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Farmers’ market season is here!  Our partners at OnBroadway and Downtown Green Bay start this week, the Market on Military starts June 1st, and the Oneida Farmers Market begins on June 15th. We thank these markets for their continued partnership in helping to ensure all residents have access to local produce by accepting EBT and…

Beth Heller of the Wello team was on UpNorthNews radio and joined Wello board member and long range planning committee chair, Dr. Kristin Lyerly, for a Healthy Hometowns feature to talk about the value of Farm to School and its growth and impact on our region! You can listen to the segment here. UpNorthNews Wello…

One of Wello’s organizational values is shared risk, work, and celebration. This means we grow trust by sharing in the work and risks associated with driving just opportunities to health, and also celebrate the resulting successes. This celebration is important to both maintain and build momentum locally, as well as shine a bright spot on…

The Public Health Institute (PHI) highlighted Wello, Community Services Agency, Inc (COMSA), We All Rise: African American Resource Center, and Prevea for our well-being clinics we held in the summer of 2022. These clinics were part of our Brown County RISE project that aimed to increase vaccination rates within the lowest vaccinated populations of our…

We are excited to share that Wello’s Director of Strategic Partnerships, Beth Heller, has been appointed to serve on the National Farm to School Network Advisory Board! The National Farm to School Network is dedicated to spreading six community values – economic and environmental justice, health, racial equity, workers rights, and animal welfare – and…

Join us for the 4th Annual Wello Well-Being Summit on Thursday, February 16, 2023 at the Green Bay Botanical Garden’s Cornerstone Foundation Hall. Registration is now open! Click here to reserve your spot today! The agenda for the day is as follows – 8:30 – 9:00 AM Networking 9:00 – 10:30 AM Presentation This is…

Wello is thrilled to announce we have been selected as a recipient of an Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin (AHW) Seed Grant through the Medical College of Wisconsin! Through a partnership between Wello, the Asian American Resource Center, and Seasonal Harvest LLC., this grant will support a project that aims to increase participation in wholesale markets…

Clear waters ahead! The East River Wildlife Habitat Enhancement Project has been selected by the Fox River/Green Bay Natural Resource Trustee Council (NRDA) for implementation. The Council has agreed to allocate $550,000 towards the proposed project. This brings the project’s total to $1,050,000 when combined with the $500,000 in Brown County ARPA funds that were…

On September 1, 2022, Brown County Executive Troy Streckenbach, with support from Brown County Public Health, declared Fentanyl a Community Health Crisis. At that time, Brown County Public Health announced a strategy that included collaborating with public and private community partners to assist in efforts to raise awareness around the dangers posed by fentanyl, opioids,…

The Green Bay Police Department have responded to numerous pedestrian involved crashes in the past few weeks. With Daylight Saving Time having taken place on Nov. 6th, drivers please remember the importance of yielding to pedestrians and pedestrians, please remember to be aware of your surroundings as it gets darker earlier. Hear from Green Bay…