NEW ULM — The Heart of New Ulm (HONU)’s Brown County Mental Health and Wellness Action Team is encouraging everyone to use the month of May to start practicing good self-care habits. “May is Mental Health Awareness month and self-care is so important for good mental health,” said Jen ...
With 2021 in full swing, the many community members and organizations that comprise the Heart of New Ulm (HONU) have big plans for another year working to improve the health, well-being and quality of life of all New Ulm-area residents through education, available resources, initiatives and ...
NEW ULM — The Heart of New Ulm announced that Team Jilly Jelly won first place in its recent second scavengerhunt and received $100 in Chamber of Commerce dollars. Team Bock 22 won second place and received $50. Both teams successfully completed all 20 missions to finish the hunt. A total of ...
With the new year fast approaching, many people will soon be making resolutions related to their health. If you’re one of the many people around town who will vow to eat healthier in the new year, a great place to start is by making small, realistic changes when you dine out. That’s ...
Across Minnesota, from St. Peter and Mankato to Twin Cities’ suburbs and Duluth, Tobacco 21 (T-21) efforts are gaining ground. According to the Preventing Tobacco Addiction Foundation’s Tobacco 21 website (tobacco21.org), as of May 2019, more than 34 Minnesota communities had passed laws to ...
NEW ULM — To celebrate the Heart of New Ulm (HONU) in the community, HONU is sponsoring a community scavenger hunt. The activity is free and participants can do the hunt anytime on their own schedule between August 5-11. Participants are encouraged to walk or bike for the hunt, which will ...
With warmer weather upon us, people of all ages are out walking and bicycling. The Heart of New Ulm (HONU) continues to promote these activities as part of a healthy lifestyle for both children and adults. Two HONU action teams — the Safe Routes to School Action Team (SRTS) and the Coalition ...
NEW ULM — Kelsey Horn, a registered nurse for Martin Luther College Health Services, Sarah Leslie, community member and former pharmacist at New Ulm Medical Center, and Jessica Weisbrich, director of clinical nutrition at Oak Hills Living Center, have joined the The Heart of New Ulm (HONU) ...
Happy New Year, New Ulm, and a heartfelt thank you! On behalf all of us at the Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation® (MHIF), we express our deepest appreciation to everyone in New Ulm who has contributed to the tremendous success of The Heart of New Ulm Project (HONU) since 2009. It’s ...
NEW ULM — Hearts Beat Back: The Heart of New Ulm Project received the 2018 Heart Healthy Stroke Free Award from the National Forum for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention, announced Oct. 24, at the National Forum’s annual meeting in Washington, DC. The Heart Healthy Stroke Free Award is ...
Jeff Dittrich, broker/owner at Century 21 Koeckeritz Realty and Dr. Nathan Groebner, a radiologist at New Ulm Medical Center, recently joined the The Heart of New Ulm Project’s Community Leadership Team. They join 10 other community members on the team along with staff facilitators Jennifer ...
Brandon Reinarts (left) and Lenny Booth (right) look on as Paul Burr (center) places his ball on the hole 18 green during the The New Ulm Medical Center Foundation’s Golf Scramble at the New Ulm Country Club Monday. The scramble attracted 34 teams to raise money for the Heart of New Ulm project.
NEW ULM — Since Hearts Beat Back: The Heart of New Ulm Project (HONU) started back in 2009, people who live and work in New Ulm have made a variety of changes to live a healthier lifestyle and reduce their risk for heart disease. For the past eight years, researchers at The Minneapolis Heart ...
NEW ULM - A documentary featuring Hearts Beat Back: the Heart of New Ulm (HONU) is now publicly available online at populationhealthimpact.org.The 20 minute documentary "The Story of New Ulm a Population Health Transformation" made by Ethan Vincent and Nathaniel Hansen was created for Health ...
NEW ULM - For the last eight years New Ulm has been a part of city wide health initiative called Hearts Beat Back Heart of New Ulm (HONU). The success of the program is now the subject of a 20 minute documentary. On Friday, a special screening of the film "The Story of New Ulm: A Population ...
NEW ULM Hearts Beat Back: The Heart of New Ulm Project (HONU), a 10-year project to reduce heart attacks in New Ulm, was featured this year at the Health Catalyst Annual Summit in Salt Lake City, Utah.A 20-minute documentary was premiered at the event, highlighting the importance of the ...
MINNEAPOLIS The Minneapolis Heart Institute and the Heart of New Ulm project have announced a new study of treatment for adults living with type 2 diabetes, to see if better education and phone counseling can lead to better health outcomes.Healthful lifestyle behaviors play a critical role in ...
NEW ULM - The idea took seed at a barn dance last fall, as Minneapolis DJ Dan Sahlstrom led a birthday party for a member of the New Ulm Community Market and Cooperative (NUCMC).One of the attendees, John Bauer, had a thought: a dance might be a vehicle for pooling together community efforts ...
NEW?ULM - The Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation has been chosen by the Minnesota GreenCorps program to have Hearts Beat Back: The Heart of New Ulm Project (HONU) serve as a host site for the 2015-2016 program year.Launched in 2009, Minnesota GreenCorps is a statewide program to help ...
NEW ULM - U.S. Sen. Al Franken said it a typically funny way, harking back to his comedian days:Since the Heart of New Ulm initiative started five years ago, New Ulm residents have lost a combined 8,000 pounds; the weight of a baby blue whale.The remark, which elicited laughter and applause, ...