A program aimed at helping the community use more locally grown foods is being offered by the Eau Claire City-County Health Department at two local farmers’ markets. The “Veggin’ Out” program provides cooking demonstrations at the downtown Farmers’ Market in Phoenix Park and at the Festival Foods Farmers’ Market. The downtown demonstrations are scheduled for […]
Health Department urges testing of wells after heavy rains
The Eau Claire City-County Health Department is advising well-owners to consider testing their drinking water after the heavy rainfall here this week. With heavy rainfall, there is a risk of that contaminants could get into wells and sicken anyone drinking the water. The Health Department recommends that wells be tested if there is a chance the well cap was underwater […]
E-cigarettes added to tobacco sales compliance checks
By City-County Health Department and CVPost Staff E-cigarettes will now be included when stores are checked to ensure that they don’t sell tobacco products to minors, according to the Eau Claire City-County Health Department. This change is being made through the statewide Wisconsin Wins (WI Wins) program to address the rising popularity of e-cigarettes among adolescents […]
Summer nutrition assistance available through WIC program
With school over for the year, students are ready for a summer full of fun. However, for many parents in Eau Claire County having their children home for the summer can mean higher grocery bills, especially when parents choose to purchase healthy foods. The Eau Claire County WIC Nutrition Program (Women, Infants and Children) provides […]
Champions of health to be honored Thursday
By Bob Brown, editor The CVPost The leaders of Eau Claire County’s Healthy Communities coalition were so pleased about presenting their first Communities Champion award last April that they’ve decided to double their pleasure this year. Last April, the inaugural Communities Champion award went to Ned Noel, Eau Claire’s associate city planner. Noel was honored […]
Agencies collaborating to create healthy communities
By Rebecca Baader, community health liaison Eau Claire City-County Health Department For many years, local health-related organizations in the Chippewa Valley have worked independently to assess the health of the community through their own community health assessment process. All of these organizations have a history of strongly believing in improving community health, and they have […]