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Name Members Last Activity
100 Pushups 11 members 1 month
About WellCommons.com 53 members 1 month
Access to Baby and Child Dentistry (ABCD) 4 members 1 year, 4 months
Access to Health Care 9 members 3 months, 3 weeks
ACEs 14 members 3 weeks, 6 days
Advanced Health Center, P.A. formerly Anthony Chiropractic 6 members 1 year, 8 months
Aging Well 89 members 2 days, 14 hours
American Cancer Society 14 members 4 weeks
American Red Cross - Douglas County Chapter 12 members 8 months, 3 weeks
Arthritis Foundation, Heartland Region 6 members 8 months, 3 weeks
Autism Speaks 12 members 7 months, 2 weeks
Baby Talk 17 members 8 months
Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center 54 members 3 days, 11 hours
Bert Nash Dash Runners and Walkers 3 members 1 year, 7 months
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Douglas County 6 members 4 months, 2 weeks
Biggest Winner Challenge 11 members 1 year
Bobcat Marathon Club 15 members 2 weeks
Bridge Haven Care Cottage 4 members 2 weeks, 2 days
Byrne's Pharmacy 2 members 11 months, 1 week
Cans & Fans - Food and Fan Drive 24 members 8 months, 3 weeks
Caregivers Support Group 14 members 8 months, 4 weeks
Center for American Indian Community Health 4 members 9 months
CHEC Coalition to Honor End-of-Life Choices 8 members 2 months
Childcare & Early Education 10 members 1 month, 1 week
CHIP 20 members 1 year, 1 month
CHIP Access to Health Care 4 members 1 year, 2 months
Chiropractic Experience 46 members 9 months
Chiropractic Experience Massage Team 13 members 1 year, 3 months
CLO's Midnight Farm 4 members 1 month, 2 weeks
Community Education 21 members 3 weeks
Community Living Opportunities 3 members 9 months, 1 week
Dads of Douglas County 28 members 4 weeks, 1 day
DCCCA, Inc. 10 members 8 months, 2 weeks
DCCDA: Families, Farmers and Educators United For Healthy Child Development 12 members 2 weeks, 3 days
DCCOA: Douglas County Coalition on Aging 20 members 2 months
Douglas County AIDS Project 6 members 8 months, 3 weeks
Douglas County Community Foundation 28 members 4 weeks, 1 day
Douglas County Dental Clinic 21 members 4 weeks
Douglas County Food Policy Council 24 members 2 months
Douglas County Housing, Inc. 2 members 1 week, 3 days
Douglas County Senior Services 35 members 1 month, 2 weeks
Early Childhood in Douglas County 15 members 1 month, 1 week
Early to Elementary Education 7 members 1 month, 1 week
Eudora A.C.E.S 7 members 7 months, 2 weeks
Families 10 members 7 months, 4 weeks
Family Birthing Center 8 members 11 months, 1 week
Farmers Markets 57 members 1 day, 14 hours
First Step at Lakeview 7 members 8 months, 2 weeks
Fitness and Exercise 49 members 1 week, 3 days
Fitness & Exercise for Women 19 members 1 month
Food & Nutrition 195 members 1 day, 15 hours
Free Dental Day 11 members 7 months, 3 weeks
Free State High School Community and Learning Garden 7 members 10 months
Fun Runs and Walks 31 members 1 week, 3 days
Futures Fund 5 members 8 months, 1 week
GaDuGi SafeCenter 15 members 1 month
Garden Incubator 4 members 1 month, 4 weeks
Give Kids A Smile Day 4 members 11 months, 1 week
Go Red for Women - American Heart Association 29 members 1 month, 1 week
Growing Food, Growing Health 58 members 3 days, 14 hours
Headquarters Counseling Center 14 members 4 months, 1 week
Health Care Access Clinic 57 members 3 days, 13 hours
Health Care & Safe Environments 4 members 11 months, 2 weeks
Healthy Body & Mind 325 members 2 hours, 41 minutes
Healthy Kids! 17 members 1 month, 1 week
Heartland Community Health Center 29 members 1 week
Hilltop Child Development Center 5 members 8 months, 1 week
Home Health Care 2 members 1 year, 8 months
Hospice 5 members 8 months, 3 weeks
Hospice Care 2 members 1 year, 5 months
Hy-Vee 18 members 3 weeks, 2 days
I Can Cope 4 members 1 year
Imagine Drop-In Childcare 8 members 1 year, 3 months
Independence, Inc. 35 members 2 weeks, 2 days
James Otten, DDS 16 members 8 months, 3 weeks
JoCommons 3 members 3 months, 2 weeks
Just Food 16 members 3 hours, 40 minutes
Kansas Half-Marathon 8 members 1 month
KHI News Service 7 members 1 week
Kiddos 59 members 6 hours, 49 minutes
K-State Research & Extension - Douglas County 24 members 1 week, 3 days
KU Center for Physical Activity and Weight Management 9 members 11 months, 2 weeks
Lawrence Athletic Club 12 members 1 year, 4 months
Lawrence Diabetes Group 1 member 2 months
Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department 35 members 10 hours, 12 minutes
Lawrence Farm to School Project 18 members 1 month, 1 week
Lawrence Fruit Tree Project 2 members 1 month, 1 week
Lawrence Hunger Project 8 members 2 weeks, 1 day
Lawrence Local Food 56 members 1 day, 15 hours
Lawrence Martial Arts 3 members 6 days, 11 hours
Lawrence Meals On Wheels 3 members 2 months
Lawrence Memorial Hospital 47 members 6 days, 11 hours
Lawrence Memorial Hospital Endowment Association 6 members 4 months
Lawrence Outpatient Program 5 members 1 year, 11 months
Lawrence Parks and Recreation 9 members 6 months, 2 weeks
Lawrence Runners 47 members 1 month
Lawrence Therapy Services 18 members 7 months, 2 weeks
LIVESTRONG for Douglas County, KS 2 members 2 weeks
LiveWell EatWell Restaurant Challenge 20 members 6 days, 10 hours
LiveWell Lawrence 108 members 1 week, 1 day
Living With the Unknown 5 members 1 year, 1 month
Man to Man Info & Education Group 2 members 5 months, 3 weeks
Marathon Club 14 members 1 month, 1 week
Massage Envy 4 members 3 months, 4 weeks
Midland Care Connection 16 members 1 year, 2 months
NeuCare Family Medicine 7 members 6 days, 8 hours
New Tradition Coalition 9 members 1 year, 8 months
Our Local Food – Kaw River Valley 6 members 2 months
Outside for a Better Inside 31 members 4 months, 2 weeks
Plymouth Congregational Church 3 members 8 months, 3 weeks
Private Duty Plus 2 members 1 year, 8 months
Professionals Helping Children 3 members 1 year, 1 month
Project LIVELY 15 members 5 months, 1 week
Quit smoking 12 members 1 year
Recipe swap 6 members 1 month
Recovery and Hope Network (RAHN), Inc. 3 members 1 year, 9 months
Red Dog's Dog Days 6 members 5 months, 1 week
Red Kettle Campaign 5 members 1 year, 8 months
Regional Prevention Center 6 members 1 year, 8 months
Relay For Life of Douglas County 97 members 10 hours, 23 minutes
RideLawrence 29 members 2 days, 7 hours
River City Cosmopolitan Club 5 members 1 month, 2 weeks
SAD Warriors 5 members 1 year, 4 months
Sigler Pharmacies 13 members 2 months, 1 week
Simplify Your Life 12 members 1 week, 1 day
Slow Food Time For Lunch Campaign 2 members 1 year, 8 months
Sunflower Marathon Club 4 members 1 year, 2 months
Theatre Lawrence 4 members 1 month, 1 week
The Bert Nash Dash & Bash 11 members 8 months, 2 weeks
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society 6 members 3 months, 3 weeks
The Mankind Project 3 members 1 day, 14 hours
The Salvation Army 13 members 7 months, 2 weeks
The Uninsured's Handbook 10 members 1 year, 4 months
The Willow Domestic Violence Center 21 members 7 months
Together Prepared 7 members 10 months, 1 week
Trail Runners 7 members 1 week, 3 days
Trauma & Recovery 110 members 1 day, 3 hours
Trinity In-Home Care 15 members 2 weeks, 2 days
Un(der)Insured 132 members 1 week
United Way of Douglas County 25 members 3 weeks, 1 day
Van Go, Inc. 4 members 1 year
Visiting Nurses 10 members 3 months, 4 weeks
Walk Kansas 12 members 1 week, 5 days
Wellspring Heart Health 2 members 10 months, 1 week
With All My Heart 7 members 3 months, 3 weeks
Workplace Supports 6 members 11 months, 2 weeks
WorkWell Lawrence 21 members 1 month, 1 week
World's Largest Community Workout 27 members 7 months, 3 weeks
Healthy Body & Mind »

It's Don't Fry Day! Lawrence dermatologist offers tips on how to prevent, treat sunburn

Health professionals encourage everyone to wear sunscreen to help protect skin from sun damage.

It’s national Don’t Fry Day, and it’s not about eliminating greasy food. It’s about not cooking your skin. Before Memorial Day weekend and the unofficial ...

Jamie, Light »

Being My Own Barbie

Old Jamie would have never attempted a maxi skirt!

I like to think of myself as a creative. I love seeing what results from taking an idea and executing it with your own design, ...

Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department »

Sun, fun and recreational water illness awareness

With the opening of the Lawrence Outdoor Aquatic Center this weekend, it's time to think of recreational water illness prevention.

Memorial Day weekend may be the official start of summer fun. But it is also a time to consider prevention. In other words, waiting to ...

Just Food »

Part 4: Do low income people feel entitled?

A crate of cucumbers waits to be picked through. Visitors to Just Food are allowed access to produce and bread daily, but other dry goods can be obtained only once a month.

Let me give a disclaimer: I am not speaking on behalf of, or for all people who are low income. I am simply, from someone ...

Poll »

What's your favorite way to get exercise in the summer?

Kiddos »

9 Year Old Girl's Blog causes big changes in the food served at school

First school lunch

A Nine Year Old's Blog - and the Changes It Can Make I am astonished! A 9 year old girl in Scotland has created a ...

Healthy Body & Mind »

Karrey's story: On the move again after two hip replacements

From left, Karrey Britt, Karen Pendleton, Sheila Stogsdill and Laurie Comstock show off their new hips after having dinner Sunday, May 20, 2012, in downtown Lawrence. The Lawrence residents had a hip replacement — or two — during the past year and now are enjoying life without pain.

Editor's Note: I wrote a firsthand account on joint replacement in a three-part series that was published in July 2011. This is a followup to ...

Relay For Life of Douglas County »

Relay For Life of Douglas County introduces new fundraiser

Event flyer, uploaded

Please join the Zarco 66 Facebook promotion to benefit Relay For Life of Douglas County between now and May 27. Zarco will donate $1 for ...

Trauma & Recovery »

Relay For Life participation spurred by breast cancer diagnoses

Ingrid Maehl's nightstand photo

Ingrid Maehl keeps an old photo of herself and three friends on her nightstand. It is a reminder of how important friendship is, but it ...

Relay For Life of Douglas County »

Cathy Belcher participates in Relay For Life to honor, remember relatives who have fought cancer

The focal point of Relay For Life of Douglas County, which benefits the American Cancer Society. Money raised goes toward cancer research and programs for cancer patients.

Editor's Note: Area residents will be sharing stories about how cancer has touched their lives leading up to Relay For Life of Douglas County. Here ...

The Mankind Project »

Trusting Men by G. Kamana Hunter

“I just don’t trust men in general,” she said. “They’ve hurt me and disappointed me too many times.” “As a man, I thank you for ...

Just Food »

Part 3: Are low income people generous?

Volunteer Charles Tolbert, a former client, restocks some of the shelves at Just Food, 1200 E. 11th St., on Tuesday, March 20, 2012.

I realize that gratefulness and generosity can potentially be seen as synonymous with one another, and they are...but they aren't the same thing. You can ...

Linda Cottin's Blog »

Strawberries are Out, Apricots are In!

Locally Grown Apricots Will Be Available From Stony Ridge Farm at Cottin's Hardware Farmers Market this Thursday!

Eating seasonally has its many benefits, as well as a few disadvantages. Nutritionally speaking, eating seasonally can provide us with the optimum balance of vitamins, ...

Healthy Body & Mind »

Kansas Health Institute selected to lead $4 million national project

The Kansas Health Institute announced in a press release today that it has been selected to lead a more than $4 million national effort that ...

Kiddos »

Lawrence Parks and Recreation announces summer swimming pool schedules, offers 'early bird' passes

Jacey Yanek helps her 21-month-old daughter, Reagan, jump into the water Wednesday at the Lawrence Outdoor Aquatic Center, 727 Ky., in this June 2011 file photo.

The Lawrence Outdoor Aquatic Center opens Saturday and just in time. The temperatures are forecast to be in the 90s. The pool will be open ...

Poll »

Do you wear a bicycle helmet?

Trauma & Recovery »

New report recommends Kansas implement bicycle helmet law to help prevent deaths, injuries

Liberty Memorial Central Middle School students Eleanor Matheis, 13, foreground left, and Mary Reed Weston, 13, right, put on their helmets before bicycling home from school Tuesday, May 22 2012. Kansas has the 27th highest rate of injury-related deaths in the country, according to a new report. Kansas does not require children to wear helmets, but Lawrence has passed an ordinance requiring children, ages 16 and under, to wear a helmet, but doesn't enforce penalties. Traumatic brain injuries account for more than 50 percent of bicycle fatalities among people 20 and under.

Kansas has the 27th highest rate of injury-related deaths in the country, according to a new report. The rate, 60.4 per 100,000 people, also is ...

Megan Stuke's Blog »

Weight Watchers Quick Tip of the Day: Eggs

My friend Jennifer, of "As I See Fit" fame, reminds me often that "Breakfast is King, Lunch is a Prince, and Dinner is a Pauper." ...

Domestic Violence »

Race Against Domestic Violence

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Men, women and children came out to support the Second Annual Willow Walk/Red Shoe Run hosted by The Willow Domestic Violence Shelter, Saturday May 5, ...

Aging Well »

Community Breakfast Celebrating Older Adults: Recap & Pics

Community Breakfast 2012

Over 120 local residents of all ages, including retirees, professionals, and elected officials attended the 5th Annual Community Breakfast Celebrating Older Adults last Friday at ...

Relay For Life of Douglas County »

Steve Birchfield shares journey with rare blood cancer

Steve Birchfield was diagnosed with Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia, a rare blood cancer, last year. He will be participating in the survivor lap of Relay For Life of Douglas County on June 8.

Editor's Note: Area residents will be sharing stories about how cancer has touched their lives leading up to Relay For Life of Douglas County. Here ...

Healthy Body & Mind »

WellCommons bracelets: A colorful way to keep health on your mind

WellCommons bracelets

A big bag of these colorful bracelets arrived at WellCommons HQ last night, and we distributed some of them at a meeting this morning with ...

Just Food »

Part 2: Are low income people grateful?

11-month-old Savannah Bennett, hangs on to her mother, Carrie Bennett, as she waits in line for an application at Just Food Tuesday, July 19, 2011.

I was at a meeting recently and I overheard someone say something negative about low income people. This person hadn't yet met me, but I ...

Erika Dvorske's Blog »

How does collaboration impact community health?

The great work of the KU Work Group with the Health Department as the catalyst has reminded many of us how important the health of ...

Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department »

Forums over, but your input is still needed

The Douglas County Community Health Assessment forums are now over, but that doesn't mean the discussion has ended. Whether or not you were able to ...

Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center »

Healing Trauma’s Invisible Wounds

Trauma can affect ANYONE. Healing is possible for EVERYONE

It could be a rape or bullying or poverty or neglect or a hurricane or mass tragedy. Whatever the cause, a traumatic event has a ...

Trauma & Recovery »

American Red Cross blood drive set for Thursday

Giving blood.

The American Red Cross will be having a blood drive Thursday, May 24, in honor of Memorial Day and to commemorate those who died while ...

Health Care Access Clinic »

Walk Kansas Results!

Congratulations to those here at Health Care Access Clinic who participated in Walk Kansas! Here are the results of your hard work! Team Crimson 23rd ...

Healthy Body & Mind »

Lawrence oncologist Matthew Stein earns award from Rotary club

Dr. Matthew Stein

The Lawrence Rotary Club honored Dr. Matthew Stein with its 2012 Non-Rotarian Paul Harris Fellow Award on Monday at the Lawrence Holiday Inn. The award ...

Growing Food, Growing Health »

New Gardeners!

2012

Welcome our newest crop of fresh-faced Student Gardeners! From left to right: Di, Breven, Tanner, Allie, and Elliot. These five students, plus our seasoned-professionals, TJ ...

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