Crow Wing Energized Movement

A Grassroots movement to improve health and wellness in our community by makin the healthy choice the easy choice.

Our Purpose

The purpose of the Crow Wing Energized steering committee is to establish and grow community support for policy, systems and environmental change work in obesity prevention and tobacco use and control. Crow Wing Energized also aims to enhance health and wellness through the development and implementation of a county wide strategic plan.

Deliverables

  • Improve Crow Wing County health outcomes and health related costs.
  • Communicate progress both internally and externally.
  • Support goal group efforts and alignment with the county wide strategic plan.
  • Document history of health and wellness movement.

Guiding Principles

  • Collaborate towards solutions with multiple stakeholders (e.g. schools, worksites, medical centers, public health) to improve community health.
  • Prioritize sustainable evidence based efforts around the greatest community good.
  • Create clear, specific, realistic, and action-oriented goals to improve priority health indicators.
  • Build trust through collaboration with community members experiencing health disparities.

Steering Committee

The Crow Wing Energized steering committee will have four main goal groups that will help with implementation and be driven by partnerships within these collaborating goal groups: Healthy Choices, Mental Fitness, Workplace Wellness, & Community Connections

Kara Griffin

Crow Wing County Community Services

Mike Larson

Essential Health, Vice President Operations

Steve Barrows

Crow Wing County Community Services

Nathan Bertram

Crow Wing County, Adult Services Supervisor

David Chanski

CCity of Breezy Point, City Administrator

Heidi Hagen

ISD 186 Pequot Lakes Schools, Business Manager

Julie Christensen

Nystrom Counseling

Daryl Doucette

Community Volunteer

Dr. Jon Pryor

Essentia Health, President

Cindy Myogeto

Crosslake Chamber of Commerce

Adam Rees

ACR Consulting, LLC, President

Kathy Sell

Essentia Health, Marketing Manager

Shane
Riffle

Brainerd Family YMCA, Executive Director

Susie Stetson-Buchite

Big Stone Therapies

Carolyn McQueen

University of MN, Extension Nutrition Educator

Renee Richardson

Brainerd Dispatch, Associate Editor

Charles Blacklance

Crow Wing County Community Services

Russel Habermann

Essentia Health, Community Health Program Manager

Jessica
Schwartz

Essentia Health

Karen Johnson

Crow Wing Energized, Community Health Specialist

Ryan Sjoblad

Heartland/Promedica Hospice and Palliative Care

Jon Aga

Lakes Area United Way of Crow Wing and S. Cass Counties, Director

Crow Wing Energized Support Staff

Karen Johnson

Crow Wing Energized, Community Health Specialist

Kelli Johnson

Crow Wing Energized, SHIP Coordinator, Community Health Specialist

Kara Schaefer

Crow Wing Energized, Community Health Educator