Heart of New Ulm News
Join Us for Walk to School Day!
Students from New Ulm Middle School, Jefferson Elementary, St. Paul Elementary and St. Anthony Elementary are invited to walk to school along with parents, teachers and community leaders in a “Walking School Bus.” This is a great opportunity to experience the benefits of walking to school if your children are usually dropped off in front […]
Join Us for the Oct. 13 Worksite Wellness Training: Ask a Question, Save a Life!
Join us for our October Worksite Wellness Training and Networking event, which will teach you the QPR technique — Question, Persuade and Refer — the three simple steps anyone can learn to help save a life from suicide. Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Turner Hall, 102 S. State St. […]
Volunteers Needed for “Paint the Pavement” Event
The Heart of New Ulm’s Safe Routes to School Action Team is inviting everyone to help bring New Ulm’s new Traffic Safety Playground to life at a Paint the Pavement event. A traffic playground is a mini-street painted play space that provides children and families a fun space to practice safe walking, bicycling and scooting […]
Upcoming Training on Trauma and Resilience Basics
The Brown County Mental Health and Wellness Action Team is hosting an upcoming training, “Surviving and Thriving: Trauma and Resilience Basics,” that is open to everyone in the community. The training will be held Wednesday, Aug. 17 from 1 to 4:30 p.m. at the Sleepy Eye Event Center, 110 12th Ave NE in Sleepy Eye. There […]
Power of Produce Day for Youth at the Market Aug. 6
The Heart of New Ulm’s Food Environment Action Team, along with the KNUJ Farmers Market, invite all youth ages 4-12 to a Power of Produce Day at the farmers market at German Park in New Ulm on Saturday, Aug. 6 from 9 to 11 a.m. The first 50 families who stop by the Heart of […]
7th Annual Poker Walk Starts Friday June 3
The New Ulm Area Chamber of Commerce and Ameriprise Financial, with promotional support from the Heart of New Ulm, invite everyone in New Ulm to participate in the 7th Annual Poker Walk in June to promote financial and physical wellness. Here’s how it works: Every Friday during the month of June, check out the Chamber’s or […]
New Ulm SRTS Program Awarded Grant for Traffic Playground
The New Ulm Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Action Team has been awarded a grant for approximately $14,500 from the Minnesota Department of Transportation’s SRTS Boost funding initiative to help boost walking and bicycling to school by creating a fun, new ‘traffic playground.’ A traffic playground is a mini-street painted play space that provides children […]
Understanding NEAR Science*: Building Self-Healing Communities
* NEAR Science stands for Neurobiology, Epigenetics, ACEs and Resilience research. Join the Brown County Mental Health and Wellness Action Team on May 3, 2022, for an insightful and informative presentation on Understanding NEAR Science: Building Self-Healing Communities. We’ll work to build a common language and understanding about Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and the related […]
Local Businesses Invited to Participate in Annual Poker Walk
The New Ulm Area Chamber of Commerce and Ameriprise Financial, with promotional support from the Heart of New Ulm, are pleased to be able to once again team up and promote health and wellness in sponsoring the Poker Walk event this spring — and are inviting local businesses to participate. Organizers are seeking 20 New […]
People Project Being Offered to Employers in February to Help Build Resiliency
Numerous studies have shown that using simple tools to help us retrain our mind to focus on the positive can increase feelings of well-being and decrease feelings of depression. These tools can also open us to the possibility of greater social connections, improved sleep, enhanced memory and stronger immune system function. In February 2022, the […]
Annual Reports
HONU and Individual Action Team Highlights:
- 2023 HONU Highlights
- CHAT 2023 Accomplishments
- Worksite Action Team 2023 Accomplishments
- CASHS and SRTS 2023 Accomplishments
- FEAT 2023 Accomplishments
- Downtown 2023 Accomplishments
- MHWAT 2023 Accomplishments
- 2022 HONU Highlights
- 2021 Highlights
- 2015 Annual Report to the Community
- 2016 Annual Report to the Community
- 2017 Annual Report to the Community
- 2018 Annual Report to the Community
- HONU Impact Report
- HONU 2020 Highlights
Professional Publications on
Heart of New Ulm Research
- Modest but Clinically Meaningful Reduction of Cardiovascular Disease in Rural New Ulm
- Community-Based Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Initiatives can be Successful in Engaging Adult Community Members
- Community-Based Interventions in New Ulm Help Residents Make Nutrition and Physical Activity Improvements
- Health Initiatives Implemented at a Population Level Can Help Residents Improve Blood Pressure and Cholesterol