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- EIN 41-6045200
- (507) 389-8504
- Po Box 8674 Mankato MN 56002-8674 USA
- www.mankato-clinic.com
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Community Clinics, Health
Mission: To provide, promote and develop health education and healthy lifestyle awareness to members of the mankato clinic service area.
Programs: Provided scholarships to area mankato clinic employees who are students starting or advancing health care education programs at the college level. Fourteen direct scholarships were awarded.
assists with health education projects including partnership in health, car seat safety, and impact program. Partnership in health is a program in greater mankato schools that provides a registered dietician for advice on nutritional guidelines, including health education to school staff, students and parents. The dietician works with the schools' food services, makes presentations in classrooms and provides education information to families. This program services over 5,000 people each year. Car seat safety program provides on-going, free of charge car seat safety lessons open to the public. This class helps parents avoid mistakes that can put their children at risk. The classes are taught by certified national highway transportation safety administration technicians. This program serves 100 - 200 families each year. The impact program provides special software which can evaluate possible sports related head injuries in high school athletes. This program is utilized at nine schools and one youth hockey league. This program serves approximately 1,700 student athletes per year.
provided grants to 41 organizations that focus on promoting healthy lifestyles and wellness in the community. In addition, money is provided to south central college to award as scholarships to nursing students in their respective programs.