The Wellness Wednesday Program is an important component of the AgCenter's Healthy Community Initiative. It links health-care professionals with the general public in a series of virtual presentations highlighting health related topics. The Wellness Wednesday Program is community driven and takes place within a community context.

The Wellness Wednesday Program:

• Empowers target audiences and community volunteers to advocate for community well-being by participating in the selection of topics and speakers, and distributing health information, thus building capacity
• Develops a media presence of the AgCenter to highlight its role in community health as a trusted source of research-based information
• Gives health professional collaborators access to sectors of the community that need their services

This approach, which is both place-based and virtual, connects urban and rural community members to important health resources. It also promotes the community presence and relevance of the LSU AgCenter to the citizens of Louisiana.

This program is currently underway in the following regions:

• Northwest Region
  • Contact: Elizabeth Martin
    Associate Extension Agent - Nutrition and Community Health
    (SNAP-Ed and Flavors of Health)
    Caddo Parish
    Parish Chair Caddo Parish
  • 3rd Wednesday of each month at Noon

• Southwest Region
  • Contact: Mandy Armentor
    Extension Agent - Nutrition and Community Health
    Vermilion Parish
    Nutrition and Community Health Regional Coordinator Southwest Region
  • 4th Wednesday of each month at Noon