When Sitka won a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Culture of Health prize last week, it received $25,000 to spend on improving the culture of health in Sitka. So how do we spend the money? The Sitka Health Summit Coalition wants to hear from you about what to do with the money. While $25,000 isn't a lot of money in the grand scheme of things, it can help kick-start a couple of projects, be leveraged for more money when we apply for grants, and more. So how should we spend it? W

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation recognizes Sitka for bringing partners together to create lasting change SITKA, Alaska (Nov. 12, 2019) — Sitka is one of five winners of the 2019 RWJF Culture of Health Prize awarded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The Prize honors and elevates communities for working at the forefront of advancing health, opportunity, and equity. Sitka is being nationally recognized for pursuing innovative ideas and bringing partners together to rally aro

The Sitka Community Playground, which opened in July 2018 and was a 2015 Sitka Health Summit community wellness project, recently won a facility excellence award from the Alaska Recreation and Parks Association. The playground is located on Lincoln Street, next to the Sitka Sound Science Center and the Sitka tennis courts. The playground, the first one in Sitka that is American Disabilities Act compliant, cost about $1 million to build, and involved thousands of volunteer hou