By Ruth Habrecht
The Chelsea Friends & Family Wellness Coalition is now in its 11th year of operation, and our 10th year of developing and funding wellness programs for the benefit of all our community.
In the past, we have funded SRSLY Chelsea, Heart and Sole, Walk to School Wednesday, the Intergenerational Garden, Camp GABIKA, Chelsea Farmers Market, and Mental Health First Aid, to name a few.
Many individual volunteers and service organizations assist with this planning, and we meet monthly (currently by Zoom) to initiate new projects and track progress on ongoing programs.
The 5HF Board has approved our budget for 2021 and has also initiated some changes in our process. On behalf of the coalition, I am reaching out to the community to ask for your recommendations on healthy programs and/or wellness events and activities which will assist with our efforts in 2021 planning. If you have an idea which meets one or more of the four focus areas of Move More, Eat Better, Connect with Others in Healthy Ways, and Avoid Unhealthy Substances, we’d like to hear from you.
You can e-mail ideas to Ruth Habrecht, coalition chairperson ([email protected]). And you are also welcome to join our next Zoom meeting on Thursday, June 3 at 8:30 a.m. at this link:
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88459951365?pwd=SGFRSDdCTEtqd2ptRFdpQkd2VHhNZz09
We appreciate all community input as we move forward in Spring/Summer 2021.
