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Cherokee Nation chief outlines $750,000 fitness subsidy, community organizing task force and health partnerships
Summary
Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. used the council's February meeting to announce a $750,000 subsidy for nonprofit recreation centers, a task force on community organizing, food-distribution pilot using 1839 meat products and new health partnerships, and to preview land acquisitions for local housing projects.
Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. delivered the Cherokee Nation’s State of the Nation address at the tribal council’s February meeting, announcing a one-year, $750,000 commitment from the Public Health and Wellness Fund to subsidize gym memberships at nonprofit recreation centers and nearby facilities such as YMCAs.
Hoskin said the fitness-partner expansion builds on a pilot at the Prior Recreation Center and will be evaluated after a year to determine whether to extend or broaden the subsidy. “This is an exciting program,” Hoskin said, adding the administration will “evaluate how the program goes with nonprofit gyms for this first year.”
The chief framed the subsidy as part of a wider set of wellness investments. He noted the upcoming…
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