Making the Healthy Choice the Easy Choice
Healthy Active Klamath
There will be no Wellness Challenge in 2008...please join our community Forums and School Contests.

Healthy Active Klamath--What's New?
NEW RESOURCE: Worksite wellness toolkit available at
http://www.oregon.gov/DHS/ph/worksites/toolkit/index.shtml
Does your workplace need more help to establish wellness policies? Let us know and we'll invite David Hudson, Worksite Wellness Coordinator for Dept of Human Services, back to deliver a more in-depth training. Contact Melisssa at 541-882-8846 or mklegseth@co.klamath.or.us

2008 Activities:
All Program are FREE thanks to a grant from KMSB

School In-Service:
Incorporating Physical Movement into the School Day
City Schools: May 14th, 2:30-4:00 pm
City District Office Gymnasium, 1336 Avalon

In the push for higher test scores why should teachers care about physical activity? This session will review what is known about the link between physical activity and school performance. Dr. Trost will address "best practice" approaches on how schools can adopt programs that will have the greatest benefit. Dr. Trost will also offer practical tips for incorporating activity in the classroom that teachers can use immediately. This program will focus on elementary grades.

Speaker, Dr. Stewart Trost, is an Associate Professor in Nutrition & Exercise Science at Oregon State University. He is a nationally recognized educator and researcher in the field of youth physical activity. His areas of interest include prevention of childhood obesity, assessment of physical activity in youth, and community and school-based promotion of physical activity.
If you are a teacher in private schools or a community member and would like to attend one of these sessions, please contact Patty Case (patty.case@oregonstate.edu, 541-883-7131) or Melissa Klegseth (mklegseth@co.klamath.or.us, 541-882-8846 ext 3508). We have a limited number of seats available for non-city/county school personnel.

Community Assessment:
Healthy Active Klamath has received a grant in partnership with Klamath County Health Department to conduct a community assessment and planning for chronic disease prevention and health promotion. We will be conducting community meetings and interviews over the summer months. Would you like to help conduct the assessment? Would you like to provide information for the assessment? Please contact us.

For more information contact:
Healthy Active Klamath Coalition
Patty Case, MS, RD at OSU Extension Service, 541-883-7131 or
e-mail patty.case@oregonstate.edu
Sue Schiess, RD at Klamath County Health Department, 541-883-4276,
or e-mail sschiess@co.klamath.or.us