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      Healthy Monday NKY
    Mission
    The mission of the Healthy Monday Coalition is to enhance healthy living awareness and opportunities in Northern Kentucky through Healthy Monday messaging.
    Partners
    Partners in the coalition are diverse and include work sites, stores, government, non-profit and for-profit business. This robust coalition already consists of over 25 partner members and continues to grow each month. For a quick sampling of what some our partners are currently promoting, see below.
    To find out more about the coalition please contact us.

    Coalition Partners
     Check out some of the innovative ways a few of our coalition members are promoting Healthy Monday in their organizations.

    Better Bodies - Better Bodies kicked off Healthy Monday on May 10, 2010. When you enter our facility, you'll see the tip of the week at the front desk. Also, a meatless recipe will be displayed each month with copies available and we are logging our miles exercising in the club as we travel across the United States.

    Campbell County Fiscal Court - Members of the Campbell County Senior Center can get a fresh start every week at our Healthy Monday Corner. Handouts with nutrition tips, recipes, exercise information and motivation tips are available every Monday, giving our members 52 opportunities to take responsibility for their personal health and wellness.

    City of Covington - The Covington Recreation Department will be hosting Neighborhood Spotlight events promoting the Monday Mile throughout the summer months. Details can be found here. In June, the city of Covington will be rolling out the Meatless Monday program to Covington restaurants asking them to promote and/or introduce healthy meatless entrees on Mondays and providing them with materials and access to free resources to assist with the promotion of this healthy initiative. Participating restaurants will be posted on the city's Web site as well.

    Curves - Curves in Villa Hills is a proud participant in the Healthy Monday campaign. Our members will find the Healthy Monday tip posted within our club along with our "Curves Small Steps" tips, giving them weekly ideas to help promote health, fitness and good nutrition. We have posted the Healthy Monday link on our Web site under "community involvement." Through our club newsletter, we are encouraging our members to walk a Monday (or any day) Mile for cardio exercise when not doing strength training on our circuit. Copies of meatless recipes that take advantage of fresh summer vegetables are on display on our recipe board and available to be copied by our members.

    Meijer - Meijer is helping families eat healthier. In the Spring of 2009, Meijer introduced NuVal, the nutritional scoring system, into all of the stores. NuVal looks at over 30 different nutritional components of a food product and puts it in to one single value, 1-100, with 100 being your healthiest choice. This system helps customers find healthy choices in each aisle. To find the NuVal scores on a food product, look at the shelf tag, by the price of the product. NuVal is on store brand products as well as National brand products. NuVal is easy to use and helps to easily compare foods. For more information, visit www.nuval.com. For a weekly nutritious menu based on store sale items, visit www.meijermealbox.com/healthy-living.

    Northern Kentucky Health Department - The Health Department looks forward to kicking off worksite wellness programs using Healthy Monday concepts. Our staff has been developing user friendly worksite wellness materials to offer to the community thanks to a grant from the National Healthy Monday organization. The materials will be tested with focus groups in late summer and will be implemented with pilot sites in the Fall. If your worksite would like to be one of the pilot sites please contact Marsha Bach at Marsha.Bach@nkyhealth.org, or 859.363.2095.

    The Health Department is also working with schools in the Covington Independent school district to pilot Monday Mile and Meatless Monday initiatives this fall.

    Northern Kentucky University - Whether you start your week off with a Healthy Monday Motivator tip, walk a Monday Mile, watch one of two Healthy Monday video webcasts, or choose a meatless Monday entrée at any of the dining locations in Northern Fair Dining, NKU’s campus abounds with several Healthy Monday initiatives. Our campus culture values health, and we make it easy for our faculty, staff and students to keep investing in their own well-being.

     

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