After securing a grant through the Healthy Towns Challenge, and in partnership with Oberon Council, Oberon Health Council and Oberon Multipurpose Service (MPS) will offer a health promotion program targeting exercise, healthy eating and mental health wellbeing.

Oberon Health Council chair Elaine Boxer said she hopes the program will make a difference to the health and wellbeing of the Oberon community.

“The program will help to make free drinking-water easily available throughout Oberon, by promoting new drinking water stations at several locations around town,” she said. 

The other major focus of Oberon’s Healthy Town Challenge will be a registration in the Get Healthy Information and Coaching Service to address the rising incidence of obesity in the community.

“The Oberon Youth Council will also be active in recruiting young members of the community to participate in an associated fun run as part of the program,” Ms Boxer said. 

The Oberon Show will be held on February 18. 

“Anyone is welcome to join Oberon’s Get Healthy Challenge, and I’d encourage anyone to come along to the Oberon Show for our launch to hear more and join up to the program.” 

The Healthy Town Challenge is a joint initiative of the Heart Foundation and NSW Health. 

The Heart Foundation’s NSW director of health programs, Julie Anne Mitchell, is also planning to attend the launch of Oberon’s program at the Oberon Show. 

For more information on Oberon’s Healthy Town Challenge program, contact Elaine Boxer on (02) 6336 0441. The Oberon Health Council will also have a stand at the Oberon Show.