Category Archives: Big Horn
River Valley Farmer’s Market
River Valley Farmer’s Market River Valley Farmer’s Market aims to increase access to local fresh food, promote local businesses, promote physical activity, support community engagement, provide health education, and connect families to needed services. The River Valley Farmer’s Market combines food sales with health promotion in a new way. The Farmer’s Market includes access to […]
Continue readingMail-a-Meal
“We are here to serve our neighbors that have nowhere else to turn” A part of the Montana Food Bank Network, Mail-a-Meal is a program designed to reach food insecure Montanans without access to emergency food assistance, or nutritious quality food. Those in need simply fill out an intake form, and Mail-a-Meal delivers a 50 […]
Continue readingCare Van
The Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Montana Care Van is a community partnership and outreach program that provides vaccines to Montanans, with an emphasis on underserved populations. CareVan teams up with community health officials to administer vaccines at no cost, or low cost, to patients. The program brings services to Montana’s rural and underserved […]
Continue readingRiver Valley Farmer’s Market
The River Valley Farmer’s Market has brought locally grown fruits and vegetables to downtown Hardin for the past two summers. The weekly evening Market also features other local food items, craftspeople, musical talent, health resources, community services/organizations, and fun activities for children. The Healthy Hardin Community Development Coalition sponsored the first River Valley Farmers Market […]
Continue readingThe Crow Men’s Health Project
A partnership between Montana State University faculty and Crow men to work collaboratively to identify and address health issues of concern The Crow Men’s Health Project began in 2007 as a partnership between Montana State University faculty and Crow men to work collaboratively to identify and address health issues of concern. Differing from other […]
Continue readingStrong Women
The primary objective of the StrongWomen™ Program is to help communities nationwide to implement safe and effective strength training programs for midlife and older women. Women begin to show decline in muscle mass beginning at age 30 and if this condition is not reversed, women will have reduced strength and other severe consequences as they age. Women need […]
Continue readingNative AIR
Native AIR (Asthma Intervention & Reduction) is a program coordinated by Montana State University Extension Service Housing & Environmental Quality Program. The program seeks to help children understand the triggers of asthma in order to prevent or control its onset. Montana State University Extension is a unique organization serving all the people of Montana with […]
Continue readingHardin Worksite Wellness Initiative
The Hardin Food Access Task Force and Big Horn County Extension Service partnered with local government offices to plan and implement a wellness program for County employees. This project began in July of 2012 and to date the group has achieved 3 out of 5 project goals. Local worksites interested in working with the […]
Continue readingBig Horn County’s “Fitness for Life”
Big Horn County’s “Fitness for Life” received RHI Incubator funding in the Fall of 2009. From this funding the program has gone on to reach great success, and will continue on into the summer. The intended program, to conduct an educational/screening program along with a 6-week fitness program, received double the expected amount of participants; […]
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