Healthy People, vibrant communities, safe environments... Waushara County!
Waushara County Health Department, with the collaboration of community partnerships, promotes health and wellness through disease and injury prevention and safe gaurds the environment.
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This Site Last Updated on 05/07/2012
WAUSHARA COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT
PREVENT LYME DISEASE!
- Wear Repellent
- Check for Ticks Daily
- Shower Soon After Being Outdoors
- Call Your Doctor If You Get A Fever Or Rash
For more information: See us At the Health Dept or go to www.cdc.govMAY 14TH - 18TH - NATIONAL BIKE TO WORK WEEK
FRIDAY, MAY 18TH - BIKE TO WORK DAY
Join Waushara County Health Department and Wade'z Bike and Adventure Shop and ride to work.
Why Ride?
- Great for your health, the environment and your wallet!
- Receive a $5 gift certificate to Wade'z Bike and Adventure Shop in Wautoma by stopping in on a day you bike to work, while there....fill up your water bottle and air up your tires.
- Enter to win gift certificates and other prizes! Here's how: Each day you bike to work, stop in at Wade'z Bike and Adventure Shop, 415 E Main St, Wautoma (920-787-3282) or the Waushara County Health Department, 230 W Park St, Wautoma and enter the drawing.
You can only enter your name once for each day you bike to work during the week of May 14th - May 18th. ** If you work outside of Wautoma and cannot stop at either location to enter the drawing, e-mail the Health Dept each day you ride in at: publichealth.parkstreet@co.waushara.wi.us
If your commute is too far to bike in, Park and Bike at one of these locations:
AmericInnSuper 8 MotelWautoma Town Hall
Super 8 MotelWautoma Town HallPamida Bird Creek Park parking lot City lot accross from fairgrounds.
Bird Creek Park parking lot City lot accross from fairgrounds.Print the Bike to Work Flyer
IN WAUSHARA COUNTY:
- 3 overdose deaths in the past 6 months. One other user arrived pulse less and non-breathing revived by ER staff.
- 14 overdose EMS transfers since the first of the year.
The Waushara Alliance for Drug Endangered Children will be holding Heroin Awareness educational “Town Hall” meetings throughout Waushara County in the next few weeks. All citizens that want to assist in learning more about the problem and what they can do to help eradicate the problem in Waushara County are invited to attend a session in their area.
All meetings will be held at 6:30 PM on the following dates and locations:
May 9, 2012 Wautoma Area Fire Dept.May 16, 2012Coloma Community CenterMay 24, 2012Wild Rose Fire Dept.May 30, 2012Plainfield Community CenterJune 6, 2012 Poy Sippi Fire Dept.