What’s needed in the Plan

Austin Sport Speed
What motivates individuals to make change- suggests that allowing people to imagine themselves what they would be like if their behavior was different in the future. For kids – make change fun. (Nate Turner, Personal trainer of adults and children)
College station	Coffee w/the mayor turns into Walk w/the mayor- walking on the school track with students. In the future riding bike.
Corpus Christi	Corpus Christi, local ABC campaign called Be SAFE from Diabetes; 1 yr pilot extended to 3^rd year; getting sponsors for public service announcements matched by ABC and broadcasters; Corpus lead in below knee amp and now are decreasing – measurable success; TV station or newspaper will buy into a theme, love health stories which raises their ratings, good marketing; coalition with media so they were involved at beginning. (Rick w/Gov’s fitness council)
Dallas	City of Dallas has a good model for trails
Ft. Worth	Fit Future Ft. Worth. Five schools, corporate partners, faith based organizations, neighborhoods, health practitioners, local government. strategies for constituents, 5-point plan: childhood obesity school health coordinators worked together to share what works, work-site wellness competition, continuing education program focuses on childhood obesity, recruit Tarrant county municipalities to going fit future network, pier 1 work site wellness, fit future pier 1, faith based org, municipalities, school using the fit future brand, now a comprehensive approach thru different sectors so parents, kids can do together. (Dan Reimer)
Galveston	Workshop challenge – donated personal training to 4 nurses at UTMB women’s hosp. and found that that the women influenced their co-workers and their children. Healthy behavior may be contagious. (Dianna Haggerty)
Houston	Intergenerational gardens-kids and mentors gardening together
Houston	At the city level, Houston noticed overlapping in efforts and combined
Houston	Neighborhood wellness teams to keep things safe. Collaborative/ multidisciplinary
Houston	Needs assessment within minority communities – CAN DO Houston – after school program in elementary schools – use police to ensure safety, parks and rec to conduct the programs, metro for transportation, minute maid for snacks. Partner with non-profits to provide the resources for those programs. Resources provided depended on what the community asked for.
Houston	“Can do Houston”- CITY AND SCHOOLS, children and neighbors defeat obesity working together. After school, pulled in parks and rec, police, minute maid, goals, programs in low SES neighborhoods.