Hello, Wello!

Community health and well-being is a priority in Green Bay, and Wello has the data to prove it! When people think of Green Bay, they probably think about football or cheese or wearing cheese on your head to a football game, but community health and well-being are a priority for the people in this region, which is consistently named one of the best places in the U.S. to live and retire. In fact, Green Bay was recently chosen as a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Culture of Health Prize Winner, an award that "celebrates communities that have made incredible strides toward building safe and supportive places where everyone has the opportunity to thrive."  How? Long-term community building involving people, organizations, farmers, leaders and many others...and a beautiful little nonprofit called Wello is at the center of it. Wello's purpose is to "co-create community conditions that are fair and just to drive high levels of health and well-being for all", something they do by building trust and forming partnerships across the region - and it doesn't stop there. Since 2019, Wello has surveyed the population of the region to assess community health and well-being, seeking to better understand the people who live here and looking for opportunities to grow and prosper.  In this episode of "The Dr. Kristin Lyerly Show", we meet the engine behind Wello, Executive Director Natalie Bomstad and, along with Charm Der, Vice President of Human Resources at Family Services of Northeast Wisconsin, we discuss the positive impact of Wello and her sister organizations and explore ways that citizens can engage in community health and well-being on their own level (hint, it starts with taking the survey at wello.org!) Our featured musical artist this week is my friend, Arum Rae. Check out her new album, Tennessee, available now at arumrae.com and wherever you stream your music. Guests: Natalie Bomstad, Arum Rae, Charm Der