December 8 Event: Growing Healthy Communities
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Growing Healthy Communities is a project developed by ArCOP in 2009 as a collaborative effort funded by the Blue and You Foundation for a Healthier Arkansas, the Arkansas Department of Health’s CDC Cooperative Agreement, UAMS Partners for Inclusive Communities, and the Winthrop Rockefeller Institute. This GHC initiative is designed to help communities enact policy and other changes to make healthy lifestyle choices more accessible.
Throughout this year UALR’s Janea Snyder and Donna Quimby Department of Health Sciences, and other members of the University District’s Growing Healthy Communities team Mayor Mark Stodola, Assistant City Manager Bryan Day, Beth Phelps of the County Extension Service, Little Rock Police Chief Stuart Thomas, Dr. Donna Quimby, chair of the UALR Department of Health Sciences; John Brush of Hometown Health Improvement; Julie Hall, director of the University District Educational Network; Lynn Lincoln of the Midtown Health Alliance, Margo Bushmiaer of the Little Rock School District, and Aiesha-Parker Hicks have worked collaboratively with University District Partnership, neighborhood community leaders, UALR faculty, staff and volunteers, and university district residents to help contribute to growing a healthier university district community.
Join us Thursday, December 8th to highlight how to make change happen in growing a healthy community. The event willl be from 9AM-1PM at UALR’s Donaghey Student Center, Arkansas Surgeon General Dr. Joe Thompson will be the Keynote Speaker on the topic “Healthy People 2020″This event is opened to all free of charge. Lunch will be provided. For your convenience you may park in the UALR Parking Deck, to exit the deck you will be provided a dollar token once you check-in at the Summit.