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LiveWell Colorado Announces Upcoming Webinar, "Keys to Sustainable Community Change: Highlights from the LiveWell Colorado Community Initiatives Report"
Learn How to Build and Sustain Programs Focused on Reducing Obesity
| Source: LiveWell Colorado
DENVER, CO--(Marketwire - June 17, 2009) - LiveWell Colorado (www.livewellcolorado.org), a
non-profit organization committed to reducing obesity in Colorado by
inspiring healthy eating and active living, today announced an upcoming
webinar, "Keys to Sustainable Community Change: Highlights from the
LiveWell Colorado Community Initiatives Report." The webinar will be held
Friday, July 10, 2009 at 9 a.m. MDT. To register, visit
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/685548563.
"Keys to Sustainable Community Change: Highlights from the LiveWell
Colorado Community Initiatives Report" will offer an overview of LiveWell
Colorado's Community Grants program, which currently awards $4 million
dollars in funding to 25 community programs focused on obesity reduction.
Panelists will discuss processes and procedures utilized in the
implementation of this program and offer best practices and insights for
successful community grant program management.
Based on knowledge gleaned from community implementation, panelists will
demonstrate how LiveWell Colorado put public health theories into practice.
Illustrating concepts with real-world examples, this webinar will explore
keys to effective technical assistance, comprehensive evaluation and
sustainable change.
The free, one-hour webinar will feature Corina Lindley, MPH, community
health manager, Kaiser Permanente; Khanh Nguyen, senior program officer -
healthy living, The Colorado Health Foundation; Stephanie Stevens,
community coordinator, Colorado Physical Activity and Nutrition Program and
Bonnie Leeman-Castillo, PhD, senior evaluation manager, Kaiser Permanente.
The webinar is filling up quickly, so sign up today at
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/685548563. For more information
about LiveWell Colorado, please visit http://www.livewellcolorado.org.
About LiveWell Colorado
LiveWell Colorado aims to provide every Coloradoan with access to healthy
foods and opportunities for physical activity in the places they live,
work, learn and play. This non-profit organization will realize its vision
by elevating health and wellness awareness, augmenting funding for the most
promising obesity reduction strategies and leveraging investments and
resources. With the launch of Colorado's strategic plan, Fostering Healthy
People and Places: The Power of All of Us, LiveWell Colorado and its board
of directors will implement an aggressive, coordinated statewide
intervention to address the human and economic tolls of overweight and
obesity and improve the health and well being of all Coloradoans. LiveWell
Colorado is funded by The Colorado Health Foundation, Kaiser Permanente and
the Kresge Foundation. For more information about LiveWell Colorado
Community, visit www.livewellcolorado.org.