Healthiest State Initiative events set for Thursday at Statehouse
Iowa’s Healthiest State Initiative will showcase its five top priorities at the Capitol on Thursday, with opportunities to learn and become more active, too. The Hy-Vee Healthy You wellness bus will be stationed near the West Terrace on the Capitol grounds beginning at 8:30 a.m. The event will also feature an expo in the Statehouse with representatives from 17 Iowa businesses, non-profit organizations and county health departments. At 11:45 a.m., legislators, staff and visitors can join 2014 Healthiest State Walk Chair Terry Rich in a 15-minute “recess before lunch” indoor walk in the Statehouse. “Improving Iowa’s well-being is only possible by working together,” Healthiest State Board Chairman Ric Jurgens said in a release. “This expo gives a few of the many organizations a chance to share their work with Iowa’s legislators and demonstrate what’s possible when we all work together.” More information is available online.