Nutrition Wellness Program(NWP) adopts school vending guidelines to be applied to all Health and Human Services county sites to ensure healthy options are available at the work site.
The Nutrition Wellness Program participates in a pilot program for a State wide effort around “Communities of Excellence”(CX3) project. Via this project it maps three low income census tracts and provides a status report on access to healthy food options and safe, walkable neighborhoods in the three low income areas.
The Nutrition Wellness Program completes its Community of Excellence status report on Marin City, which shows that there are no qualifying healthy options within the community.
The Catch the Wellness Spirit! Conference hosted by NWP focuses on how schools can contribute to the health of our community and “Be Active from 9-95” stressing the importance of staying healthy and active at all ages.
The Nutrition Wellness Program celebrated its seventh year of collaboration with UC Cooperative Extension by providing nutrition education at Farm Day, which brings over 2,000 school children together to learn how to eat healthy and the benefits fruits and vegetables.
The NWP helps to develop the Obesity section of a report released by the Healthy Marin Partnership. Entitled The Pathways to Progress Community Needs Assessment and Plan 2008, it includes updated statistics, indicators and recommendations on three leading health issues in three major leading causes of death in Marin, alcohol/drugs, tobacco and obesity.
The Marin County DHHS’s Marin Health and Wellness Center a brand new health campus located in the Canal area of San Rafael is opened to the community and brings together both clinical and education programs to residents living in the Canal area. The NWP is one of the first health programs to begin offering once a month classes to families focusing on nutrition and physical activity education for low income populations including Latinos and Vietnamese/Asian Americans.
Nutrition Wellness Program becomes a regular guest on several Latino radio and television programs promoting ways to eat healthy and be active.
The Marin Nutrition and Physical Activity Collaborative’s name is changed to the Marin Wellness Collaborative. The Collaborative’s Steering Committee is restructured forming a “Leadership Council”, a cross disciplinary organization of community organizations committed to low-income population and the promotion of nutrition and fitness equity
FY 2008/2009
Bi-National Month and the Nutrition Wellness Program offered a workshop at the Health Fair to educate Latino on ways to be fit and eat healthy.
San Geronimo Health Fair worked with the Nutrition Wellness Program to create a booth of valuable community resources on eating healthy and being active. Harvest of the Month was the premiere campaign for the event.
The Nutrition Wellness Program, in conjunction with the Healthy Marin Partnership, provided a workshop at the Peer Summit concentrating on seventh graders and subjects of physical activity and nutritional choices.
Nutrition Wellness Program hosted a “mock famers market”for Early Childhood pre-school thru fifth graders teaching them how to choose healthy fruits and vegetables as part of our Eat a Rainbow of Fruits and Vegetables campaign.
The Nutrition Wellness Program trains its 300th educator via its’ Train the Trainer Program where educators and community leaders learn how to effectively spread the word about healthy eating and physical activity!
Nutrition Wellness Program in conjunction with Margaret Todd Senior Center facilitated an education workshop for Vietnamese seniors on tips to stay active at any age and important nutrition musts for the aging senior.
The Nutrition Wellness Department collaborates with the Farmers Market and Food Stamp Program to ensure that Electronic Balance Transfer (EBT) cards can be used at a variety of farmers markets around Marin County.
The third NWP appearance on Nuestros Niños Talk this year incorporated messages of healthy eating habits, reaching Latino populations most at risk for developing chronic diseases such as Type II Diabetes, etc.
The Nutrition Wellness Program’s latest tracking statistics estimates that the NWP reached over 16,380 individuals with nutrition education and physical activity information and materials over the past year.
Nutrition Wellness Department partners with the Marin County Free Library in Novato for it fourth time, promoting Champions for Change: Champion Moms, to inspire moms to make healthy family lifestyles a priority.
6,000 students participate in nutrition education projects at three different school sites for the third season. Here children learn about nutritious foods and staying active.
The Built Environment Conference in September investigated the surrounding Canal community structure for insight into how to increase access to healthy foods and safe walking and biking, particularly in low income populations. For highlights of that conference go to www.MarinBeHealthy.org
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