 Well, hundreds of people gathered in Brainerd today with a common goal, to better the health and happiness of residents of Crowing County. Crowing Energized held its fourth annual Health and Wellness Summit that brought out over 200 community members and organization leaders from the community. Reporter Rachel Johnson has more. Crowing Energized has an annual tradition to invite the community to come together with the goal of making Crowing County healthier and happier. The Crowing Energized Summit is always about increasing health in our community. We do that through some different goal groups like mental health and healthy choices. This year, Crowing Energized is focusing on positive behavior changes in order to turn the curve on healthier habits. Our keynote speaker was actually walking us through a process of coming up with some new ideas on how to impact health in Crowing County. This is the sixth year of Crowing Energized hosting the summit, and over 200 people from around the community attend it. During the summit, Crowing Energized was recognized with a Trailblazer Award from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota. We have this Trailblazer award really to recognize innovation and health improvement across Minnesota. Blue Cross awarded Crowing Energized for their grassroots approach to bettering the health of the community. A group like Crowing Energized, which takes the community in a really grassroots approach, can do a lot to advance the health of that community beyond what the traditional health care system can do. At the summit, Crowing Energized focused on four goal groups, healthy choices, mental fitness, workplace wellness and the community connections. Basically, there's four really important thematic areas to the community, and some of them have actually not improved. So it's really critical at this juncture that there are other ways of tackling creative problem solving. The organizers really want to drive home that it is a community effort. Our goal is always not just to have conversations amongst professionals, but also amongst community members too. It's really important that all of the stakeholders, A, speak to each other because it's a system. It's an ecosystem, so nobody can do it on their own. Crowing Energized knows that change doesn't happen overnight, but when the community comes together, healthy changes can happen. Reporting from Brainerd, Rachel Johnson, Lakeland News. Crowing Energized is holding a presentation on its Make It OK program and how they're working to reduce the stigma of mental illness. The presentation will be held at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, March 5th at Brainerd High School. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.