at 7am. The boat ride cost is $20; the bike ride will take a leisurely 4-5 hours. Return ferry leaves at 9:15pm and will be back in Wrangell by 12:15am. (The ferry costs $33 plus $12 for your bike).
e. Fruit Orchard Planting Event: 10 am Saturday, June 30 at the Grade School – Wrangell Medical Center invites the entire community to take part, families are especially encouraged to be there.

3. New Business:
a. Worksite Wellness = lower use of medical benefits for WMC and Wrangell Public Schools = lower insurance rates for both entities!
b. Update on Community Transformation Grant.

4. Subcommittee Updates:
a. Youth (Diane O’Brien):
b. Chronic Disease (Janet Strom):
c. Substance Abuse (Brooke Reynolds):
d. Safety and Violence Prevention (Lisa Nikodym):

5. Agency Updates:
a. WMC: Orchard planting event
b. Forest Service
c. Parks and Recreation
d. SEARHC
e. AICS
f. Schools
g. Ministerial Association

6. Review the ACHIEVE ‘CAP’