A well-written article about the Healthy People Healthy Trails initiative in Santa Barbara County was posted on January 22nd, 2020, in the Santa Maria Sun. Author Zac Ezzone did a great job capturing the essence of a program designed promote the value of linking the healthcare and recreation communities to make it easy for physicians to prescribe outdoor activity for children and adults, for families to find fun places to walk in nature, and encourage all to participate in group walks to improve the health, fitness, and wellbeing for all in our community.
The article titled “Healthy People Healthy Trails Program Aims To Get People Healthy While Connecting Them With Nature” is posted online as part of the Health & Wellness 2020 section of Wednesday’s paper.
Article: http://www.santamariasun.com/cover/19345/health–wellness-2020/
