Lapeer County Health Department

10/15/2026

09/28/2026

09/28/2026

🚨LAPEER COUNTY🚨

We are sharing a little sneak peek of our October newsletter with you: "The Creepy Crawlies Edit," prepared by our public health educator! In this edition of our CD Newsletter, we're covering these topics:
🐜Tick Bite and Lyme Disease Prevention
💈Getting Rid of Head Lice
🦇Rabies Prevention
😷Measles in Michigan

When our newsletter is officially published, there will be a couple of changes:
🖱The QR codes will be clickable buttons in the PDF we post on our website. Our health educator brought these to an outreach event over the weekend and swapped the buttons for QR codes for accessibility.

📊There will be an additional page, "CD Numbers," as we're waiting for the Michigan Disease Surveillance System to release the next quarter's numbers.

We hope this is a fun, festive, and interesting read!

09/28/2026

Community outreach events are a blast with our health educator. Engaging all ages in health education and literacy is her specialty!

Check out the relay race she set up at the Dryden Elementary Wellness Fair! This relay is part of her “Habits for Heart Health” billboard campaign, launching in Imlay City in mid-October!

Play for fun! Play for your health!

09/28/2026

Wow! We had so much fun at the Dryden Elementary Wellness Fair last Saturday!

Racing community friends in our relay was a BLAST, as well as sharing essential community resources and prevention education.

We hope to see you next year, Dryden community!

09/24/2026

PLAY FOR YOUR HEALTH

Dryden Schools families, the Lapeer County Health Department will be attending your Saturday wellness event offering relay races (like this one) for prizes!! No age restrictions!

We want to share our love of play by playing with you! Play keeps you young and healthy. Why not have a little fun by participating?

We can’t wait to see you there!

09/22/2026

Share widely!

💬 What does our community need most? We want to hear from YOU!

If you live in Huron, Lapeer, Sanilac, or Tuscola County, please take HDC’s 2026 Community Needs Assessment survey by October 1!

From affordable housing and child care to making ends meet, your experiences help us understand local needs and shape HDC’s future priorities.

You don’t have to receive HDC services to participate. We value your perspective and want to hear what matters to you!

👉 Take the survey: https://su.vc/can2026

Please share this post to help more of our neighbors be heard. 💙

For questions, concerns, or feedback outside the survey, call 800-843-6394 or connect with us through hdc-caro.org. Facebook is not monitored as an official customer service or feedback channel.

09/22/2026

Calling all middle school students! Make an in-school LEAF deposit for a chance to win a great prize on each of your four Deposit Days! Your next Deposit Day is listed below. 💰🎉

Ruth Fox Middle School- available up to 7th grade on 9/22
Chatfield School- available to 5th-7th grades only on 9/22
Almont Community Schools, Almont Middle School PTSO - available to all AMS students up to 7th grade only on 9/29
Dryden Community Schools- available to Jr./Sr. school only on 9/29
Rolland-Warner Campus- available to all students on 10/8
St Paul Lapeer PTO- available to 5th-7th grades only on 10/13
Imlay City Middle School- available up to 7th grade on 10/29
Zemmer- 7th grade only on October 6

09/21/2026

September 18, 2026, a Tuscola County resident was diagnosed with measles. Because Lapeer and Tuscola Counties share a border, we want to provide you with facts about measles.

It's important that you look into and decide whether [MMR] vaccination is right for you and your loved ones. Contact your physician or call to talk with one of our nurses. MMR vaccine is available through your physician, local pharmacies or the Lapeer County Health Department. Please call the health department at 810-667-0448.

09/21/2026

Residents of Huron, Lapeer, Sanilac, and Tuscola Counties are eligible to participate in filling out this survey in exchange for UP TO 5 entries into our raffle for $50 Walmart gift cards.
There are 40 gift cards available, and the raffle closes this Friday, 9/25/2026.

Good luck!
(link in Sanilac County Health Department original post)

We need your input! Please help us by completing the following survey!

This survey is put on in partnership with the Michigan Thumb Public Health Alliance

www.surveymonkey.com/r/ThumbHealth26