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Please join us in honoring Mario Gonzalez today, his final day at Wello. For nearly eight years, Mario has supported the health and well-being of residents through communications, marketing, and storytelling at Wello. Mario's deep, unwavering passion and commitment to serve this community and all its people has grown well-being and Wello's mission. As Mario sets off on his next adventure, please help us in extending our deepest thanks to him for his years of service to Wello and our Greater Green Bay community. Mario, we wish you continued success, happiness, and well-being. Thank you!

The third and final Crosswalk Education and Enforcement or "Frogger" event for 2024 as part of the Yield to Your Neighbor campaign took place last week. This pedestrian safety effort saw the most law enforcement partners, 7 departments, as well as the most amount of locations, 14 intersections, across Brown County. Here are the totals across all three events. While the Frogger efforts have ended, always yield to your neighbor in a crosswalk because it's safer, it's courteous, and it's the law. The 2024 Yield to Your Neighbor campaign is supported by an ARPA subaward from Brown County Public Health. Special thanks to our law enforcement partners this year which include Ashwaubenon Public Safety, Brown County Sheriff's Office, De Pere Police Department, Green Bay Police Department, Hobart-Lawrence Police Department, Pulaski Police Department, and UW-Green Bay Police Department!

Last week marked the start of a new fiscal year for Wello so it's the perfect time to reflect back on many of the wins Wello and our partners co-created for our community to improve the health and well-being of all over the last year. Read the 2023-2024 Wello End of Year Summary today!

Yesterday was the final "Frogger" safety pedestrian or Crosswalk Education and Enforcement effort of 2024 as part of the Yield to Your Neighbor campaign! While these pedestrian efforts are done for the year, remember to always yield to a person in the crosswalk when behind the wheel. And as pedestrians, make sure to always cross at a crosswalk and activate signals when possible to help make yourself more visible to motorists. We'll share the results of yesterday's efforts next week. And as always, yield to your neighbor because it's safer, it's courteous, and it's the law.

Every October 3rd, Wello celebrates the Day of Well-Being in Brown County as proclaimed by Brown County, City of Green Bay, and City of De Pere. To celebrate this year, Wello teamed up with the Brown County United Way and Schreiber Foods volunteers to make and share well-being bags for our community. The bags consisted of locally, sourced produce from Seasonal Harvest, cheese donated by Schreiber, and hygiene products that were delivered to the homes of clients of Innovative Services, Inc. thanks to the Brown County HubCAP. Today was an example of building well-being in action by bringing partners and resources together to meet the needs of our community!

Today marks the start of a new fiscal year for Wello as well as the beginning of leadership terms for Wello's Board of Directors. We are thrilled to announce Nicole Slavin will serve as Board President and Shoua Lee as Board Vice President! We looked forward to the support, guidance, and leadership these two incredible individuals will bring to the Board of Directors as well as the overall organization!

As a reminder, the third and final "Frogger" pedestrian safety or Crosswalk Education and Enforcement event of 2024 will take place this Wednesday, October 2nd in partnership with Wello's Yield to Your Neighbor campaign. See the map for locations and times of these pedestrian safety efforts. For this event, we welcome University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Police Department as well as our existing law enforcement partners at Village of Ashwaubenon Public Safety, Brown County Sheriff's Office, De Pere Police Department, Green Bay Police Department, Hobart-Lawrence Police Department, and Pulaski Police Department. Thank you for your partnership and commitment to making it safer for pedestrians and motorists to move throughout our community. Yield to your neighbor. It's safer. It's courteous. It's the law. @followers All locations and times are subject to change.

One of the best ways to learn about the projects and initiatives Wello is a part of and how you can get involved is by signing up for our newsletter to get monthly updates and special announcements. Sign up today to receive the October newsletter in your inbox this week!

In case you missed our huge announcement from earlier this week, be sure to catch up the news of Wello, City of Green Bay, Casa ALBA Melanie, COMSA and We All Rise: African American Resource Center helping Green Bay earn a 2024 RWJF Culture of Health Prize Finalist designation!

Earlier this week, Wello's Project Manager - Food Systems, Dareios Moore, was invited by the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) to Nourish Farms, Inc.. It was a fantastic chance to see Wisconsin Farm-to-School Grant projects and network with other leaders in farm-to-school and Early Childhood Education. We shared resources, enjoyed delicious food, and had nourishing conversations while touring the facilities. Governor Tony Evers was in attendance as the State shared their ideas to support Farm to School efforts!