Leelanau
Community based Healthy Programs
Building a Child Focused Health and Wellness Culture
This project places the child at the center and addresses multiple ways childhood nutrition and wellness can be impacted through schools, families and health care providers.
Visit WebsiteDisability Network Northern Michigan
Our staff provides information, assistance, and support to people of all ages with a wide variety of disabilities. We also work on a larger scale, helping governments, businesses, and other organizations make changes that improve life for everyone in the community.
Visit WebsiteMichigan 211
Looking for help for you or a friend? You or a friend may find it difficult and time-consuming to navigate the benefit systems available from various agencies and government offices. 2-1-1 is dedicated to making it easier to learn what services you or a friend qualify for, where to go, and how to access the benefits and programs you or a friend have earned. By simply dialing 2-1-1 from any land-line (or 1-800-887-1107), texting (898211) or going on the web (www.hwmuw.org/211), you can find information and connect to hundreds of benefits that you or a friend have earned. United Way’s 2-1-1 connects people to services in Antrim, Benzie, Grand Traverse, Leelanau, and Kalkaska Counties including food, shelter, utility assistance, disaster recovery, childcare, transportation, and more. Whoever you are, whatever your needs, 2-1-1 makes it easy to find help for yourself, a neighbor, or a loved one.
Visit WebsiteFind Housing Shelters in Northern Michigan
Michigan 211
Looking for help for you or a friend? You or a friend may find it difficult and time-consuming to navigate the benefit systems available from various agencies and government offices. 2-1-1 is dedicated to making it easier to learn what services you or a friend qualify for, where to go, and how to access the benefits and programs you or a friend have earned. By simply dialing 2-1-1 from any land-line (or 1-800-887-1107), texting (898211) or going on the web (www.hwmuw.org/211), you can find information and connect to hundreds of benefits that you or a friend have earned. United Way’s 2-1-1 connects people to services in Antrim, Benzie, Grand Traverse, Leelanau, and Kalkaska Counties including food, shelter, utility assistance, disaster recovery, childcare, transportation, and more. Whoever you are, whatever your needs, 2-1-1 makes it easy to find help for yourself, a neighbor, or a loved one.
Visit WebsiteFood Assistance Programs in northern Michigan
Map to Healthy Living
Map to Healthy Living (M2HL) is a service of the SNAP-Ed programming at the Michigan Nutrition Network at the Michigan Fitness Foundation. It allows users to efficiently find, visualize, and share useful information about food, nutrition and physical activity resources in the communities where they live, work, learn and play.
Visit WebsiteMichigan 211
Looking for help for you or a friend? You or a friend may find it difficult and time-consuming to navigate the benefit systems available from various agencies and government offices. 2-1-1 is dedicated to making it easier to learn what services you or a friend qualify for, where to go, and how to access the benefits and programs you or a friend have earned. By simply dialing 2-1-1 from any land-line (or 1-800-887-1107), texting (898211) or going on the web (www.hwmuw.org/211), you can find information and connect to hundreds of benefits that you or a friend have earned. United Way’s 2-1-1 connects people to services in Antrim, Benzie, Grand Traverse, Leelanau, and Kalkaska Counties including food, shelter, utility assistance, disaster recovery, childcare, transportation, and more. Whoever you are, whatever your needs, 2-1-1 makes it easy to find help for yourself, a neighbor, or a loved one.
Visit WebsiteResources at your local Health Department
Benzie-Leelanau District Health Department
Enviromental and Personal Health, Emergency Preparedness
Visit WebsiteResources for Children and Teens
Adoptive Family Support Network (AFSN)
We are a parent to parent state wide support for foster, adoptive, kinship, guardianship families.
Visit WebsiteBenzie-Leelanau District Health Department
WIC supplemental food program; Home visiting services; Reproductive Health Services; Immunizations
Visit WebsiteGreat Lakes Children's Museum
The Great Lakes Children’s Museum creates hands-on, interactive, and informal educational environments for children and the adults in their lives that invite curiosity, allow exploration, encourage participation, and celebrate the childlike wonder in all of us.
Visit WebsiteHealthy Futures
We want to help you give your child a healthy future – and we do that by connecting you to trustworthy information and local resources
Visit WebsiteMichigan 211
Looking for help for you or a friend? You or a friend may find it difficult and time-consuming to navigate the benefit systems available from various agencies and government offices. 2-1-1 is dedicated to making it easier to learn what services you or a friend qualify for, where to go, and how to access the benefits and programs you or a friend have earned. By simply dialing 2-1-1 from any land-line (or 1-800-887-1107), texting (898211) or going on the web (www.hwmuw.org/211), you can find information and connect to hundreds of benefits that you or a friend have earned. United Way’s 2-1-1 connects people to services in Antrim, Benzie, Grand Traverse, Leelanau, and Kalkaska Counties including food, shelter, utility assistance, disaster recovery, childcare, transportation, and more. Whoever you are, whatever your needs, 2-1-1 makes it easy to find help for yourself, a neighbor, or a loved one.
Visit WebsiteMIChild
MIChild is a health insurance program. It is for uninsured children of Michigan's working families. MIChild services are provided by many HMOs and other health care plans throughout Michigan.
Visit WebsiteResources for Schools
Building Healthy Communities
Building Healthy Communities works to create supportive school environments through healthy eating and physical activity. Building Healthy Communities has three programs: The Step Up for School Wellness Program, the Elementary School Program and the Middle School Program. Read more about these programs in our program fact sheet.
Visit Websitede Beaumont - Bold Solutions for Healthier Communities
CityHealth works with local governments and leaders to drive improvements in the day-to-day life, well-being, and health of residents through a series of evidence-based policy recommendations.
Visit WebsiteFarm to School Movement TBAISD
Collaborates with learning community stakeholders to plan and implement programming focused on promoting student health and wellness
Visit WebsiteGreat Lakes Children's Museum
The Great Lakes Children’s Museum creates hands-on, interactive, and informal educational environments for children and the adults in their lives that invite curiosity, allow exploration, encourage participation, and celebrate the childlike wonder in all of us.
Visit WebsiteTBAISD
Farm to school involves using cooking demonstrations, cafeteria taste testings, nutrition lessons, garden plots,and farm field trips to engage students in dynamic, hands-on learning and supports teachers in meeting the state standards for elementary education.
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Area Agency on Aging of Northwest Michigan
Local aging programs that provide information and services on a range of assistance for older adults and those who care for them
Visit Websitede Beaumont - Bold Solutions for Healthier Communities
CityHealth works with local governments and leaders to drive improvements in the day-to-day life, well-being, and health of residents through a series of evidence-based policy recommendations.
Visit WebsiteTransportation throughout the region
Michigan 211
Looking for help for you or a friend? You or a friend may find it difficult and time-consuming to navigate the benefit systems available from various agencies and government offices. 2-1-1 is dedicated to making it easier to learn what services you or a friend qualify for, where to go, and how to access the benefits and programs you or a friend have earned. By simply dialing 2-1-1 from any land-line (or 1-800-887-1107), texting (898211) or going on the web (www.hwmuw.org/211), you can find information and connect to hundreds of benefits that you or a friend have earned. United Way’s 2-1-1 connects people to services in Antrim, Benzie, Grand Traverse, Leelanau, and Kalkaska Counties including food, shelter, utility assistance, disaster recovery, childcare, transportation, and more. Whoever you are, whatever your needs, 2-1-1 makes it easy to find help for yourself, a neighbor, or a loved one.
Visit WebsiteMichigan Dept of Transportation MDOT
Comprehensive list of all public transportation in Michigan
Visit WebsiteTribal Health Facilities
Ways to Get Active and Stay Active
Department of Natural Resources DNR
You are never more than half an hour from a Michigan state park, state forest campground or state trail system. Use this application to find a facility suitable to your camping and recreation needs!
Visit WebsiteExperience 231
231’s mission is to ensure the long-term enjoyment, protection, and preservation of the unique natural resources of Northern Michigan
Visit WebsiteGreat Lakes Children's Museum
The Great Lakes Children’s Museum creates hands-on, interactive, and informal educational environments for children and the adults in their lives that invite curiosity, allow exploration, encourage participation, and celebrate the childlike wonder in all of us.
Visit WebsiteLeelanau County Land Conservancy Hikes
You’ll find an information kiosk with a map, benches along the way in some cases and clearly marked trails
Visit WebsiteM22 Challenge
Run / Bike / Paddle Sleeping Bear Dunes The Most Beautiful Race in America.
Visit WebsitePure Michigan
Get Outdoors and Get Active! Pure Michigan gives you resources on getting active anywhere in Michigan
Visit WebsiteTART Trails
The TART Trails network currently consists of eight multi-use trails in Grand Traverse and Leelanau counties as well as a cross-town bike route.
Visit WebsiteTri Up North
The Tri Up North triathlons are bike, paddle, run triathlons in Frankfort, Michigan put on by the Paul Oliver Memorial Hospital Auxiliary. This event centers around Frankfort's Betsie Bay on the Western shore of Lake Michigan which is the perfect setting for a triathlon. Tri Up North features to different triathlon courses: The Classic 10 mile event which is specifically geared toward beginners and those who are looking for a little motivation to become more active and the Challenger 22 mile event which is a competitive course for experienced athletes and relay teams looking for a challenge. For those who would like to participate but aren't interested in tackling a triathlon there is the Betsie Bay Walk, this fun non-timed 2.5 mile walk may be the perfect fit!
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