Newfane’s Storytime Yoga Program

by | Aug 20, 2020 | RiseVT

Healthy Reading Through Newfane Programming developed from a collaboration between the New Brook Elementary School Library and the Moore Free Library in Newfane Vermont in the winter of 2019 through the summer of 2020. These partners wanted to increase programming at...

Windsor County at Home Olympics

by | Jun 25, 2020 | RiseVT

Early on in the pandemic, the Windsor County RiseVT team based out of Mt Ascutney Hospital & Health Center could not physically interact with their communities, so they took their efforts to keep communities healthy online. RiseVT-Windsor County’s intern,...

Rise and Walk Middlebury

by | Nov 12, 2019 | RiseVT

Rise and Walk Middlebury is a walking program started by Michele Gilbert, RiseVT’s Addison County Program Manager, in partnership with Porter Medical Center. The goal of Rise and Walk is to connect providers with community members and encourage physical activity. Each...

Health on the Shelf

by | Aug 5, 2019 | RiseVT

RiseVT in Windsor County worked with their Planning and Evaluation Workgroup made up of community partners to develop a strategy to increase the healthy options at local food shelves. This project was twofold. 1) They put out a call for specific healthy food donations...