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Neighborhood Health Connection (NHC) gives people the tools to create informal neighborhood groups and offers those groups fun and creative ways to make themselves and their communities healthier. The goal is to help neighbors make new personal connections and strengthen existing ones through healthy activities â€“ from joining a neighborhood walking group to starting a community garden to volunteering at a local food shelf. Resources such as the NHC Toolkit provide information about forming a neighborhood group, as well as sample flyers, group activities and more.

What is it?

Neighborhood Health Connection (NHC) gives people the tools to create informal neighborhood groups and offers those groups fun and creative ways to make themselves and their communities healthier. The goal is to help neighbors make new personal connections and strengthen existing ones through healthy activities – from joining a neighborhood walking group to starting a community garden to volunteering at a local food shelf. Resources such as the NHC Toolkit provide information about forming a neighborhood group, as well as sample flyers, group activities and more.

Who is it for?

Groups of neighbors and organizations.

Why do they do it?

More than 50 years of research shows that people with strong community connections and social support are healthier and happier. People are also far more likely to stick with healthy activities if they do them with other people.

Impact

In 2012, more than 33,000 people participated in neighborhood and community health activity groups.

Contact: Ruth Hampton Olkon
Manager, Community Programs
Telephone: 612-262-4430
E-mail: ruth.olkon@allina.com

Community Connections