Madison County's Living Well Partnership
Mission & Vision l Worksite Resource Kits l Worksite Awards l Contact Us
About the Living Well Partnership l flyer
The Partnership's goals are to:
- Develop and support a network committed to healthy living.
- Provide opportunities for people to be active and eat healthy.
- Educate the public and professionals about nutrition and physical activity.
- Advocate for policy, practice, and facility changes that support healthy living.
The Living Well Partnership:
- Sponsors an annual Family Fun Day. The goal is to encourage children and their families to eat more vegetables, fruits and low-fat dairy foods and to increase their physical activity.
- Annual Living Well at Work Awards
- Top 20 Healthy Food Donation Ideas & Healthy Food Drive Sponsor Pledge
- Living Well at Work Resources
The Mission:
To promote community change that encourages people to eat well and be physically active.
The Vision:
People in Madison County are choosing to make good nutrition and regular physical activity part of their healthy lifestyle.
Living Well at Work Resource Kits
The Madison County Living Well Partnership welcomes you to Living Well at Work, a resource kit to assist your worksite in improving the health of its employees and includes three topic areas: healthy eating, physical activity and breastfeeding-friendly workplace. Creating a supportive environment through one or more of these areas will contribute to better health for employees.
Each of the three resource kits below contains ideas for making the work environment healthier, a sample policy, web sites for further information, and a quick and easy resource to get you started.
- Healthy Eating
- Physical Activity
- Breastfeeding-Friendly Workplace
- Healthy Meeting Policy Template
- Healthy Meeting Guidelines
Living Well At Work Healthy Eating Resources
New in 2011, the Madison County Living Well Partnership now offers worksite healthy eating resources based on three themes that align with the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Each theme includes posters, tips that may be emailed to staff, and activity ideas that support each message.
Enjoy More Fruits and Vegetables Resources
- Healthy Eating Tips
- Activities for the Office
- Posters: Eating Smart, Eat for Good Health, Low-Fat Snacks l Vegetable Servings
Re-Think Your Drink Resources
- Healthy Eating Tips
- Activities for the Office
- Posters: How Sweet It Is, Rethink Your Drink, Water Just Drink It, Pouring on the Pounds, WIC-Rethink Your Drink
- Healthy Eating Tips
- Activities for the Office
- Posters: Food Plate, Hunger and Fullness Scale, and Tiny Bites
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A Local Success Story:
Meeting Healthy People 2010 Goals for People with Diabetes. Madison County's 2009 Diabetes workshops series is recognized l more
2nd Annual Madison County Living Well at Work Award
On November 6th, 2009 the Living Well Partnership announced the Community Action Partnership (CAP) of Madison County, Cazenovia College, and Cazenovia Children's House as the three winners of the second annual Living Well at Work Award l press release
Picture from left to right:
Janice Romagnoli, Human Resource Director for Cazenovia College, Penny Noll, Director of the Cazenovia Children's House, and Julie Dale, Executive Director of Community Action Partnership of Madison County each accept their Living Well at Work award presented by the Madison County Living Well Partnership.
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Contacts
- Chrystal Johnson, Madison County Health Dept at 315-366-2361 or
- Debbie SeGuin, Cornell Cooperative Extension at 315-684-3001
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*Living Well at Work (2009) was funded by the Central New York Diabetes Prevention Partnership.