Island
County in the Year 2020...
What will it be like? Help us
create a vision for the future…
(9 Nov 1996)
The Community Health Advisory Board has begun a process
of creating a vision of a healthy Island County in the year 2020. We invite you to join us
in creating a vision that will guide our decision making as a community and help us decide
where to put our energy and resources now and in the future.
Preliminary Suggestions for our Vision:
- Every child has a loving, nurturing parent/family.
- There is a connectedness among families who help each
other when in need.
- We equally value people of all ages and see a wide mix of
ages in our schools, our workplaces, and our apartment dwellings.
- People feel safe wherever they are.
- We are compassionate and respectful of others, even in the
resolving of conflicts.
- We have clean air and clean water and continue to preserve
all the natural beauty of the islands.
- Our schools are preparing our children for real world
challenges and also teaching them healthy lifestyle practices so they can avoid
unnecessary diseases in the future.
- We have healthy, locally grown food available to us, and
we have trail systems throughout the islands that foster more walking/hiking.
- Our work places value health and in many ways demonstrate
that they value family needs as well.
- Affordable health care is easily accessible to everyone
and includes alternative as well as traditional medicine, with an on-going emphasis on
prevention.
- We have central community gathering locations/community
hubs where people of all ages come together for a wide variety of activities.
- We have community celebration days that bring people
together in the spirit of celebration.
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