Archive for July, 2009

Recreation Month Odds and Ends

I’ll be off next week, so this is my last post for National Recreation Month.  It’s a little of everything—a couple conferences and some tools to help make your community a more active place   Bicycling is a great way to get some exercise and enjoy your community.  But it’s important to be safe about it.  [...]

July 30, 2009 · KJacobson · No Comments
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More Grants for Recreation Programs

It seems like there a LOT of grant opportunities out there if you’re interested in a recreation program in your community.  I’ve been highlighting these opportunities in my posts this month because they can be a great tool to help your community combat obesity by providing people with recreational opportunities and other ways to be more [...]

July 28, 2009 · KJacobson · No Comments
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Funding for Recreation Programs

It’s another in my series of posts in honor of National Recreation Month.  Here are some grants that may help your community develop or improve recreation programs and address obesity problems.   The NFL Youth Football Fund Grassroots Program provides non-profit organizations, middle schools and high schools with financing and technical assistance to improve the [...]

July 22, 2009 · KJacobson · No Comments
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Prevention, Wellness and… Recreation!

Today I’m focusing on prevention and wellness, but with a recreation twist, because July IS National Recreation Month.   It’s summertime (at least according to the calendar—you wouldn’t know it from the weather around here!) and many of us are wearing sandals and flip flops.  But, according to UW Health, “wearing them could be disastrous [...]

July 20, 2009 · KJacobson · No Comments
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I Know I Should Do Something About HIT, But How Do I Pay For It??

Health information technology projects can be expensive, which is a reason many rural providers are lagging behind urban areas in implementing HIT.  Here are some resources to assist you.   As I’m sure you’ve heard, the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA, also known as the stimulus package) has money for all kinds of [...]

July 16, 2009 · KJacobson · No Comments
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Recreation Resources to Fight Obesity

In the spirit of National Recreation Month, here are more resources you can tap to help make your community more active and to help fight obesity.   The Cigna Foundation awards grants in several categories, including obesity awareness and prevention.  They look for proposals that: demonstrate a unique approach, address a clearly identified need, maintain [...]

July 9, 2009 · KJacobson · No Comments
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July is National Recreation Month

It’s also Anti-Boredom Month!  I’m going to focus some of my posts over the next few weeks on resources to fight obesity and other results of a lack of activity, including reports and tools you might find interesting.   In case we needed to be reminded of the growing obesity problem, a report published earlier [...]

July 6, 2009 · KJacobson · No Comments
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