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This is National Public Health week.The 2010 theme Building a Healthier America, One Community at a Time" envisions a place where everyone has access tohealth care and services, where healthy...
DATE: April 7, 2010 | COLUMN: Creating Community
I am asked all the time how many nonprofit organizations there are in Southwest Colorado.We all see the multitude of fundraising events that seem to occur every day. Is there such a thing as too...
DATE: March 25, 2010 | COLUMN: Creating Community
National statistics indicate that April and May are the most common months for completed suicides.Why do so many deaths by suicide occur when the snow melts, cabin fever ends and there is a promise...
DATE: March 16, 2010 | COLUMN: Creating Community
Language shapes the way we think. The way we think shapes the way we act. As such, it is no wonder people withintellectual disabilities are fighting against the use of derogatory language.You may...
DATE: March 10, 2010 | COLUMN: Creating Community
Today, hundreds of individuals with disabilities, family members, direct-support professionals and other serviceproviders will descend upon the capital in Denver.There legislators from both sides...
DATE: Feb. 17, 2010 | COLUMN: Creating Community
I believe the elusive definition of community can best be described using the Lakota Sioux phrase Mitakuye Oyasin(Mee-tah-koo-yay O-yah-seen). Mitakuye Oyasin roughly translates into all my...
DATE: Feb. 10, 2010 | COLUMN: Creating Community
We would like to offer an early Valentine's Day tribute to someone held dear here at San Juan Basin Health.Lynn Westberg is our resourceful leader - the person who has taken us through both...
DATE: Feb. 3, 2010 | COLUMN: Creating Community
United Way of Southwest Colorado is putting the finishing touches on our annual fundraising campaign. There is stilltime to donate to help us address a myriad of needs in the communities of...
DATE: Jan. 27, 2010 | COLUMN: Creating Community
Suzie (not her real name) was a hard-working 38-year-old in a satisfying marriage with three teenage children. Lastfall, Suzie began to feel unmotivated, exercising less, preferring to come home...
DATE: Jan. 20, 2010 | COLUMN: Creating Community
Economists are saying the recession is over. Looking at the headlines, it's hard to believe. For individuals withdisabilities, it seems like the worst is yet to come.With Colorado facing a revenue...
DATE: Jan. 13, 2010 | COLUMN: Creating Community
While New Year's resolutions can be made about all sorts of things that make our lives better, they usually have something to do with becoming healthier.Many programs in public health are designed...
DATE: Jan. 6, 2010 | COLUMN: Creating Community
The Colorado Nonprofit Association released an update to its Weathering the Storm" report last week. This report showsthe nonprofit sector in Colorado continues to feel the pinch from the economic...
DATE: Dec. 23, 2009 | COLUMN: Creating Community
