MAPP will be at the Christmas Bazaar

MAPP will be at the Christmas Bazaar this Saturday. We will be distributing a survey that will be sent to county residents, as well as being available to answer any questions about our project. Come stop by and see what we are up to!

Visioning Statement Update

Hi everyone!
With the help of strong, caring community members, we have finished crafting our Vision Statement for MAPP. This statement will serve as a focus point for our actions to address health in Jefferson County, as well as a source of inspiration.  Thanks again to everyone who put in time and energy to the wonderful focus groups as well as visioning committee.

A caring and compassionate community that is responsive to the county's citizens in a changing world, while maintaining the rich quality of life reflecting the rural essence of Jefferson County.

And we are in our final stages of developing a county wide survey. We expect these to go out sometime in the next two weeks. The more responses we get the better this survey will be, so please keep an eye out for it take the time to fill out this short survey.
Thanks!

The start of our vision statement.

Hello Everyone,

Yesterday we met with some county citizen's to fashion a vision statement for Jefferson County. This will serve to inspire and focus of the community health assessment. As we met folks from around the county several common themes emerged from these meetings.
* Keeping the rural flavor of Jefferson County-Many people move here to get away from the hustle and bustle of urbanized society so as we grow we should remain faithful to our roots.
* THE PEOPLE!-Every community identified how our citizens are friendly, involved in our community, and just overall caring people.
* Reaching out to all ages- People of all ages can benefit from programs and assistance to make it easier for people to be healthy

Taking some of these themes, we came up with this statement for the future of Jefferson County.

A caring and compassionate community that is responsive to the County’s Citizens in a changing world, while maintaining a rich quality of life reflecting the rural essence of Jefferson County

Let us know if you have any comments. We would love to year them.

We want to thank again everyone that put in their time and energy, as well as the wonderful businesses that sponsored us.  This process has given us as a community a chance to highlight and start a discussion on the different needs here.  There will always be more opportunities to help as we press forward to a healthier, safer, and greater Jefferson County; make your voice heard.

Thanks and Congratulations to a Successful Vision Meeting!

After a wonderful week of meetings, we wanted to thank those that were able to make it out and provide input, as well as the amazing businesses that sponsored the meetings.  Over 20 people across the county met in groups and provided ideas and insight into our county's health.

We are working to set up a follow up meeting that will condense these concepts and provide a unified message that will accurately describes a future any citizen would be happy to be a part of.

Also, to give back to the participants of the visioning meetings, a person from each region was selected at random for a prize give away.  Congratulations to our visioning meeting winners Jane Hamman, Vaia Errett, and Patricia Lewis!
A special thanks to Ace Hardware in Whitehall, Chubby's Restaurant in Clancy, and Elkhorn Cafe in Boulder for sponsoring the prizes!

Last Visioning Session

Our last scheduled visioning session will be on thursday at 6:30. If you have already given us your input, thank you very much. If you haven't and still want to give us your opinions on your community we hope to see you on thursday. Remember you have a chance to win either a gift certificate to the ELKHORN CAFE, CHUBBY'S, or a game from Ace hardware in whitehall. All you have to do is show up and let your voice be heard!

Quick Reminder

Hey Everyone
Quick reminder that our Visioning Sessions kickoff next week on the 17th 6:30. We hope to see you at your closest location.
Whitehall Ambulance Barn
Boulder Elementary School Library
Clancy Elementary Cafeteria
See you there.

Visioning Sessions

The days are set! Our Visioning Sessions are going to be held on Oct 17th and 20th at 6:30. Meeting places are the Whitehall Ambulance Barn, Boulder Elementary School Library, and the Clancy School Cafeteria. You only have to attend one of the meetings.

This is your chance to share you experiences and ideas to make Jefferson County a healthier place. This is a very important step in our Community Assessment that will set the tone for the rest of the MAPP Project. Food is provided and participants will have a chance to win a gift certificate to a local restaurant.

We hope to see you there!