Several North Country community-based projects will share $32,000 in funding from the New York State Department of Health to support environmental changes to increase local physical activity and improved nutrition.

The funding as a part of the Creating Healthy Places to Live, Work and Play Project.

Communities receiving support include:

• Brasher-Stockholm Recreation Commission, to provide playground equipment for an area near the community center in Brasher Falls.

• Cerebral Palsy Association of the North Country, for winter recreation and exercise equipment for new fitness programming.

• St. Joseph’s Home in Ogdensburg, to purchase materials to expand the residents vegetable garden.

• SLC NYSARC, for winter recreation equipment for its Dodge Pond Lodge to support new winter programming.

• Massean Nature Center, to help fund youth-sized cross-country ski equipment.

• Massena Recreation Department, to supply outdoor basketball equipment for the Clark Street Park.

• Mohawk Indian Housing Corporation, for playground equipment for its Iroquois Village Apartment complex in Rooseveltown.

• Town of DeKalb, to fund playground equipment for a park in DeKalb Junction.

• Crary Mills Playground Association, to provide equipment for the park.

To receive the funding, municipalities and organizations without comprehensive tobacco-free policies in place are working with St. Lawrence County’s Tobacco Program to write and pass a policy.

With the newest round of grants, Creating Healthy Places in St. Lawrence County has supported nearly 50 community-based projects since its inception in October of 2010.