Willmar celebrates five-year effort to build healthy community

Willmar celebrates five-year effort to build healthy community

October 31, 2020

Willmar celebrates five-year effort to build healthy community

The people of Willmar, Minn., gathered virtually last week to celebrate five years of real togetherness.

The online festivities marked the end of Healthy Together Willmar, a program designed to show that the secret to healthy living isn’t only in the doctor’s office — it’s also at the playground, the library and the coffee shop.

The five-year effort was sponsored by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota, which invested $2 million in health-and community-building activities in the Kandiyohi County city of 20,000 residents.

Read the full article by the Star Tribune.

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