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The May newsletter is now available! Click the image below to view the whole newsletter!

Activate Buffalo County, Kearney Public Schools, University of Nebraska at Kearney and Kearney Parks and Recreation want to encourage Buffalo County communities to make the choice to Unplug and be active during Screen-Free Week. Read a book, play a board game, take a walk or bike ride, or visit a museum. There are so many ways to be active, physically and mentally, and what better time to try than during National Screen-Free week!
You even have a chance to track your activities during the week and submit your form for a chance to win a prize! Visit activatebuffalocounty.org to download the tracking form and find more resources that can help you Unplug! Take the challenge today!

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Congratulations to Activate Buffalo County, a coalition of Buffalo County Community Partners! They were awarded a $10,000 grant from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Nebraska to put their “Join the Movement” campaign into action. This campaign, a partnership with Wellness Works of Kearney, the University of Nebraska at Kearney and Kearney Public Schools will take place over the course of a year and will be broken into four quarters, with a different focus for each quarter, encouraging people to eat healthier, be active, and unplug from technology. Stay tuned for more information as the campaign gets underway! Congratulations Activate Buffalo County and partners!

“We focus on the relationship between the built environment and the people’s quality of life.”

Gehl Architects, Urban Quality Consultants is a consultancy organization based out of Copenhagen, Denmark, who manages a blog all about the issues relating to quality of life in cities. They want to build intelligent cities to improve the quality of life for those who live there.

This infographic from their blog explains some of what they are working to fix. There has been a decline in the number of children biking to school, while the number of children being driven to school is increasing along with the prevalence of obesity in children.

Why aren’t children walking or biking to school? Because they live too far, they have to cross busy streets or pass through unsafe neighborhoods.

What are changes that could be made to your town that could make it safe for children to walk or bike to school again?

Check out this BLOG for more information, and tell us how your town could and should be changed to improve the quality of life.

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The August newsletter is now available online! Click on the image below to view.

Community Gardens
Interested in being a part of a community garden in your neighborhood, school or faith community? Learn more about community gardens at the Activate Buffalo County Website: www.ActivateBuffaloCounty.org

Walk Out on Your Job
Wellness Works will be held on May 18 at UNK. For more information: www.wellnessworksne.org

National Walk to School Day is April 20. Activate your local parent group to engage youth in walking or biking to school. Find resources about walking to school at www.saferoutesne.org or email activatebuffalocounty@gmail.com