Obesity and Wellness Much is being done

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Obesity and WellnessMuch is being done
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SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK

• Mission To educate and involve individuals to
  end hunger and alleviate malnutrition in our
  communities. Second Harvest provides food to
  approximately 43,000 individuals a month through
  a network of 160 agencies and programs throughout
  Santa Cruz and San Benito Counties and the Pajaro
  Valley
• Works on food access and food stamp legislation
  to assist low income communities

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Food Bank for Monterey County

• Mission To lead community efforts in the
  awareness and elimination of hunger in Monterey
  County. Distribution of food throughout the
  County by several means
• (1) Agency Clearinghouse, a network of
  approximately 80 non-profit food assistance
  agencies (2) direct giving programs such as
  Emergency Food Assistance, Food for Children, and
  the Family Market
• 6 tons of produce distributed last year

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United Way of Santa Cruz

• Mission To improve the lives of the people of
  Santa Cruz County by convening the community to
  identify and seek solutions to their needs and by
  efficiently raising funds for the human care
  programs we support.

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United Way/Go for Health!

• Go for Health is a five year plan that provides a
  community blueprint for Santa Cruz County policy
  makers, funding agencies, schools, parents,
  community based organizations, health care, food
  industry, businesses and the media to take action
  to improve childrens health though health
  eating, regular physical activity and changing
  community norms.
• Committees Wellness Policies and Councils,
  Workplace Wellness, Food Access, Environmental
  Change Built Environment.

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United Way of Monterey County

• Mission Engage the community and focus resources
  to improve lives in Monterey County.
• Programs Workplace Wellness, Wellness Policies,
  Healthy Food Choices, Workplace Wellness Award,
  MC Childrens Council

• Success By 6 is United Way's early childhood
  initiative to help children to be prepared and
  ready to learn when they enter school. It brings
  together non-traditional partners from the public
  and private sectors to focus the community's
  attention on the importance of early childhood
  development to help young children succeed in
  kindergarten and for life.

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Monterey County Health DepartmentNutrition
Programs

• Mission Working to enhance, promote and protect
  the health of Monterey County's individuals,
  families, communities and environment.

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Central Coast Nutrition Network

• Mission To create innovative partnerships so
  that low-income Californians are enabled to adopt
  healthy eating and physical activity patterns as
  part of a healthy lifestyle

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Nutrition Network-Programs

• The Nutrition Network provides administrative
  support to the regional NFCCC collaborative
• Facilitates nutrition education.
• Trainings for Members
• Implements 5 a Day Campaigns
• Physical Activity School Training Programs

• Worksite Wellness Program to promote produce
  consumption activity
• California 5 a Day Retail Program-Produce in
  Neighborhood Stores
• California Latino 5 a Day Campaign
• California Childrens 5 a Day-Power Play!
  Campaign-9 to 11 yrs olds/Food Stamp Families

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California Project LEAN

• California Project LEAN is a joint program of the
  California Department of Health Services and the
  Public Health Institute focusing on youth
  empowerment, policy and environmental change
  strategies, and community-based solutions. CPLs
  mission is to increase healthy eating and
  physical activity to reduce the prevalence of
  obesity and chronic diseases such as heart
  disease, cancer, stroke, osteoporosis, and
  diabetes.

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The Nutrition and Fitness Collaborative of the
Central Coast

• Mission To Promote and advocate for developments
  that foster healthy lifestyle behaviors, with an
  emphasis on nutrition and physical activity, to
  prevent the rising trend of obesity and related
  chronic disease in Monterey, San Benito and Santa
  Cruz Counties, especially for low-income
  populations.

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STEPS to a Healthier Salinas

• The Steps to a Healthier Salinas program aims to
  help Salinass residents live longer, better, and
  healthier lives by reducing the burden of
  diabetes, overweight, obesity, and asthma and
  addressing three related risk factors physical
  inactivity, poor nutrition, and tobacco use.
• Committees Local Food Access, School Wellness,
  Built Environment, Worksite Wellness.

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Boys Girls Clubs of Monterey County

• Mission To inspire and empower the youth of
  Monterey County to realize their full potential
  to become responsible, healthy, productive and
  successful citizens.
• Wellness Policies, After School PE, Healthier
  Foods, In-School Programs.

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• YMCA of Monterey County

The YMCA of Monterey County is a fellowship
based on Christian values, whose mission is to
provide opportunities which promote healthy
spirit, mind and body through programs,
services, activities and leadership available to
the entire community. After School Programs at
Club and at Schools
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Central Coast Center for Independent Living

• Mission CCCIL promotes the independence of
  people with disabilities by supporting their
  equal and full participation in community life.
  CCCIL provides advocacy, education and support to
  all people with disabilities, their families and
  the community.

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Monterey County Area of Aging

• The Area Agency on Aging (AAA) is the lead agency
  in Monterey County for funding services to meet
  the diverse needs of seniors. The AAA is a part
  of the Monterey County Department of Social
  Services.

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ACTION Council of Monterey County

• -Mission To enhance the quality of life and
  empower the people of Monterey County . Role is
  as advocate, incubator, facilitator, convener and
  collaborator in developing the necessary
  resources to create positive community change.
• - Created Monterey County Childhood Obesity
  Study

• ADVOCACY
• COMMUNITY
• TRANSFORMATION
• INCUBATING
• ORGANIZING
• NETWORKING

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La Manzana Community Resources

• Mission La Manzana Community Resources connects
  people and services. Our activities respect all
  cultures and support families in creating a
  strong, safe, and healthy community. A bilingual,
  bicultural community resource center serving
  mostly low-income residents of Watsonville and
  Pajaro Valley
• Summer Lunch. Nutrition 5 A Day. Nutrition
  Counseling. Lactation Center.

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Life Lab Science Program

• Life Lab Science Program is a nonprofit
  organization and has been working in the field of
  science and environmental education for over
  twenty years. The organization helps schools
  develop gardens where children can create "living
  laboratories" for the study of the natural world.
  
• Nutrition Education/Ag Ed/Gardening

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Agriculture Land-Based Training Association
(ALBA)

• Mission The mission of the Agriculture and
  Land-Based Training Association is to advance
  economic viability, social equity and ecological
  land management among limited-resource and
  aspiring farmers.
• Communities Served Latin American immigrants,
  Spanish-speaking farmers, and other immigrants.
• Local Foods in Local Institutions- Working with
  Universities and schools to provide FRESH organic
  produce.

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Farm to Fork

• The Community Alliance with Family Farmers is
  building a movement of rural and urban people to
  foster family-scale agriculture that cares for
  the land, sustains local economies and promotes
  social justice.
• CAFFs Farm-to-School program brings fresh,
  locally-grown, and unprocessed fruits and
  vegetables into school cafeterias across
  California
• School gardens, nutrition education, cooking,
  teacher training, food access, ag ed, after
  school programs, wellness policies, farmers
  markets.

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• CSUMB Farm To School Partnership
• Mission Inspire healthy eating by promoting
  understanding of agriculture through garden-based
  education by linking local farms to school
  meals.
• Teacher trainings, field trips, school gardens,
  wellness policies, advocates local produce in
  school meals, salad bars, farmers markets.

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• Big Sur Marathons Just Run

JUST RUN Monterey County is a FREE program funded
by the Big Sur International Marathon and
private donations. The goal is to promote
fitness and healthy lifestyles in the 2nd to 8th
grades. Recently received the CA Governors
Award for Physical Fitness
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San Benito County

• San Benito County Health Human Services
• Nutrition Education, Wellness Policies, Physical
  Activity, School Gardens, Food Access, Obesity
  Prevention

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• Monterey County Office of Education
• -Curriculum Development
• -Head Start/Migrant Education
• -After School Programs-Arts, Gardens, PE
• -Parent Ed-Head Start/Migrant Ed
• -Teacher Training
• Provides leadership, technical assistance and
  training for 24 districts in Monterey County, to
  assist them meet educational goals for K-12.

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Other major wellness and obesity prevention
program providers.

• USC Extension Programs- Wellness, gardening,
  physical activity programs
• Hunger Coalition- Legislative Advocacy
• American Cancer Society
• American Heart Association
• Diabetes Health Center
• Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System
• Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula
• School and Community Farmers Markets
• Ag Against Hunger and MC Ag Education
• and the schools throughout the tri-county area.

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Legislation Funding Samples

• CA Governor providing schools with funding for
  school gardens, physical activity, arts, teacher
  training AND for FRESH Start produce in school
  breakfasts.
• Food Stamps accepted at Farmers Markets
• Banning of junk food and sodas in school vending
  machines.
• NYC, Philadelphia banning trans-fats in all foods
  served and sold.
• Mc Donalds, KFC and others taking trans-fats out
  of kitchens.
• LA City Council passes Wellness/Food Policies for
  public agencies.
• NYC-FREE Fresh Produce and Bodegas in Harlem
  Bronx. Buy 1 get one free.
• Sodexo Preferred Meals offer Healthy Fare and
  Salad Bars in Schools.

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