Whatcom Coalition for Healthy Communities
The Coalition's mission is to improve the health and quality of life in Whatcom County by connecting people and information and fostering collaborative leadership and community engagement.
In order to achieve this, the Coalition has three main goals.
- To connect people with information, the Coalition maintains a one-stop source of impartial community health data, reports, news, feature articles and local resources. For more information about the Whatcom Counts project, see below or visit the website at www.WhatcomCounts.org
- To foster collaborative leadership across sectors, the Coalition sponsors Leadership Whatcom, a 10-month community-based leadershipdevelopment program. For more information, visit their website at www.LeadershipWhatcom.org
- To inspire community engagement, the Coalition convenes and collaborates to advance community health issues. Recent initatives include the Whatcom Prosperity Project and the Whatcom Council of Nonprofts. Find out more at www.WCNwebsite.org
WhatcomCounts.org
WhatcomCounts.org is a one-stop source of information about the health of our community. Sponsored by the Whatcom Coalition for Healthy Communities, WhatcomCounts.org is independent and nonbiased. Its purpose is simply to connect people and information.
WhatcomCounts.org allows each of us to find ways to make our community an even healthier place to live, work and play. New information is added regularly, so be sure to check back often to make more discoveries.
After all, a healthy community is up to all of us, so CLICK - LEARN - ACT
- a dashboard of indicators
- leads to promising practices from around the country
- contacts for local resources
- links to quality news and information
- community conversations and local feature stories
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