StrongWomen Across America: Changing One Life at a Time

What can we do about it?

What is a Change Club?

• Step 1. Form a Change Club.Learn more about how to establish a Change Club in your town.

• Step 2. Assess your Community.Find out how to gather information about the elements within your town that support or hinder community members’ ability to lead healthy lives with respect to food and physical activity.

• Step 3. Select an Issue.Facilitate your Change Club through a participatory process to select an issue that everyone feels passionate about.

• Step 4. Create A Plan.Follow this guide on how to create your Change Club’s road map to success!

• Step 5. Get to Work.Find more useful materials to help you with your change efforts.

StrongWomen Across America: Changing One Life at a Time

Central Peninsula Change Club (AK)

Noble Purpose

Increase physical activity in the community using the resources we have with the goal of changing social norms around physical activity (and nutrition). 

 

Projects• Built Environment

– Bridge Access Road- traffic calming and safety– Bicycle crossing safety

• Facility full-use– Senior Center- Nikiski– High School Pools

• Exercise Brochure

Accomplishments to date

More Accomplishments

And one more

Choteau Change Club (MT)

Noble Purpose

Getting Started• Worked with civic groups and organizations

that Change Club members belonged to in order to start with small changes

• Worked with South Dakota to adapt their Munch Code for concessions document

• Made presentations to groups• Fall of 2012 there was a new school

concessions manager who came on board to use the Munch Code

Munch Code

Front Page News!• We are in the process of tabulating

the amount of fruit served this year

• We know it will be 100% more than the previous year

• We are in the process of tabulating how many whole wheat buns were used

• We know it will be 100% more than the previous year

• We are beginning to analyze the profit compared to previous years

• We have completed a customer survey.

Fort Collins Change Club (CO)

Noble Purpose

To create and support positive food environments across all

generations throughout

Fort Collins where the norm is to make the healthy choice the easy

choice through community education and practice.

Projects

• Focused on the food environment at Senior meetings and after church coffee- healthy snacks

• Potlucks

• They have joined other groups

The Heartland Change Club of Pratt, Kansas

Our Noble Purpose:“To provide healthy food and beverages and increase

time spent in active play for children in after school programs in Pratt.”

Working with Dr. Nelson

Beyond the Bell

Pizza Quesadillas!

Revised Menu

Training done, challenge just begun.

Barton County

Change Club

The Dream……The Barton County Change Club consists of 18 people who meet together monthly to work toward our goals:

Safe Access to Physical Activity• Safe Streets

– Policy change

• Wellness and Education Center– Building for the future

Nobel Purpose: To improve the health and wellness of Clinton school children by:

1) increasing active transport to and from school and 2) implementing a healthy food environment and policy.

ProjectsPolicy and Awareness Clinton School District

Accomplishments to date

More Accomplishments

The Journey Continues

Team Training with Dr. Nelson November 2011

Change Club Noble Purpose: To foster an environment where the healthy choice is the easy choice throughout the West End

Projects:* Restaurant Healthy Options* Community Workshops* Grocery Store Tours

Community Workshops

Community Workshops

Contact Information

• (logo here) Jodi Drake

jdrake@ksu.edu

(logo here) Angela Flickinger

FLICKING@co.rock.wi.us

• (logo here) Dawn Olson

dmo1@psu.edu

(logo here) Linda Tannehill

lktannehill@alaska.edu

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has. Margaret Mead