Fighting Obesity With Physical Activity Programs

May is National Physical Fitness and Sports Month  and it’s an excellent opportunity to promote physical activity in your community.  As anyone interested in health issues (or anyone, period) knows, obesity is an increasing problem and tends to be even more of a problem in rural areas.  The opportunities for physical activity are generally more [...]

May 7, 2010  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: Grant Advice, Reports and Studies  5 Comments

Nutrition, Wellness and Development

Well, it’s the last day of National Nutrition Month.  What, you didn’t know it was National Nutrition Month?  Apparently, you don’t read my blog on a regular basis!  I thought I’d put up one more post on the topic of nutrition.  While the goal of a healthy diet is to improve our health, nutrition can [...]

March 31, 2010  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: Grant Advice, Reports and Studies, Training and Tools  One Comment

Diabetes Month Continued

It’s been a while since I posted; unfortunately H1N1 hit me!  But I’m back with more diabetes education and prevention resources. 
 
Leading a healthy lifestyle, including physical activity, is important for diabetes management and prevention.  Home Depot is awarding gift cards up to $2,500 through their Building Healthy Communities program.  They will select proposals that [...]

November 17, 2009  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Grant Advice, Training and Tools  No Comments

Health and Economic Development

The Green Lake Area Health and Wellness Coalition: (first row) Melissa Sonntag, Green Lake County Health & Human Services; Molly Spaulding, UW-Extension; Mary Mellenthin, Ripon Medical Center; Kathy Munsey, Green Lake County Health Officer; (back row) Danelle Phillips, Ripon Medical Center; Ellen Koeppen, Green Lake Chamber of Commerce; Lindsey Loewe, Health & Human Services; Marilyn [...]

November 5, 2009  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: Grant Advice, Program Updates, Reports and Studies  One Comment

American Diabetes Month

 
  
 
 
 
 

In case you missed it, November is American Diabetes Month; I’ll report on resources related to diabetes education, treatment and reduction throughout the month, including nutrition and physical activity.
 
I mentioned in earlier posts that I spent a couple weeks traveling around the state, meeting with groups that receive an Office of Rural Health Community Grant.  [...]

October 30, 2009  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: Grant Advice, Program Updates, Reports and Studies, Training and Tools  One Comment

Fall Grants and Other Resources

And by Fall I mean Autumn, not fall prevention grants.  Although there are opportunities out there for that.  I’m still catching up after making 10 site visits to communities that received our Rural Community Grants.  It’s great to have the opportunity to travel Wisconsin in the fall, but it’s nice to be back in Madison.  [...]

October 21, 2009  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Grant Advice, Reports and Studies, Training and Tools  No Comments

October Grants

I’ve been pretty busy lately and haven’t had a lot of time to post.  I’ve been traveling around the state visiting with groups that we awarded our Community Grants.  I’ve met some great people and heard about some very interesting projects.  I’ll provide more details later (including pictures!).  I want to let you know about [...]

October 8, 2009  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: Grant Advice, Program Updates  No Comments

Catching Up With Conferences

I’m still catching up on posts; here are some conferences.  Sorry that some of these are kind of last minute.  The good news is that many of these are right here in Wisconsin.  

August is Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month; VSP, a vision insurance plan, funds Sight for Students to provide free eye exams and [...]

August 28, 2009  Tags: , , , , , ,   Posted in: Conferences and Webinars, Grant Advice  No Comments

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.  A report [...]

July 30, 2009  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: Conferences and Webinars, Grant Advice, Reports and Studies, Training and Tools  No Comments

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  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Grant Advice  No Comments