Our VISTA's are in the Paper!

Our Vista's Sam and Elyse were interviewed last week and are in this week's edition of the Boulder Monitor and the Jefferson County Courier. You can read more to find out more about us.
Keep an eye out for more MAPP information in these papers and The Whitehall Ledger.

Listen for our first PSA on the Jefferson County Emergency Radio Station

The MAPP Project has created a PSA that will be played every hour on the Emergency Radio Station for Jefferson County starting Sept 1st at 10:30.  You can tune into the station on the following frequencies:

Boulder                   106.3 FM
Basin                       102.3 FM
Cardwell                 106.1 FM
Elk Park                  103.7 FM
Jefferson City        100.3 FM
Montana City         106.3 FM
Whitehall                106.5 FM

New General Interest Meeting

We have a new General Interest Meeting for those in the Clancy and Montana City areas on sept 12th, at 6:30 in the Montana City School Multipurpose Room. Please attend one of these meetings or call us for more information.

Sept 12th 6:30 PM Montana City School Multipurpose Room
Sept 14th 6:30 PM Whitehall Town Hall
Sept 15th 7:00 PM Jefferson High School Cafeteria

Jefferson County MAPP will be at the Jefferson County Fair

The VISTA's from the Jefferson County MAPP project will be at the fair in the Jefferson County Public Health Tent on Sat 27th. If you want to ask some questions, learn more about what we are doing, or just want to come say hi, please drop by.

General Interest Meetings: 9/14/11 in Whitehall Town Hall & 9/15/11 in Jefferson High School

A general interest meeting has bee set up in Whitehall on the 9/14/11 at 6:30pm and the Boulder area on 9/15/11 at 7pm in the Jefferson County High School Cafeteria. These meetings will explain the general outline of the MAPP Process and what we hope to accomplish. We want anyone who is interested in participating in this important project to come and find out more about it.
You may have noticed fliers appearing around town. We are hoping to spread the word and create a widespread community interest in this project, which we hope will result in widespread involvement from the community. We are also sending out information with return stamped postcards to key organizations, businesses, and individuals. Please fill these out and send them back to us so we can get an idea of who wants to be involved.
Together we can MAPP a healthier Jefferson County!

MAPP Starts (8/01/11)

Jefferson county public health department with the help of two AmeriCorps VISTAs will facilitate the first comprehensive community health assessment for the county.

Our goals are to develop a future vision for the community, identify the communities health needs and resources, and create a plan of action to address these needs.

In order to meet these goal we have started to enlist community members and organizations.  With a strong community involvement, the assessment will accurately describe public health concerns and create an action plan.

We need community member involvement! If you would like to comment, voice concern, or become involved please feel free to contact us.

Elyse Rioux
406-438-7877
MAPP Coordinator for the Northern Region

Sam Mooneyhan
406-438-7878

MAPP Coordinator for the Southern Region