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Greetings!
As we near the end of another year, we invite you to participate in MCOPP's year-end meeting on Tuesday, November 6th from 10am-1pm. This extended meeting will feature presentations and discussion with HKHC partners from Chicago and the national HKHC Program Office. We look forward to learning more from them about their efforts, lessons learned, and how they are addressing sustainability.
This fall, we held the fifth annual UNCOM Walk for Wellness and an MCOPP Training Opportunity for direct- service staff. Read more about these happenings below.
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 and note our meeting schedule to the right.
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,
Sarah O'Connor (MCOPP Manager, United Neighborhood Centers of Milwaukee) & David Nelson (MCOPP Director, Medical College of Wisconsin) | |
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UNCOM holds fifth annual Walk for Wellness at Silver Spring Neighborhood Center
On the evening of Friday, September 28th, approximately 500 people from across Milwaukee gathered outside of Silver Spring Neighborhood Center for a 1-mile walk around the Westlawn neighborhood, followed by a healthy meal and positive hip hop from Milwaukee's Figureheads. This was the fifth year of the annual UNCOM Walk for Wellness, an event that bring together people from UNCOM member agencies and Zilber Neighborhood Initiative partner neighborhoods to focus on the importance of healthy eating and active living. Thanks to all who participated and helped--you made it a great event!
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MCOPP hosts youth-serving professionals for an engaging 2-hour staff training
 | | Yvonne D. Greer, MPH, RD, CD, CLC of Y-EAT Right leads the healthy snacks session |
On Friday, October 12th, eighteen staff from UNCOM member agencies and other Milwaukee community organizations came together at Neighborhood House of Milwaukee to learn more about nutrition and physical activity topics. MCOPP partners from Milwaukee organizations provided their expertise to make the training possible. Playworks Milwaukee led a session about fun indoor games and group management techniques. Y-Eat Right's Dietician and a Community Health Educator from Children's Hospital of Wisconsin led a session about easy-to-make healthy snack recipes. Partners from Milwaukee Public Schools and Marquette University led a session on developing Learning Intentions for youth so that youth have an understanding of the reasons it is important to eat healthy and be physically active. All staff participants received a binder of materials to take back and use at their respective agencies. The training materials will be available on the MCOPP website as well as by request (414-978-2023 or soconnor@uncom-milw.org). The next training will take place in mid-winter 2013.
 | | Dominic Foster from Agape Community Center participates in the Playworks session |
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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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Year-end MCOPP Leadership Team Meeting:
Tuesday, November 6
10am-1pm at
Neighborhood House of Milwaukee
2819 W. Richardson Place, Milwaukee
Fay Gibson, Project Officer at the Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities (HKHC) National Program Officer and Lucy Gomez, Project Coordinator for HKHC-Chicago will both be at the meeting to discuss their national and regional HKHC perspectives. The meeting will focus on sustaining our efforts, celebrating our successes, and thinking to the future.
Please RSVP to 414-978-2023 or
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November MCOPP Subcommittee Meetings:
Healthy Food and Beverage
Wednesday, November 14th, 2:30-4pm
Agape Community Center, 6100 N. 42nd Street
Healthy Eating and Active Living Curriculum and Professional Development
Tuesday, November 27th,
1-2:30pm
MPS Central Services, 5225 W. Vliet Street, Room 210/211
Land Use
Thursday, November 29th,
1-2:30pm
COA Goldin Center, 2320 W. Burleigh Street
Contact Sarah at 414-978-2023 or soconnor@uncom-milw.org for more information and to RSVP.
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Local Happenings | |
Neighborhood House Annual Community Health Fair
Saturday, November 17th, 10am-1pm
Click here for more information about the community health fair. If your organization is interested in getting health information out to the community and would like to host a vendor table at no cost, please contact Michelle Watts at mwatts@nh-milw.org.
Come Cheer On the Milwaukee Junior Cycling Team in Cyclocross Races
November 3rd at 9am, Estabrook Park
November 18th at 9am, Hales Corners Park
Click here for more information about the team and the race schedule.
Badgerland Striders Upcoming Events
2012 Calendar of Activities
Playworks Milwaukee is the official charity of the Milwaukee Santa's 5K
Saturday, December 1st
Click here for more information on running the race or being a race volunteer with Playworks.
Planting the Seeds of Environmental Interventions: an evidence-based approach to reduce violence
Monday, November 19th, 9-11am
Click here for more information about this presentation. |
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Information and Resources
Milwaukee Updates
The annual report includes an analysis that forecasts 2030 adult obesity rates in each state and the likely resulting rise in obesity-related disease rates and health care costs.
The Weight of the Nation
Confronting America's Obesity Epidemic
Growing Urban Agriculture
Equitable Strategies and Policies for Improving Access to Healthy Food and Revitalizing Communities
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.
Funding Opportunity
Links for more information about healthy eating and active living
Healthy Kids Healthy Communities
Convergence Partnership: Healthy People, Healthy Places
Spend Smart. Eat Smart: Ideas, resources, and recipes to help you eat healthy for less.
Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2010
Consortium to Lower Obesity in Chicago Children | |
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