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Karen Smith, Monticello Middle School FACS

Teacher Invited to Speak in Orlando, FL Local Farm to School Project Getting

People’s Attention 

MN Health Eating Network

A Healthier America Starts Today—

Month of Health in Wright County

Grant Opportunities

Upcoming Events

In This Edition:

LIVE WRIGHT NEWS April 2012

Connect with Minnesotans who Support

Healthy Eating

A unique social media platform has been created for those

interested in creating a healthier food system for

Minnesota. We encourage you to take a moment to visit the

site and sign up if you would like. This is a place where we

can learn from what others are doing around Minnesota

and also take a moment to brag about the great things

happening in Wright County!

The journey of Live Wright has been a really wonderful

and rewarding experience, because of working with such

dedicated people in our communities. I was reminded ofthis recently when Karen Smith, FACS teacher with

Monticello Middle School emailed me to say that she was

asked to present about her Farm to School efforts at a

National Conference in Orlando!

Karen will be attending (all expenses paid trip!) the

Family, Career and Community Leaders of America

(FCCLA) National Conference in July 2012 to speak with

students and teachers about her creation of a Farm to

School program that started within the setting of her FACS

classroom.

On behalf of Live Wright, Congratulations Karen! We are

all very proud of your great accomplishments. Let us

know how the conference goes and don’t be afraid to put a

plug (or 2) in for Live Wright!

Top 10 Post Workout Foods

1. Hot Chocolate2. The Power Smoothie

3. Pasta

4. Chili

5. Chicken Fried Rice

6. Turkey

7. Turmeric and Ginger

8. Banana and Coconut

9. Salmon

10. Honey

We would like to congratulate

Gretchen Eztler, who has been

hired as Anoka County’s SHIP

Coordinator! Welcome back

Gretchen and we all wish you the

 best!

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The Nationally recognized Bike to Work Day

is Friday, May 18

In the Twin Cities, Bike Walk Week is being

celebrated from June 2-10

May is National Bike Month:

Upcoming Events:

The first week in April each year recognizes the work of

Public Health around the country and this year’s National

Public Health Week was April 2—8. In Wright County,

some nurses came up with a great idea to make it a month

long event! Through the Wellness on Wheels (WOW) Van , each week had a special focus on a health topic; Active

Living & Healthy Eating; Communicable Diseases; Alcohol,

Tobacco & Other Drugs; Reproductive & Sexual Health,

Mental and Emotional Well-Being.

We created two handouts for this month that we will be sharing with you at our next CLT meeting;

Farmer’s Markets/Community Supported Agriculture and Active Living Information/Resources. 

Funding News & Opportunities:

USDA Announces Grants for Farmer’s Markets - This grant opportunity is aimed to increased avail-

ability of local agricultural products in communities throughout the country. Grants will be

awarded to market farmers markets, community supported agriculture and road-side stands.

Roadmaps to Health Prizes will award $25,000 to six communities throughout the country to honor

the efforts of communities working on health improvement.

Entries are now being accepted for the Connect for Health Challenge. The Blue Cross Foundation

plans to award up to $500,000 o support efforts to support connections in low-income communities

throughout Minnesota.

Wright County Public Health has applied or will be applying for these grants:

Blue Cross - Strategic Open Streets Event Sponsorship for $8,800 

UCARE Fund—Obesity Prevention. Application will focus on creating a Food Policy Council in

Wright County. Total request will be $50,000 

May 9th is National Bike

To School Day:

National Bike to School Day—Sponsored by the

National Center for Safe Routes to School is

May 9, 2012

A Healthier America Starts Today

Next CLT Meeting is May 10th; 3:00 - 4:30 p.m.