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Project Highlights
- The 7th Annual Stride and Ride
will take place on September 29, 2007 at Westwood Park. Be sure to register!
See the brochure (in PDF
format).
- Congratulations to the 85 participants in the
6th Annual Stride and
Ride. The weather was a bit colder than expected, but
that just encouraged everyone to go faster! This year's event
included a festival which many claimed to be a success. Many thanks to the numerous volunteers,
partners
and sponsors who made the day run so smoothly.
Mark
your calendars & join the fun next year on Saturday,
September 29, 2007, at Westwood Park, Henry County,
Indiana!
- Hundreds of New Castle Elementary students joined students from
around the globe for International Walk to
School Day on
Wednesday, October 4, 2006. The weather was perfect &
the students had a blast!
- It is time to order trees!
Henry County will plant 600 more trees in 2007 thanks to all of our
student and adult volunteers. Our
Tree
Planting total in the last ten years is well over 5000 trees! Each fall we
place an order for native trees that will be planted the following
spring. Your donations help us to afford the
trees that are planted locally. It is easy to join Healthy
Communities - just call 765-529-2916 or email us at
info@hchcin.org.
Remember, Healthy Communities Plant Trees!
- Do you have a new addition in your family? Celebrate this wonderful
event by purchasing a personalized board to be placed at the
F.U.N. Playground
at Baker Park in New Castle. Healthy Communities uses proceeds from
these sales to maintain this wonderful place. Download and mail a
sponsorship form to
have your name added.
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Healthy Communities of Henry County receives
$950,000 grant for the first phase of the
Raintree Trails.
In late 2006, Healthy Communites was awarded additional federal funds,
now making the total award $1,306,300. Additionally, we were
awarded $450,000 for the National Road Heritage Trail. Both
projects need volunteers! Healthy Communities
has a vision of walking and biking paths that criss-cross Henry
County, linking up with the Cardinal Greenway and the National Road. The Raintree Trails network will begin at the YMCA near the center of
Henry County and radiate our like spokes of a bicycle wheel to
surrounding towns and countryside. Please contact Jeff Ray at
trails@hchcin.org
for more information.
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