Health

Solutions and stories related to bolstering quality healthcare, preventative care resources, and local initiatives that support healthy lifestyles.

Good Portions Mobile Soup Kitchen trailer

Story Everyone Gets to Share a Meal—and Their Stories—at Good Portions Mobile Soup Kitchen April 2024

When a Lander local realized not everyone who needed free, healthy meals could actually get to them, she found a way to bring hot meals to them instead.

Solution An Emergency Backup Keeps the Libby Food Pantry Up and Running

Local Champion:: Libby Food Pantry
Date funded:: April 15, 2024
Grant Amount:: $27,538

Solution Soccer Goals Keep the Fun Going at Cortez’s Kemper Elementary

Local Champion:: Kemper Elementary PTO
Date funded:: April 11, 2024
Grant Amount:: $6,150

Solution Hearing and Vision Screenings Keep Libby Children on the Right Path

Local Champion:: Families in Partnership, Inc.
Date funded:: March 27, 2024
Grant Amount:: $15,500

Solution Lander’s Community Meal Provides Protein- and Dairy-Rich Options for Locals

Local Champion:: Good Samaritan Meal
Date funded:: March 26, 2024
Grant Amount:: $10,000

Solution A Libby Campaign Grows Access to Fresh, Healthy Produce

Local Champion:: Libby Area Chamber of Commerce
Date funded:: March 26, 2024
Grant Amount:: $11,360

Solution Play Structure Provides Opportunities for Healthy Interactions in Taos

Local Champion:: Nonviolence Works, Inc
Date funded:: March 19, 2024
Grant Amount:: $15,000

Solution A Defibrillator Makes Monte Vista’s Sargent Elementary Safer

Local Champion:: Sargent School District No. Re-33J
Date funded:: March 19, 2024
Grant Amount:: $2,110

Solution Start-up Supplies Provide Essential Care for Questa Strays

Local Champion:: Localogy
Date funded:: March 18, 2024
Grant Amount:: $14,820

Solution Labor and Delivery Improvements Help Cortez Sustain Local Care

Local Champion:: Southwest Memorial Hospital
Date funded:: March 15, 2024
Grant Amount:: $30,000

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