The Legacy of Healthy Eating/ The Legacy of Healthy Eating/ Active Living Programs:Active Living Programs:

Tools for Sustaining Your EffortsTools for Sustaining Your Efforts

Cindy Wolff, Executive Director

Center for Nutrition and Activity Promotion

California State University, Chico

Partnerships Expand and Partnerships Expand and Sustain ActivitiesSustain Activities

Collaboration facilitates: Service delivery Efficiencies in program delivery

and staff time Completion of SOW activities Partnership development for new

or ongoing activities

Collaboration to Expand Collaboration to Expand OutreachOutreach

“Leaders for a Lifetime” high school-univ.Nutrition in the ParkCommunity health promotion events

School and community gardens“Edutainment” presentation teams

Mission Nutrition (high school) Fruit &Veggie Bunch (middle school)

Growing Healthy Children Walk/RunPedometer programs with service groups

The Legacy of Healthy Eating/Active Living Programs:

Tools for Sustaining Efforts (3:07 min)

Multi-Community Multi-Community Collaboration Collaboration

Let’s Move Campaign -"5 Simple Steps To Success" For Mayors & Local Officials

Low/no cost effort for multi-community participation in the Let’s Move Campaign www.letsmove.gov

Personal Ties Facilitate Formal Personal Ties Facilitate Formal and Informal Networkingand Informal Networking

Chico, Corning, Paradise Rotary ClubsGridley Quota ClubChico DIG (Downtown Integrated Garden)Tribal organizations $ contributionsButte-Glenn Medical Society & cooking

classes grantLocal non-profits and special interest

groups, e.g. Butte Bike Coalition, Museum Sustainability Garden

Making Partnerships WorkMaking Partnerships Work

What does it take?Collaborative governance requires 3 elements:  Sponsor- an agency, foundation, civic organization,

public-private coalition, etc. to initiate and provide support

Convener/Leader- someone with power and ability to bring diverse people together to work on common problems

Neutral Forum- an impartial organization or venue, etc. to provide and ensure skilled process management

Staying Strong with Budget Staying Strong with Budget UncertaintyUncertainty

The situation? The response?Plan for action?

Broaden funding portfolioUse personal ties to enhance partnershipsTwo funding streams per staff memberAll ideas are on the table, e.g. fee for serviceBuild staff leadership

You don’t need a title to be a leaderMotivate with flex time to increase creativity

The Legacy of Healthy Eating/ The Legacy of Healthy Eating/ Active Living Programs:Active Living Programs:

Tools for Sustaining Your EffortsTools for Sustaining Your EffortsCindy Wolff, Executive

DirectorCenter for Nutrition and Activity

PromotionCalifornia State University, Chico

www.csuchico.edu/cnap