October Healthy Hometown eNews

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October, 2011                Vol. VII, Issue 7                      Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page.   

 

"Good for YOUR Body. Great for EVERY Body."

You should be seeing and hearing this message all throughout the community on TV, radio, in newspapers and on buses and billboards.  “Good for YOUR Body. Great for EVERY Body” is the theme of the new Mayor’s Healthy Hometown social marketing campaign.  Designed to show the community just how far we have come in working together to make the healthier choice the easier choice, the campaign focuses on a number of exciting local initiatives including healthier food in schools, easier access to physical activity through access to our parks and the Louisville Loop, and efforts to eliminate food deserts in our community through development of Healthy in a Hurry Corner Stores and Farmers Markets.

Developed with the help of local research including neighborhood focus groups, the campaign includes an easy to access website, www.comeoneverybody.org, which provides specific information about how to be more active and engaged in the community’s efforts to be healthier.

The campaign also includes many local residents so look closely…you may see one of your own friends or neighbors!

The campaign is made possible with support from the Department of Health and Human Services to help further the work of the Healthy Hometown Movement.

 
Congratulations To All Healthy Hometown Grant Recipients!
As part of the Mayor’s Healthy Hometown Partnership meeting in September, Health Department Director, Dr. LaQuandra Nesbitt, presented $50,000 in Healthy Hometown Grants to 18 worthy organizations. The grants, ranging from $1,240 to $5,000, will be used to help develop and promote physical activity and healthy eating programs in neighborhoods and to other targeted groups.  Since 2005, the Mayor’s Healthy Hometown has awarded nearly $450,000 to 90 organizations.

For more information about next year’s application process, contact SteVon.Edwards@louisvilleky.gov or call 574-8661.

Congratulations to this year’s recipients:

Catholic Enrichment Center 
Funds will be used for the Healthy Habits Program, an initiative of nutrition and fitness classes.

CHOICE Inc.            
Funds will be used for 28 weeks of walking and nutrition education sessions for young people ages 13 to 17 living in lower-income communities.

Community Farm Alliance
Funds will be used for monthly community cooking events in underserved areas using locally grown food.

Facts of Faith Fellowship Ministries  
Funds will be used for the Great Health Initiative tai chi classes and the Taste of Health nutrition program.

FEAT of Louisville
Funds will be used for physical activity programming and counseling for children with autism.

Food Literacy Project              
Funds will be used for scholarships to students for farm visits and agriculture education.

Fourth Avenue United Methodist Church 
Funds will be used for the Fresh Stop food distribution program.

Girls on the Run Louisville 
Funds will be used for a 5K training and character building among young women.

La Casita Center           
Funds will be used for a Spanish language exercise and nutrition program for women.

Lighthouse Promise Inc.             
Funds will be used for a culinary arts program and an exercise initiative.

New Roots, Inc.            
Funds will be used for a food distribution program

Portland Orchard Project            
Funds will be used for a community garden project in Portland neighborhood.

Runners on a Mission     
Funds will be used for an incremental marathon training program for youth in grades 4 and 5.

Shacklette Elementary School PTA            
Funds will be used for a school garden project

Shawnee Neighborhood Association           
Funds will be used for the "Garden of Principles" community garden.

South Central Kentucky Kids on the Block          
Funds will be used for an educational puppet troupe focusing on childhood obesity prevention.

Sustainable Agriculture of Louisville             
Funds will be used for student scholarships to summer gardening camp and urban agriculture fellowships.

Trainers for Kids             
Funds will be used for Group training programs in several JCPS schools

 

New Mayor's Mile at Algonquin Park
The newly refurbished Algonquin Park now sports a new Mayors Mile thanks to Councilwoman Mary Woolridge and Metro Parks. The new “Mile” was dedicated on October 1st as part of a celebration to recognize all of the new enhancements to the Olmstead park, which includes a new children’s play area.  Mayor Greg Fischer and Public Health & Wellness Director Dr. LaQuandra Nesbitt were on hand to help kick-off the new enhancements.  For more information about how to get a Mayor’s Mile in your neighborhood, contact marigny.bostock@louisvilleky.gov

 

Healthy Hometown Hike is October 15th
Join Mayor Fischer at this year’s Mayor’s Healthy Hometown Hike at Jefferson Memorial Forest on Saturday, October 15th at 10:00 am. Participants can choose from several trails with varying degrees of difficulty.  The Hike is timed to try to take advantage of all of the beautiful fall colors. The first 500 attendees will receive a free t-shirt! Go to www.louisvilleky.gov/healthyhometown for more information.


***A Special Invitation to Learn More About "Friends of Louisville Metro Health & Wellness"***
If you have a keen interest in the health and wellness of our community, wish to cultivate experience working with a not-for-profit organization and have a few volunteer hours per month to donate, you may be just the person we are looking for to become part of the "Friends of Louisville Metro Health and Wellness" Foundation. "Friends" goals are to raise awareness of and support for the efforts of the Department of Public Health & Wellness and its many partners through friend- and fund raising efforts to aid programs that improve infant mortality, fight obesity, respond to disasters, and encourage healthy parenting, just to name a few.

"Friends" also works closely with the Mayor's Healthy Hometown Movement to make the healthier choice the easier choice for everyone in our community.
If you would like to know more about "Friends," its mission, goals, policies and committee opportunities, please contact "Friends" Chairman, Michael Auslander, DVM, MSPH at mausland@netzero.net or 502-493-0086.

Upcoming Mayor’s Healthy Hometown Movement Committee Meetings
Food In Neighborhoods Nov. 7, 5:30pm Downtown YMCA
Schools Oct. 18, 10am Gheens Academy
Worksite Wellness Oct. 20, 8am Baptist East Milestone

Step Up, Louisville! Program Committee

 Oct. 18, 10am LMPHW

Contact marigny.bostock@louisvilleky.gov for more information.

Upcoming Healthy Hometown Events:

Discover the Loop October 22nd
Everyone is invited to the next Discover the Louisville Loop event. Join in the festivities on Market Street on Saturday Oct. 22 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.  It’s “Good for EveryBody!” Festivities include:
- Guided tours of the Louisville Loop beginning in Shawnee Park
- Free bike rides on the NEW bike lanes on Market Street
- “Food Fights” sponsored by the YMCA
- Tours of the NEW Loop to the Loop bus.
- Walk and Talk sessions on the NEW Market Street Mayor’s Mile
- Free bicycle safety sessions
- Food sampling outside the Healthy in a Hurry store at Amy and Market Streets
- A preview of business districts improvements coming to Market Street
For more information, go to www.louisvilleky.gov/healthyhometown. To volunteer, contact LPPW Outreach Manager Nina Walfoort at Walfoort@hotmail.com.

Active Living Conference on Advocacy to be held on October 25
If you want to improve sidewalks in your neighborhood, add a bike lane or change a state law, learn more about how to do it during the Active Living Conference on October 25, 4:30-6pm in the Health Dept Forum, 400 East Gray Street. There will be panels on legislative leadership and policy advocacy featuring two local legislators:
- 9th District Council Member Tina Ward-Pugh
- State Rep. Mary Lou Marzian, 34th District
For more information or to RSVP, contact Marigny.Bostock@louisvilleky.gov.

The Mayor’s Healthy Hometown Movement News is designed to keep you informed of important Healthy Hometown Happenings as well as create a communications connection for all Healthy Hometown partners and interested participants.  We encourage you to share any news, events and updates generated through your organizations and efforts --all part of the Mayor’s goal to make this one of the healthiest communities in America.

To submit information for publication consideration, please DO NOT HIT REPLY. Send edited items, including specific dates and times for events to smlcomm@att.net. Please include any pertinent web links and an e-mail source for more information.

This is a publication of the Mayor’s Healthy Hometown Movement and is distributed through the Louisville Metro Department of Public Health and Wellness.  Please feel free to share this newsletter with anyone who has an interest in a healthy community. If you do not wish to receive this newsletter please notify us at marigny.bostock@louisvilleky.gov.