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Harwood Memorial Park and Laytonville Healthy Start were awarded a DRUG FREE COMMUNITIES grant. Read the story . . . and see the article below for more details about the program's goals.

To learn how you can help PREVENT CHILDHOOD OBESITY, click on the image at left.

Copies of the UNIQUELY LAYTONVILLE CALENDAR, benefting Healthy Start, are now on sale for only $20 each. Stop by the office or call 984-8089 to get your copy while supplies last!

The Febuary 2012 Edition of The Healthy Start News is available; click here for a copy.

Underage Drinking Is Not A Minor Problem! Read the facts about alcohol.

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The Self-Help Legal Access Center Videophone Service is now available at the Laytonville Healthy Start office. Click here for more information.

The Mendocino Resource Guide is now available and provides contact information for a comprehensive list of local resources including transportation, food, housing, 24-hour Help Hotlines, counseling, jobs, etc. For a copy of the Guide, click here.

We are pleased to announce that Harwood Memorial Park and Laytonville Healthy Start were awarded a federally-funded Drug Free Communities grant. This grant will help to support the work our organizations are already doing, as well as give us the opportunity to build important partnerships in the Laytonville community.

The name of this project is "EPIC," which stands for "Environmental Prevention In the Community." The project is designed to create a comprehensive framework of prevention strategies targeting individualized environments and the community, focusing on alcohol, prescription drugs, and marijuana. EPIC focuses primarily on middle and high school-aged youth, their parents, and other community members.

Our goals are to host trainings and awareness events for the community and local business owners on various topics relating to drug and alcohol abuse, as well as substance abuse-prevention strategies for our children, teens and the community. We have already hosted one such event and intend to host a Parent and Community night on substance abuse among teens and how to prevent it as a community in the near future. We can't do this important work alone, and hope you will join us in making our community a healthy place in which our children can grow. If you are interested in supporting our project, please contact Project Coordinator Jayma Shields anytime at 984-8089.

For a copy of the fitness schedule, click here. For a copy of the dance schedule, click here. For more information, call 357-8435,

The 2011-2012 Long Valley Dance season started November 8th - but it's not too late to join a class! Classes are held from November to June with an amazing showcase performance at the end of the season. See our schedule of dance classes in ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop, and creative movement. We also have ongoing fitness classes in ZUMBA, yoga, and martial arts.

Long Valley Dance is located at 200 Branscomb Road in Laytonville. For more information, call 357-8435 or come by to see us. There is something for everyone, so come and check out a class or two!

There is currently unmet need in the Laytonville area in terms of services and support for our elders. We need your help in identifying specific needs - such as an elder living alone that needs to be checked on daily, or an elder that needs in-home care. We are also interested in identifying local people willing to help provide these unmet needs.

If you have information regarding unmet needs, available resources or possible volunteers, please give us a call at 984-8089.

Laytonville Healthy Start has lots of baby clothes - for boys and girls - furniture and other household items to offer. Give us a call to find out about specific items or if you have questions.

Our staff are ready to help.

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