LIVE WRIGHT NEWS

Pitch the Commissioner - July 31st!

On behalf of Wright County Public Health and Live Wright, we invite you to the 2nd stop on the Commissioner of Healths Pitch the Commissioner tour in Minnesota! The Minnesota Commissioner of Health, Ed Ehlinger will visit Wright County to throw some shoes at the horseshoe pits located within the Beebe Lake Regional Park. This will take place on July 31, 2012 from 10:00am to 11:30pm. We are excited at the opportunity to host the Commissioner and highlight the many things Wright County has to offer. It would mean a great deal to Wright County Public Health and Live Wright if you can attend this important event. ***In case of bad weather, we will be meeting at Discovery Elementary, Buffalo***

JULY 2012
In This Edition:
Pitch with the Commish Letters Needed from CLT members and Community Partners Strategic Planning Session a Success! 2012 Walk to School Day News & Stories about Health

Vid Pik for July 2012 Im Farming and I Grow It

Live Wright Applying for a Community Transformation Grant - Small Communities Program!
This is a federal grant, through the Centers for Disease and Control (CDC) and is due by July 31st. Our focus for this grant is to build upon our work done during the Statewide Health Improvement Program (SHIP). We plan on applying for $400,000 over two years. A requirement for this grant is to provide letters of commitment from our Community Leadership Team members and also have our partners write letters of support. Please consider helping us and submitting a letter. A template will be shared to assist you in developing a letter. We ask that these are submitted by July 26th.

Live Wright: Healthy School Initiative

Our July 12th strategic planning meeting has provided us with some vision and direction. The meeting was setup to generate an idea or two for us to work on, for both nutrition and movement. The discussion didnt allow us time to develop ideas for the movement component of our initiative. We will revisit this soon, but for now have 2 tasks at hand. With the help of subcommittees, we will be working to; 1. Create a healthy food/reward/expert list, to be disseminated to local school districts. 2. Work with local school districts in an effort to have a school garden on at least one school site within each school district. If you would like to help Live Wright and be on a subcommittee, you are welcome to. Just let us know, so that we can add you to the email list(s).

Looking Ahead - 2012 Walk to School Day

October 3rd is this years Walk to School Day. Registration is easy and we would be willing to work with you to help make your Walk to School Day a success. For more information, click here.

Latest News and Research on Obesity, Obesity Prevention

Minnesota Grown Pick of the Month - Blueberry & Raspberries Little sprouts learn big lessons (Star Tribune (7/4/2012) Table Talk - Blueberry Overload (Star Tribune 7/5/2012) Better eating is a tall order (Star Tribune 7/10/2012) Study: More TV Linked to Larger Waists, Weaker Legs for Kids (ABC News 7/16/2012) NYCs fat ban paying off (CNN/Health 7/16/2012)