Community Activity and Nutrition COALITION
Promoting Healthy Active Families
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WHO WE ARE
The Community Activity and Nutrition Coalition (CAN-C) of Sonoma County is a group of individuals, professionals and community based organizations concerned about the nutritional health, activity level and well-being of the residents of our community. The group was formed in 1998.
MISSION & GOALS
The mission of CAN-C is to promote optimal nutritional and physical health for Sonoma County residents with an emphasis on children. The goals of CAN-C are carried out through sub-committees of the coalition and include:
- Increasing public awareness of nutrition and physical activity issues and potential solutions.
- Increasing opportunities for accessto healthy foods and physical activity in all environments where children and adults live, work, learn and play.
- Advocating for health-focused policies and practices in school and community environments and empowering community members to do the same.
- Promoting proven effective practices for prevention and treatment of nutrition/inactivity-related health problems within local health care systems and ensuring their availability.
- Building collaborative relationships with government and community groups that support CAN-C objectives.
CURRENT PROJECTS
Healthy Students Initiative (HSI) - Collaborates with Health Action, to design and implement a Healthy Students Initiative in three to five K-6 or K-8 schools in Sonoma County aimed at transforming the school culture to increase physical activity and healthy eating. For more information contact Chris Bekins.
Communities of Excellence (CX3) – Evaluates communities in relation to a variety of benchmarks including access to healthy and unhealthy food, walkability of neighborhoods, alternative sources of healthy foods like farmers markets, advertising of unhealthy food; local transit and emergency food providers. CX3 evaluations are conducted in order to help communities develop a local plan of action that will promote policy, systems and environmental changes toward access to healthy food. For more information contact Anthony Taylor.
Policy Advocacy - Reviews and responds to advocacy opportunities and actively advocates for local, state and federal policies that align with CAN-C's mission. CAN-C members can submit local, state, or national legislative or advocacy effort they would like CAN-C, or its members, to support by completing the online "Reactive Policy Effort Request Form." For more information, contact Gail Atkins.
Steering Committee (SC) - Makes recommendations to CAN-C membership on policy positions and CAN-C sponsored program implementation. The SC, in collaboration with the fiscal agent, provides budget oversight for projects awarded to CAN-C. The SC makes necessary decisions concerning CAN-C operation.
Who's Who
Community Partners
- Asthma Coalition
- Bauman College
- CAL SERVES
- Community Action partnership (Head Start & Roseland Children's Health Center)
- Council on Aging
- County of Sonoma - Health Servies
- Extended Child Care
- Kaiser Permanente
- Network for Healthy California North Coast Collaborative
- Northern California Center for Well Being
- Redwood Empire Food Bank
- Santa Rosa City Schools Child Nutrition Services
- Seniors, Inc.
- Sonoma County Bicycle Coalition
- Sonoma County Family YMCA
- St. Joseph's Health System Sonoma County
- WIC (Sonoma County, Alliance & Sonoma County Indian Health)
Information and Resources
CAN-C English/Spanish Flyer - Who We Are and What We Do
For a Summary of the Raising Healthy Active Kids Project Grant from First
5  RHAK
For a copy of CAN-C Nutrition Education handouts in English and
Spanish handouts
The Fitness Fun Guides, developed by the Sonoma County Community Activity and Nutrition Coalition, provide information on the many ways families
can participate in physical activity. Each guide is available in PDF format
for printing (both English and Spanish).
For more informationabout CAN-C or to become a member of the coalition, please contact Chris Bekins.
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