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TASK FORCES UPCOMING MEETINGS
09
AUGUST - 2010
HEALTHY FOODS (ATHF) TASK FORCE MEETING 1:30 - 3:00 PM, MON Ho`ola Lahui Hawaii Fitness Center 3-3204 Kuhio Hwy, Suites 105 & 106; Lihue
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Access to Healthy FoodsSchools and childcare facilities have the ability to improve health outcomes from young people because they provide easy access to many children. In 2005, 57% of three to five year olds in Hawaii were enrolled in nursery school, preschool or kindergarten. For the 2005 - 2006 school year, 181,897 children were enrolled in Hawaii's public school system. Besides providing physical activity and nutrition education, schools are in a key position to offer an environment that can promote healthy eating and physical activity. Get Fit Kauai's Access to Healthy Foods Task Force's objective is to increase the availability and access to local affordable, healthy foods in our community. The following strategies will be used to achieve this objective:
What we're working on
Get Fit Kauai is built on the integration and involvement of community partners. Community partners and volunteers are the key to the successes of this organization. Task Force Member DirectoryChair Laura Kawamura University of Hawaii Cooperative Extension Vice Chair Susan Smith Department of Health (KDHO) Alice Baptista Kauai Veterans Memorial Hospital Jennifer Bloom Kapaa High School Jodi Drisko Jodi Consultants Cheryl Fujii Kauai Community College - OCET Tiana Kamen Malama Kauai Lani Kawahara Kauai County Council Keone Kealoha Malama Kauai Melissa McFerrin-Warrick Kauai County Farm Bureau Jan Pascua Department of Health (KDHO) Cathy Shanks P.A.T.C.H. Marla Silva Ho`ola Lahui Hawaii Brody, Bev NPAC/Get Fit Kauai Island Coordinator |
| Funded by the Tobacco Settlement Special Fund, Healthy Hawaii Initiative, Hawaii State Department of Health. |