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Laconia: Wyatt Park Improvement Work Underway

LACONIA — As National Kids to Parks Day on Saturday, May 18 approaches, improvements to Wyatt Park are underway as part of the Wyatt Park-South End Community Revitalization Project. The project, supported by Lakes Region HEAL and the City of Laconia, includes extensive pans to renovate the park and immediate surroundings.

Volunteers beautify Nashua neighborhoods on Big Day of Serving

Across the city of Nashua, dozens of youth and local church volunteers crowded around the Police Athletic League building to revitalize and beautify the area during The Big Day of Serving national event. The beautification of the Ledge Street neighborhood was made possible through a HEAL Community Grant.

First Lady Michelle Obama and Epicurious Host Second Recipe Challenge to Promote Healthy Eating Nationwide

The second Healthy Lunchtime Challenge & Kids' "State Dinner" invites parents or guardians and their children, ages 8-12, to create and submit an original lunch recipe that is healthy, affordable, and tasty. Winners will fly to the White House to taste their creations.

Worksite Wellness is Contagious!

Last summer, there were 40 work sites on the pledge sheet to become healthier. Today, there are nearly 70. The pledge all of these Cheshire County companies and organizations made starting in the spring of 2012 was to be "organizational champions" as part of the Vision 2020 initiative launched by Cheshire Medical Center/Dartmouth-Hitchcock Keene to be the healthiest community in the nation by the year 2020.

Resources for Creating Healthy Communities

HEAL links communities to strategies, tools and resources for creating healthy environments that help individuals and families make good choices where they live, learn work and play.