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Implementing Healthy People 2020
CDC's Healthy Communities Program
February Heart Month - learn hands on CPR and save a life
National Nutrition Month 2012 - Get Your Plate in Shape
SD Game, Fish and Parks Events Calendar- looking for fun activities for the family or other groups? Check this out. Check this out!
SD Game, Fish and Parks outdoor learning activities - see what's available.
National Council on Aging - improving the health of older adults
Champions for Healthy Kids - General Mills Foundation grants available for community-based groups that develop creative ways to help youth adopt a balanced diet and physically active lifestyle
Communities
How Healthy is Your Concession Stand?
CLICK HERE and be one of the first to invest in healthier options for concessions at youth sporting events.
The new Healthy SD Concessions Model Policy is your guide to serving healthier items - outlining foods and beverages that are green-light good and those red-light items that should be avoided. You'll find tips and strategies to help you overcome common barriers, put a plan in place, and you can request FREE marketing materials to help promote your healthier selections!
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Data for Communities The County Health Rankings website provides information, data and a snapshot of a county's health as a starting point for investigating ways to improve health. The new 2011 America’s Health Rankings is intended to stimulate action by individuals, elected officials, health professionals, employers, educators and communities to improve the health of the U.S. |
Trailhead Markers and Signs for Communities
The Department of Health, with funding from a federal Communities Putting Prevention to Work grant, has awarded 18 communities and organizations across the state with 54 trailhead markers and signs. The intent is to recognize and help promote local trails and at the same time encourage their use and increase physical activity. Watch this site, Facebook, and local community media for more information on the signs project.
Check this listing for information about trails in your area.
Nutrition Communicators Network: Community Partners
The USDA/CNPP Nutrition Communicators Network (“Partnership”) provides an opportunity for different communities and different organizations to join together in helping promote the new message for the Dietary Guidelines for Americans called ChooseMyPlate.gov.
Community Partners will make up a primary partner category encompassing most members. Community Partners can commit to any level of involvement to promote the Dietary Guidelines and it’s message, “Choose My Plate”. Learn more about how you can become a Community Partner!
The Community Guide: What Works to Promote Health - free resources to help communities choose programs and policies that improve health and prevent disease.
Join American's More Matters Pledge to Fight Obesity
Strides to a Healthier Worksite
Nourish Life.org - an educational initiative designed to open a meaningful conversation about food in school and communities.
Let's Move - a comprehensive initiative, launched by the First lady and dedicated to solving the problem of obesity within a generation, so that children born today will up healthier and able to pursue their dreams. Communities play a big part in this initiative. Learn more:
Alliance for a Healthier Generation funding opportunities - list of available funding opportunities for schools, athletic teams, and community organizations
You're It. Get Fit! President's Challenge
Bringing Health Information to the Community (National Network of Libraries of Medicine)
5P Strategies and Tactics - a comprehensive approach to increasing physical activity in a community. Learn more.