HealthierLyonCounty

The mission of Healthier Lyon County is to support and encourage initiatives, policies, and resources to improve the health of Lyon County residents.

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Our August Coalition Challenge is all about the farmers market! #healthierlyoncounty #marketfindings #emporiafarmersmarket

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Healthier Lyon County fill the pantries challenge! Now through the end of June add items to the blessing box locations below and take a photo. Post it to social media with the hashtags #healthierlyoncounty and #filltheboxes You will be entered to win a prize package from HLC

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With Covid numbers increasing, it is still very important to wear a mask while you are out in public. Get tested if you are experiencing any COVID-19 symptoms.

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Governor Laura Kelly signed bipartisan legislation, House Bill 2106, that will “Axe the Food Tax,” eliminating the state sales tax on groceries. Cutting the food tax will provide Kansans with much-needed fiscal relief, especially as costs continue to rise.
#BCBSKSPathways

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“The tobacco industry is one of the world’s worst polluters. Cigarettes are the most pervasive single-use plastic product on Earth” #ExposeTobacco

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Make sure to stay safe this Memorial Weekend by getting tested if you are showing COVID-19 Symptoms.

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Abundant Harvest is being funded with an implementation grant in the amount of $20,000 from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas as part of Healthier Lyon County’s Pathways to a Healthy Kansas grant.

#bcbskspathways #healthierlyoncounty

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Vapes harm more than your body. Tobacco companies have a long history of exploiting people and the environment, and e-cigarettes are their latest tool to hook new customers. Learn more about human and environmental impacts: @vapesaretrash.

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#HealthierLyonCounty is a grantee under the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas Pathways to a Healthy Kansas program. This grant provides funding for important projects like the ECKAN pantry, to improve health in our community. This is #BCBSKSPATHWAYS work in action!

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It is still super important to get your Covid-19 vaccine and booster shots, protect yourself and others today.

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Vapes harm more than your body. Tobacco companies have a long history of exploiting people and the environment, and e-cigarettes are their latest tool to hook new customers. Learn more about human and environmental impacts: @vapesaretrash.

#KDHECDRR #HealthierLyonCounty

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The SWAP system has benefited many local food pantries by helping people know which foods are healthier options as well as making sure people are getting the foods they need. Keep donating to your local food pantries!

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For a limited time, adult Kansans may be eligible for 4 free weeks of patches, gum, or lozenges through the Kansas Quitline.

The Kansas Tobacco Quitline is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, online and by phone at https://t.co/B01FkCFglg or 1-800-QUIT-NOW.

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The truth campaign by the truth initiative works to educate the youth about smoking and vaping. Truth has helped drive down the youth smoking rate from 23% in 2000 to now just 2.3%.

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Get your COVID-19 vaccine to stop the spread of the pandemic.

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Members of Healthier Lyon County’s steering team attended the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Pathways to a Healthy Kansas conference today. It was great to hear the progress Pathways communities are making across the state! Exciting things are happening in Kansas!
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The SWAP system ranks food nutritionally and helps people know which foods are healthy options. SWAP was developed in 2016 and is a program of the Institute for Hunger Research & Solutions at Foodshare/CT Food Bank.

#BCBSKSPathways #FoodPantry #HealthierLyonCounty #EmporiaKansas

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“Our messages show the real side of quitting, both the good and the bad, to help young people feel motivated, inspired and supported throughout their quitting process” -The Truth Initiative.

#KDHECDRR #TheTruthInitiative #HealthierLyonCounty #HealthyKS

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Testing clinics will be every Sunday this month, call and we will bring the test out to you.

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On @TakeDownTobacco National Day of Action, it’s young people versus the tobacco industry — and we like our odds. Join the movement to call out this multibillion-dollar industry trying to addict a new generation. https://t.co/5FOBFcv3s1

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