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Mission Statement
The Healthy Yankton group encourages lifelong, healthy, active lifestyles by
providing education, support and opportunities for individuals and groups in
the Yankton area to improve or maintain their health.
Upcoming Events
The first Community
Garden is
being cultivated by Healthy Yankton with a grant from the
Avera Health Community Service Fund.
The Community Garden is located along Yankton's West City Limits Road, on
City Parks land near the location of the former rodeo grounds.
Yankton Community
Gardeners: Watch for your opportunity to reserve your garden spot beginning
January 1, 2010!
All first time
gardeners interested in
learning more about the Community Garden are encouraged to attend an informal
meeting on Monday, March 1st, 2010 at 5:30 pm
at the Avera Sacred Heart Pavilion Auditorium. First come, first serve
registration for remaining plots will occur following the presentation.
You are not obligated to rent
a space by attending. More information can be obtained in the
Healthy Yankton Community Garden 2010 Schedule, the
Healthy Yankton Community Garden 2010 Rules, and the
Healthy Yankton Community Garden Map.
If you are unable to attend the forum, you may call 605 668-8590 for
additional information.
The Community
Garden was made possible with cooperation from Healthy Yankton, the City of
Yankton, Dogs R Us 4-H Club, Santa Claus Lane Committee, Yankton Minimum Unit,
Mark's Machinery and the Master Gardeners.
Also check out
information on the
Healthy Yankton 2010 Winter Festival
activities taking place February 13 - 15, 2010.
Check out our
Events page for more information and a list of the latest
happenings.
A Little Extra
Want to know more about Healthy Yankton? Look through a power point to read on
what we are about :
HealthyYankton.ppt. Click on each page to move onto the next.
Need a Healthy Holiday Eating Tip or maybe a Recipe? Take a look at our
Holiday Page.
Start out the New Year right by taking the Lewis & Clark Runners Club "2010
Mile a Day Challenge".
Information and Registration are available here.
"Counting on YOU to Make a Difference" at the 12th annual Yankton Area Mental Wellness
Conference (YAMWI) June 9-10, 2010. More
is available on the
YAMWI web site.
Year in Review
What Happened in
2007-2009 and don't forget to take a look at our
Photo Gallery
to see our latest event pictures.
Grants Available for You
Coming Soon! Healthy Yankton has grants available for local events. Go to
Grants to print application and find out more!
Calories Burned During
Exercise
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Activity (1 hour) |
130 lbs |
160 lbs |
190 lbs |
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Cleaning, light, moderate effort |
148 |
176 |
216 |
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Cooking |
148 |
176 |
216 |
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Walking, 3.0 mph |
207 |
246 |
302 |
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Shoveling snow, by hand |
354 |
422 |
518 |
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Ice Skating |
413 |
493 |
604 |
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