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Cherokee Nation Public Health releases 2025 WINGS schedule and expands community outreach
Summary
Kim Chukulait of Cherokee Nation Public Health presented the 2025 WINGS schedule, including a new trail run in Tahlequah and a Healthy Native 5K in November to support diabetes awareness. Staff offered to follow up with schools and community groups about Summer EBT and event participation.
Kim Chukulait, representing Cherokee Nation Public Health, told the council that the 2025 WINGS event schedule has been finalized and distributed to members. The schedule adds a trail run in Tahlequah in April and a Healthy Native 5K in November to support diabetes-awareness efforts.
Chukulait said the public-health team will follow up on procedural questions raised by council members, including how schools participate in Summer EBT and how community groups can request WINGS race inclusion. She identified Jeff Tucker in the community outreach program as a primary contact for groups that want to be added to the schedule.
Why it matters: WINGS events and accompanying outreach help sustain community fitness and targeted health programs such as school sealant and fluoride visits from mobile dental units discussed elsewhere in the meeting.
Discussion and follow-up: Council members asked for contact information and asked that outreach materials be routed to the chief’s office and then disseminated to all council liaisons. Chukulait agreed to provide additional details about Summer EBT application or sign-up procedures at a future meeting.
Ending: Members thanked Chukulait for the report and the handout of the 2025 WINGS schedule.
