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Greetings!
Happy spring! MCOPP remains busy working towards our goals of organizational policy and environment changes that improve access to healthy eating and active living opportunities. We are very pleased to announce that MCOPP now has an updated website--check it out at www.uncom-milw.org/mcopp.
Information about our upcoming April 3rd meeting can be found to the right. Please RSVP as soon as possible if you have not yet done so and plan to attend.
The article below recaps MCOPP's inaugural Healthy Eating and Active Living Staff Training. Thanks to our partners who helped and attended, it was a successful and fun training. We are already looking forward to the next one!
We welcome your participation in MCOPP and with our subcommittees that are working on policy and environment change strategies focused on: (1) healthy food and beverages; (2) land use opportunities for active lifestyles, healthy eating, and recreation; (3) active living; and (4) curriculum and professional development. Please contact us if you are interested in serving on a subcommittee.
Join us in our mission of working together for healthy eating and active living. We envision a Milwaukee with reduced childhood obesity where the healthy choice is the easy choice. Thanks for your support of the Milwaukee Childhood Obesity Prevention Project.
Best wishes,
David Nelson (MCOPP Director) and
Sarah O'Connor (MCOPP Manager) | |
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MCOPP Healthy Eating and Active Living Staff Training
An inaugural professional development opportunity for direct service staff at UNCOM partner agencies.
On February 29, 2012, more than twenty employees at UNCOM partner agencies came to Neighborhood House of Milwaukee for the 2-hour Healthy Eating and Active Living Staff Training. The training was organized and provided by MCOPP's dedicated partners. After an introduction to the issue of childhood obesity and a lesson on determining a child's perceived rate of exertion, the group spilt into three smaller groups that rotated through three sessions related to physical activity and nutrition. Before wrapping-up, participants chose one of the three sessions to return to for additional information and training. Staff who attended reported that they were energized, interested, and learned something new that they would take back to their agencies and use in their youth and family programming.
 | | Judy Springer, Youth Running Director with the Badgerland Striders, leads the "Fun Walking Activities" session. Photo by Laura Christenbury. |
 | | Yvonne Greer, registered dietician and owner of Y-EAT Right, leads the "Choose MyPlate and Portion Control" session. Photo by Laura Christenbury. |
 | | Brett Fuller and Bud Damato, Physical Education Specialists with MPS, lead the "Group Games and Group Management" session. Photo by Laura Christenbury. |
 | | Participants at the training get active in the "Group Games and Group Management" session. Photo by Laura Christenbury. |
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Who We Are
The Milwaukee Childhood Obesity Prevention Project (MCOPP) is an inclusive coalition with the goal of reducing childhood obesity in Milwaukee through environmental and policy changes that promote healthy eating and active living.
Our members include leaders and staff from the eight partner agencies of the United Neighborhood Centers of Milwaukee (UNCOM), youth-serving organizations, community residents, and experts in the fields of nutrition, exercise science, physical education, public health, medicine, and urban planning.
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Upcoming MCOPP Leadership Team Meeting
Date and time
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
12:00 - 1:30pm
Please RSVP if you plan to attend
COA Goldin Center
2320 W. Burleigh St. in Milwaukee
For more information
Contact Sarah O'Connor
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Information from MCOPP Partners | |
Badgerland Striders 2012 Calendar of Youth Run/Walk Events
Click here for more information about fun youth and family running and walking opportunities throughout 2012.
Upcoming Workshop:
A Farm Bill that Feeds Us
The Milwaukee Food Council is pleased to host Margaret Krome of the Michael Fields Agriculture Institute to lead an informative and actionable workshop on the important 2012 Food & Farm Bill. Listening sessions are currently being held all around the country to inform and engage constituents on this critical piece of legislation. Please join us in Milwaukee. Your voice is needed to move this massive legislation, which only comes up every 5 years, towards the healthy, just, equitable and sustainable food system we desire.
Workshop Details:
Thursday, April 19, 2012
1:00 - 3:00pm
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
3617 N. 48th St. in Milwaukee
To Register:
RSVP to Martha at martha.daviskipcak@resilientcities.org.
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Relevant Information
Recommendations and Reports
Twinkies, Tomatoes, and Tomatillos: A Quantitative Assessment of Healthy Food Accessibility in Milwaukee County
Summary of recommended community strategies and measurements to prevent obesity in the United States.
Links for more information about healthy eating and active living
Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2010
Grant Opportunities
ING Run for Something Better
Want to make a difference in the lives of kids and establish a running program at one of your local schools? ING Run For Something Better can help. Working in partnership with the National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE), ING Run for Something Better is providing a minimum of 50 grants (up to $2,500 to each school) to establish a school-based running program or expand an existing one.
Healthy Eating Research: Building Evidence to Prevent Childhood Obesity is a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF). This call for proposals is for two types of awards aimed at providing key decision- and policy-makers with evidence to reverse the childhood obesity epidemic by 2015. The award types are: Round 7 grants and RWJF New Connections grants awarded through the Healthy Eating Research program. | |
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