Lifestyle Wellness Awareness Month

Collaborators 

Lead Organization: Lotus Foundation & Balanced

Contact: Mei Lieu ; Email: ml168@rochesterclinic.com ; Phone: 507 218-3095 (ph)

Known/Likely Collaborators: Balanced ; Diversity Council ; Lotus Health Foundation ; OpenBeam ; Rochester Clinic

Potential Collaborators: Boys and Girls Club of Rochester ; Center of Innovation Mayo Clinic ; Community Health Services ; Community Networking Group (CNG) ; Family & Children’s Center ; Family Service Rochester ; Health and Heritage Association ; Healthy Food Alliance of SE MN ; In the City for Good Steering Committee ; Mayo Center for Translational Science Activities ; Mayo Clinic Child and Family Advocacy Center ; Olmsted County Community Services ; Olmsted County Public Health Services ; Olmsted County Public Health Services Advisory Board ; Rochester Area Family Y ; Rochester Area Nonprofit Consortium ; Rochester Farmers Markets ; Rochester Public Library ; Rochester Public Schools

Related Projects

America's City for Health ; Community Health Assessment Process ; Discovery Walk Co-designing ; Food for Thought for Diversity Wellness ; Health Equity: Community Health Collaboration Portal ; Sustainability and Resiliency Action Plan ; The Village Community Garden & Learning Center (VCGLC)

Impacts 

Major Impact:  Health

PlanScape Impacts :

Level 1: Children & Youth, Chronic Illness, Education, Food, Health, Medical Services, Parenthood, Sustainability

Level 2:

DMC Impacts:

Health & Wellness

Community Health Impacts:

Comprehensive, Diabetes, Obesity, Mortality, Morbidity, Health Behaviors, Social Determinants

Type of Project

Planning  

With support from Mayor Kim Norton, introduce Balanced and other lifestyle wellness programs to build a network of public health professionals, nutrition science experts, and everyday people from around the world fighting for a healthier food system one menu at a time. 

​We've made it our mission to hold the food industry accountable, help restore balance to institutional food environments, and make healthier eating easier and more realistic for people everywhere. 

Mayor Norton Proclamation

Rochester Mayor Proclamation  

Vision 2050 AI-Powered Interactive Survey LINK

Mayor Norton Memo to the Public

Results Based Accountability

Collective Impact: Spectrum of working together

Tech Support

The Early Childhood Resource Hub, a collaboration between C2C and IMAA, aims to connect Olmsted County families with young children to various resources and services.

City teammates providing an update on this work, specifically regarding legacy public infrastructure projects, Unbound, infrastructure investments and regulatory milestones.  

September 2024 DMCC Board Meeting

May 2024 DMCC Board Meeting and City, County, DMC Joint Meeting

Feb 2024 DMCC Board Meeting

2024 ALICE  (Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed) Report 

2022 News Next chapter, summer programming: 5-K run; Narcan training partnership with Diversity Council. 

2024-08-12 PB Reporting GRAUC leads project to build prototype sim center The Southeast Minnesota Community Healthcare Simulation Center is set to open in downtown

Rochester by mid-October

August 2024 Report : Age-Friendly Olmsted County (AFOC) activities implementing the Age

Friendly Olmsted County 2022-2025 Action Plan since our annual report in February 2024.

Newsletter Highlights:

Systems Change Designation; Data Updates; Network Updates; Contributors

The framework defines structural racism as the “totality of ways in which societies foster racial discrimination through mutually reinforcing systems of housing, education, employment, earnings, benefits, credit, media, health care and criminal justice.”

"Example of careers they are interested in include radiology, artificial Intelligence, surgery, aeronautical engineering, psychology, sports, business administration and many more!"

$1K Scholarship: 2024 Rochester H.S. Graduate: Application and Nomination, Sponsorship and Donation support

Facebook photos of 2024 Mr. and Miss Juneteenth