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Nutrition and Physical Activity Coalition | MAUI COUNTY |
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UPCOMING MEETINGS
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MAY - 2012
Worksite Wellness Task Force 12:00 - 1:30 PM, TUE Lihue Plantation Building (Behind First Hawaiian Bank on Rice Street) 17 MAY - 2012Built Environment Task Force 2:00 - 3:30 PM, THUR Pi`ikoi Building Conference Room A 22 MAY - 2012Kapaa Safe Routes To School 2:30 - 4:00 PM, TUE Pi`ikoi Building Conference Room A 24 MAY - 2012Steering Committee Meeting 1:00 - 2:30 PM, FRI Pi`ikoi Building Conference Room A |
NPAC - Get Fit KauaiFunded by the State of Hawaii Department of Health’s Healthy Hawai`i Initiative (HHI) through a contract with the University of Hawai`i at Manoa’s Office of Public Health Studies, John A. Burns School of Medicine, Get Fit Kauai, Kauai County Nutrition & Physical Activity Coalition (NPAC) first reconvened in March, 2009. The NPAC's, which operate on Maui and Kauai are charged with improving health in the areas of physical activity and nutrition through systems and environmental changes, based on the social-ecological model. Research has shown that it is through these types of changes that long-lasting health benefits are gained. Get Fit Kauai has developed the following task forces to address the coalition’s priority areas.
Worksite Wellness Task Force of Get Fit Kauai has completed a pilot worksite wellness program; the Mayor’s Walking Workbus (collaboration between GFK, County of Kauai, American Cancer Society and the Department of Health) and is currently working on a worksite wellness project, “On the Road to Wellness Challenge” that promotes policy and environmental change in the worksite. The School Task Force of Get Fit Kauai has formed and is presently working with a Countywide Safe Routes to School Team to develop a Safe Routes to Schools program. Members include elementary schools; County agencies, including Public Works, Planning, Kauai Police Department; and community organizations and individuals. The Access to Healthy Foods Task Force of Get Fit Kauai is concentrating on creating a project to promote policy change and access to healthy foods served in pre-schools. In addition, a program is underway to help SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) beneficiaries Eat Better Today and get locally fresh produce at Farmers’ Markets. A sub-committee is also working on efforts to promote Kauai Grown, the local farmers and locally grown produce, and to strengthen relationships between farmers, retailers, restaurants, and consumers. The Built Environment Task Force of Get Fit Kauai is focusing on developing the Complete Streets policy and ordinance since the establishment of the County Resolution in 2010. Work is also being done to educate the community on the concept and benefits of Complete Streets. Objectives and strategies for all task forces are driven from the Department of Health PAN Plan. A copy of that plan can be found at www.healthyhawaii.com We look forward to working with you in the future to improve the health of our community. We are compiling a directory listing Kauai resources currently providing services in physical activity, nutrition or other community services. If appropriate, please fill out this survey.
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NEWS - newsletter 23
JUNE - 2012
Mayor-a-thon 2012 Kapa'a Beach Park
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MAY - 2012
Kauai's last Walk to School Day of this school year Kapa'a & St. Catherine's Elementary Schools
GFK 2012 Annual Meeting
On March 30, 2011, Get Fit Kauai, Kauai’s Nutrition & Physical Activity Coalition, held its annual meeting celebration at the Kauai Beach Resort in Lihue. 73 people attended and heard remarkable updates from Get Fit Kauai Task Force Chairs. Guests also enjoyed a very inspiring presentation by our guest keynote speaker, Dr. Richard J, Jackson, MD, MPH, Professor and Chair of Environmental Health Sciences at the School of Public Health at the University of California, Los Angeles who spoke about designing healthy communities. Bev Brody, GFK coordinator recognized 4 community champions for their support towards Get Fit Kauai.
2-FOR-1 PROMOTION AT FARMER'S MARKETS
Program Starts February 1st for EBT Shoppers Starting February 1st, the Kaua‘i Independent Food Bank will launch a 2-for-1 promotion for the Eat Better Today (EBT) Farmer’s Market program, which will allow qualified recipients to buy twice as much food for each dollar spent using their EBT card.
Designing Healthy Communities
Television Miniseries To Air May 6th, 13th, 20th, 27th 2012 Designing Healthy Communities, a four-part public television miniseries highlighting best-practice design alternatives to improve our nation's public health. Richard Jackson, MD, MPH, looks at the impact the built environment has on obesity, diabetes, heart, asthma, cancer, and depression. Dr. Jackson connects bad community design with our country's burgeoning health costs, then analyzes and illustrates what citizens are doing about this urgent crisis. May 6: Retrofitting Suburbia. May 13: Rebuilding Places of the Heart. May 20: Social Policy in Concrete. May 27: Searching for Shangri-La
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| Mahalo for your interest in Get Fit Kauai- the Nutrition and Physical Activity Coalition of Kauai County. We may be reached at (808) 212-4765. You may also email us. |