LiveWell Douglas County

@lawrenceks City of Lawrence is conducting a multimodal corridor study for Massachusetts Street from 14th Street to 23rd Street. The first public open house & community conversation for the project is Wednesday, October 25 from 4:30 - 6:30 PM at Central Middle School Library.

Interfaith Mental Health Outreach is conducting a short survey to help plan future programs in Douglas County, KS. Survey Link: bit.ly/3sv5Q3r

Fruits and vegetables are loaded with the nutrients kids need to grow, be strong and healthy, and perform well in school! 🍊🥦🍎🥕 Here are ways to help make produce more fun and interesting for your family: sm.eatright.org/frtvegplate #eatright #kidseatright #KERmonth

Drop by the Play With You Food table tomorrow at the Lawrence Farmers Market. We will be creating Thank You flags for our wonderful area Farmers. We will be learning about farm to table and your kiddos will be able to touch a tractor. See you there!

Come to the Lawrence Farmers Market on Saturday with your kiddos to Explore making "Fruit/Veggie Spinners", Learn about identifying parts of the plant, and Taste Lamb.

If you haven't completed the public input survey for Douglas County Open Spaces there's still time! The survey closes next at the end of the month. survey.alchemer.com/s3/7280769/Dou…

This Saturday — we will be playing with our food again at the Lawrence Farmers Market! Bring your kiddos for activities and fun surrounding pollinators!

Here's you chance to contribute! Join a community conversation about the Open Space Plan. Douglas County is hosting two meetings to provide an overview of the planning process and to get your input. Or take the survey: dgcoks.org/openspace

Mark your calendar — This Saturday's Play With Your Food at the Lawrence Farmers Market will feature Learning how to Eat a Rainbow, Exploring Painting a Garden Rock, and Tasting a Rainbow Smoothy by your kiddo riding a Blender Bike. Sounds like fun!

Our Healthy Kids workgroup would like to share information about Sunflower Summer, a resource for Kansas families with school aged children.  To explore the locations visit: sunflowersummer.org

We had a great time Playing With Your Food at the Lawrence Farmers Market on Saturday! We will be back on June 3rd with another fun opportunity to Explore, Learn & Taste your food.

This Saturday at the Lawrence Farmers Market your kids can learn about What Do Plants Need to Grow and they can explore Fruit and Veggie Crowns. Hope you will plan to come and bring your kiddos.

LiveWell Douglas County is pleased to announce Ginny Barnard is joining us as Executive Director! livewelldgks.org/CivicAlerts.as…

Plan to bring your kids to the Lawrence Farmers Market for fun hands-on activities to learn about and explore healthy foods. Find us at the new kids booth.

BALDWIN! Tonight is the time to give your input on the upcoming Community Health Plan. Join us 6-7:30pm at the Baldwin City Ks. Public Library to chat about what is important to YOU! There will be charts, tables, graphs, data, and of course SNACKS. facebook.com/photo/?fbid=68…

REMINDER: Join LiveWell Douglas County at Trails that Connect Us. It's going to be a fun time! Free State’s Eastside Brewery, 1927 Moodie Road Thursday, April 20, 5-8pm. #trailsthatconnectus #lfk #BecauseWithoutBeer #healthylife lawrencekstimes.com/2023/04/18/fre…

The Lawrence City Commission has proclaimed April as Fair Housing Month. Mayor Lisa Larson asked the people of Lawrence to join her in reaffirming our obligation to fair and equal housing for every person. livewelldgks.org/CivicAlerts.as…

This looks like a great event. Hope you can make it! facebook.com/events/1356290…

Great News! Kansas to raise age to buy tobacco to 21 starting July 1.