Representatives from the 5 Healthy Towns Foundation in Michigan left the Algoma School District facilities last month in awe and hopes to do more.

Much like Live Algoma, the Five Healthy Towns Foundation is a group representing Stockbridge, Chelsea, Dexter, Grass Lake, and Manchester in search of improving the overall health of their communities. The representatives got to see firsthand many of the businesses and organizations Live Algoma partners with such as The AbiliTees Project and MCC Color Label. Algoma School District

Director of Improvement & Community Engagement Teal Van Lanen says the organization has been following Live Algoma’s work for some time.

Van Lanen says representatives from Algoma are already planning a return trip later this month. She hopes the two organizations can team up for initiatives that could include youth exchange programs.