Health and wellness fair connects employers to health resources
When Christie Lawrence learned Mississippi Business Group on Health had not hosted events for employers in northern Mississippi, she wanted to change that.
How to provide your children with healthy meals on a tight budget
On a Thursday morning, Jane Scott picks up a package of chicken from the freezer. She places it next to a brown bag full of food and then hands it to the family waiting at the window, free of charge.
Scott is the president of Project Homestead in West Point — a food pantry offering food to families in need.
Locally produced food, goods are witnessing
In 1918, America faced its greatest pandemic, the Spanish Flu outbreak, which ultimately claimed 600,000 lives in the U.S. Yet while the nation’s understanding of viruses at the time left the nation vulnerable, in one sense it was better equipped for a public health crisis than the COVID-19 virus we face today.
Local gyms and trainers adapting fitness programs to quarantine, while others are falling by the wayside
Cynthia Mutch readily admits she’s no internet wizard, but as the Marketing and Membership Director at the Frank P. Phillips Memorial YMCA in Columbus, Mutch has adapted to her new role as the czar of the gym’s highly-successful YouTube workout channel.