The third year of planting at the Mount Ayr Community Garden located at Trinity Lutheran Church has begun! Two more 4’ X 12’ boxes were added this spring with funding from a Hy-Vee One Step Garden Grant.  Students from Mount Ayr High School prepared the beds and planted the first seeds during the HELP Youth Pod clean-up […]

Parents as Teachers educators were on hand to provide developmental screenings for children age 2 months through age 5 1/2 years at the health fair sponsored by the Ringgold County Hospital on April 16.  A total of 15 children were screened by our staff.  Parents were given the opportunity to voice any concerns they had […]

The Ringgold County Parents as Teachers (PAT) Program was awarded the Iowa Family Support Credential, Sunday, April 10, by the Iowa Department of Management and Public Health.   The Credential is awarded to family support and parent education programs that are validated through an external evaluation and found to be in substantial adherence to all 100 […]