Homer Elementary School embraced Healthy Heart/Wellness Month with a school-wide wellness challenge. Each class developed a classroom healthy/fitness SMART goal aimed to encourage more movement during the school day and establish lifelong healthy habits.
A TSET Healthy Living Program Grantee in Oklahoma County is working to make big changes in the lives of more than 3,000 apartment dwellers. Thanks to their work, a smoke-free policy has been passed with the Manhattan Management Company, which means that nearly 1,300 apartment units will become completely smoke-free.
Read on for the full scoop from Lauran Larson, Business Coordinator at the Oklahoma City-County Health Department, on the behind-the-scenes legwork and persistence it has taken to make this happen!
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The Canadian County Community Garden is an award-winning “labor of love” that brings together community businesses, volunteers, and partners, including the Canadian County Technology Center and its students. Read on to see the initiative in action promoting better nutrition while also feeding those in need.
Read on to find out how Rogers County Health Department is working to ensure their employees are happy and healthy, by providing many opportunities for workplace wellness.
Kingfisher County’s Fourth Friday in the Park event received a 2017 Turning Point Community Champion Award. Congratulations to all involved in this collaboration! The Turning Point Community Champion Award Program recognizes initiatives, projects or events in Oklahoma that contribute to health improvement and quality of life in the community it serves through strategic partnerships and/or coalition efforts. Read on for details about how this event was developed and the many partners involved in making it a success.
Looking for inspiration on how to get your students moving more this school year? The TSET Healthy Living Program grantee in Pontotoc County shares with us some of the partners and components of a wellness challenge that was held at Homer Elementary in Ada, Oklahoma.
Need ideas to make your community a healthier place? Take some inspiration from a TSET Healthy Living Program grantee in Carter County who hosted a Farm to Table Dinner benefiting the Ardmore Downtown Farmers Market.
Bob Williams, a probation officer with the Office of Juvenile Affairs in Washington County, tells us about a unique partnership that puts delinquent and at-risk youth on a path toward a healthier lifestyle.
Meet Laura Matlock! She’s serving as a School Sector Coordinator for the TSET Healthy Living Program in McClain County.
Read on to learn more about Laura, her public health background, and her work with the Oklahoma Health Improvement Plan Coordinated School Health workgroup (OHIP CSH).
