Healthy Communities Coalition
Serving the Northern Behavioral Health Region of Lyon and Storey Counties and the Southern Behavioral Health Region of Mineral County
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Comstock Youth Works interns explore art and design careers with Brian Schorn
This month dozens of interns from Healthy Communities’ Comstock Youth Works (CYW) program attended a workshop outlining opportunities for careers in art and design. The workshop ended with a fun art project. Multi-disciplinary artist and college instructor Brian Schorn, who…
Read MoreHCC Meeting Features Employment Programs, AmeriCorps, NNDA, School Gardens
Healthy Communities Coalition of Lyon and Storey Counties holds its August breakfast meeting on Thursday August 10th at 9am at the Silver Springs Community Center, 2945 Fort Churchill Street. Guest speakers include Valerie Melendez, Tribal Economic Development Director with Northern…
Read MoreHealthy Communities’ Summer 2017 News and Events
Building Hope – Translating Hope into Action Hands-on Fun with Science Drones with Jim Barcellos of University of Nevada Reno Cooperative Extension (UNCE). For ages 8-12. Sponsored in partnership with Healthy Communities. Tues 10am-noon on Tuesday, June 13th at the…
Read MoreCommunity Roots Opens March 20th
Dayton, Nevada – Community Roots is celebrating its 10th year in operation! It opens for the 2017 season on March 20th. Community Roots is located in Dayton at 60 Second (2nd) Avenue and Highway 50 (next to the Pizza Factory)….
Read MoreHCC Welcomes 10 AmeriCorps Workers
Lyon County, Nevada – Healthy Communities Coalition of Lyon and Storey Counties recently welcomed ten AmeriCorps members who will serve communities throughout the Lyon County region during the 2016-2017 fiscal year. Christy McGill, director for Healthy Communities, explained that…
Read MoreKathy McIntosh Wins Governor’s Points of Light Award
Silver Springs, Nevada – At the Governor’s Points of Light Awards Ceremony in Las Vegas on September 29th, 2016, Lieutenant Governor Mark Hutchinson presented Kathy McIntosh with a statewide award recognizing her exemplary work as Volunteer Manager at the Silver Stage…
Read MoreLyon County Teens Learn Work, Academic, and Life Skills Through Unique Program
Lyon County, Nevada – This year the Comstock Youth Works (CYW) program expanded to serve four of Lyon County’s high schools and 80 teens from communities across Lyon County, with funding from a Safe Schools/Healthy Students grant through Healthy Communities…
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