Wisconsin Obesity Summit and SUPERHERO Awards

The Wisconsin Partnership for Activity and Nutrition (WI PAN) and the Wisconsin Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity Program (NPAO) are excited to announce the first Wisconsin Obesity Prevention Superhero Awards!  Please take a few minutes to nominate someone who has made a difference in the obesity prevention movement in Wisconsin in 2011-2012, so that they may be publicly recognized for their dedication.

Awards will be presented at the Wisconsin Obesity Prevention Summit on Monday, June 11 in the Wisconsin Dells.  More information is coming soon.

The Summit is part of this year’s State Prevention Conference.  Registration information for the Summit and the Prevention Conference will be announced soon.  Scholarships and registration fee assistance will be available.  For those who plan to attend and want to book lodging, a block of rooms has been reserved at the Kalahari.  More info HERE.

To submit a Superhero nomination, please complete the online form at http://tinyurl.com/2012wiobesitysuperhero. Nominations will be accepted until 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 9.

You are welcome to nominate more than one person or organization, but please submit one form per nominee.

Apply for the Roadmaps to Health Prize

With the publication of the 2012 County Health Rankings this week, many local coalitions and partnerships may want to consider applying for this local funding opportunity:

Is your community working together to improve health? If so, consider applying for the Roadmaps to Health Prize. The Prize is intended to honor successful efforts and to inspire and stimulate similar activities in communities across the country. Up to six Roadmaps to Health Prize winning communities will be honored in early 2013 and each will receive a no-strings-attached $25,000 cash prize.

The Prize is part of the County Health Rankings & Roadmaps program, led by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute (UWPHI), that creates solutions that make it easier for people to be healthy, focusing on specific factors that we know affect health, such as education and income. We invite any and all communities throughout the Unites States to apply for the Prize.

• Get inspired to apply by watching this video
• Learn more about the Prize, how to apply and deadlines
• Download the Call for Applications
• Register for the webinar, April 24, 2012 at 3-4pm ET
• Email a question to Kirstin Siemering, Roadmaps to Health Prize Manager