Aitkin County SHIP Initiatives

How SHIP has worked in Aitkin County

MN MOVES

• Aitkin Safe Routes to School Plan
• Aitkin Non-Motorized Transportation Network Development
• Improving Safety and Active Transportation in the City of Aitkin
• Aitkin City Park Planning

MN EATS

• Farm to School
• Healthy food access in schools
• Aitkin Farmers’ Market & Market Hub
• Hill City Community Garden
• Breastfeeding in the Workplace
• Community Food Shelf at First Lutheran SuperShelf transformation
• Good Food Sold Here at Palisade One Stop
• Aitkin County Food Resources Brochure

Commercial Tobacco Free

• Congratulate and Educate Tobacco Checks
• Presentations at our school districts
• Reviewed ordinances with American Lung Association and the Public Health Law Center

Well-Being

• Building Our Largest Dementia Infrastructure with Aitkin County CARE
  - Hosting Remember Project One Act Plays
  - Memory Lane Café at Maryhill Manor in Aitkin every 2^nd Tuesday of the Month (11:00 am – 12:30 pm)
• Committee for the Awareness & Prevention of Suicide (CAPS)
  - My Ascension Events

Aitkin Community Leadership Team

• Jen Burgos, Community Member and Nurse Practitioner at Riverwood Healthcare Center
• Lisa Kruse, Marketing Director at Riverwood Health Care Center
• Erik Heimark, Aitkin Farmers Market President and Owner of Maple Ridge Produce
• Allison Rian, Aitkin Farmers Market Hub Manager and Owner of Allicat Farm
• Amanda Lowe, Community Member and Business Owner
• Lynne Jacobs, Executive Director at Aitkin County CARE
• Brea Hamdorf, Aitkin County Public Health Nurse
• Stacey Durgin-Smith, Aitkin County Public Health Educator
• Laura Smith, Community Food Shelf at First Lutheran Manger