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2011 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about 5,700 times in 2011. If it were a NYC subway train, it would take about 5 trips to carry that many people. Click here to … Read more
Gold Country Power Play! is a Kaiser Permanente Community Star
The Wednesday before last, Tuline Baykal, the Bay Area Power Play! Regional Manager, and Gold Country Power Play!‘s, Kacy Rodriguez attended Kaiser Permanente Educational Theatre Program’s 25 Year Anniversary Celebration where they were surprised with Star Awards! Below is some info about the recognition we received and above is a photo of Tuline, Armond Dorsey (Community Health … Read more
DANCE!
This is the second post in a series about getting physical activity with little to no equipment. To view the first of the series, go here. Many times when we tell people that it’s important to get physical activity every day, they immediately think about going to the gym, working out, or exercising. We … Read more
New Series: Physical Activity with Little or No Equipment
Our Campaign team knows that getting exercise may SEEM expensive with all the gym memberships, exercise equipment, workout videos and programs that are constantly marketed throughout the year. However, we ALSO know that inactivity leads to $330 more per person each year to health care costs. With that money you could bus at least 5 classes … Read more
Boost Physical Activity with Play this Summer!
Gold Country Power Play! has been up to a lot lately. We’ve recently returned from the 6th Biennial Childhood Obesity Conference in beautiful San Diego where we learned a lot of great research and promising practices in America’s fight against childhood obesity. We also saw Play Week! come and go during the last week of … Read more
Photovoice Exhibit Gallery
Checkout what a great time we had at our Photovoice Event at Cleo Gordon Elementary School.
Did you see us on TV?
Thanks to our FABULOUS media specialist, Ramona Moseley, we were able to promote healthy beverage options as alternatives to soda and other sugar-sweetened beverages on KMAX 31′s Good Day Sacramento. Sonia Fernandez with UCCE Yolo was our co-guest to help run our Smoothie Bike and show off the great ReThink Your Drink Resources that we … Read more
ReThink Your Drink this May
ReThink Your Drink Month in the Gold Country Region has begun! Our HEAL Collaborative is encouraging individuals, groups and organizations to spread the word about the importance of reducing consumption of sugary beverages and choosing healthier beverage options like water, low-fat milk, and 100% fruit juice. Why is it important to reduce sugar-sweetened beverages? There are many … Read more
Support the School Health Partnership Nutrition Decathlon with Freshii and Yogurtagogo!
This week, the Children’s Power Play! Campaign - Gold Country Region is being Sponsored by Yogurtagogo and Freshii to raise funds for our 10th Annual School Health Partnership Nutrition Decathlon. Just download this flyer: Freshii and Yogurtagogo, print, and bring it to one of these Sacramento businesses. Once you do that, 10% of your purchase will go … Read more
20 Ways to Incorporate More Fruits and Vegetables into your Diet
You may have noticed that we’ve been a little MIA the past couple of months on our blog. We hope that you weren’t too worried. We apologize for our absence, we’ve just been so busy with tons of great trainings, events, and promotions in the Gold Country Region. Additionally, to gear up for our 20th … Read more
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