News View All May 14, 2019 Notes from the annual Wellville Gathering A this year’s Gathering, teams from the Wellville 5 communities explored what it will take to shift long-term thinking and action among institutions, people and systems. December 12, 2018 Hope Rising Executive Director Shelly Trumbo presents Project Restoration Hope Rising executive director Shelly Trumbo presented Project Restoration at last week’s “Putting Care at the Center 2018” conference. August 20, 2018 Be Bold. Be Brave. Be Well. Kathy Dunleavy reflects on Wellville and the future of philanthropy: “Our tagline is ‘Be Bold. Be Brave. Be Well.’ When I think about Wellville in the context of philanthropy, [Wellville founder] Esther [Dyson] was extremely bold and brave. I hope this is just the beginning of a new type of philanthropy.” June 2, 2018 The 2018 Wellville Gathering The theme of the 2018 Wellville Gathering was to ask a simple question: What story do we want to tell at the end of the 10-year Wellville project, on December 31, 2024? Each Wellville community answered this question. Media Coverage View All August 30, 2018 Esther Juices with Gary at HLTH At the HLTH conference earlier this summer, Esther sat down with Gary Earl to talk about how and why she founded Wellville, and what she’s learned so far. But first, they juiced! March 15, 2017 Innovative farm-to-school program in Muskegon County Michigan State University Extension looks at a program that puts locally grow foods in school cafeterias. March 9, 2017 National Attention Focuses on Muskegon’s Obesity Efforts What’s Wellville community Muskegon, MI doing to curb rates of obesity? A feature article in Politico digs in to find out. July 22, 2016 Health Standards Twitter Chat with Esther Dyson To end “global sickening” we need to invest in health.
