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Article: Cross-sector collaborations meet local needs.(Promising Practices)
- Article from:
- Bellingham Business Journal
- Article date:
- September 1, 2007
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Healthy communities depend on informed, collaborative leadership across traditional boundaries. In Whatcom County, promising practices in cross-sector collaboration prove that we really can improve some of our toughest community health issues by working together.
For example, from meeting the needs of food bank patrons, to increasing the health of school children, the business, nonprofit, government and education sectors are sharing resources in creative ways to address both food security (having enough) and food quality (nutrition).
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