Workwell

Workwell is Lincoln's Worksite Wellness program sponsored by the Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department.
Workwell works with local businesses to improve the health of employees resulting in healthier, more productive employees and lower health care costs for employers.

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Teach a Kid to Fish

Teach a Kid to Fish is a Lincoln non-profit created to prevent and reduce childhood obesity by empowering Lincoln children and families to eat healthy and be active.

Great Plains Trail Network

The Great Plains Trails Network is a group of citizens who advocate and support a network of trails in and around Lancaster County, Nebraska, for jogging, biking, walking and horseback riding. The network seeks the acquisition, development and wide availability of trails by:

• Securing funding from public and private sources
• Working cooperatively with governmental agencies
• Lobbying for favorable legislation
• Providing opportunities for persons to learn more about trails, their value and appropriate use

Lincoln Public Schools

Lincoln Public Schools is committed to promoting wellness for students, including their families, and staff. One of our eleven LPS Goals for Students is: "Demonstrate the knowledge and skills essential for achieving lifelong health." We recognize that healthy students are better prepared to succeed academically and become productive citizens. Healthy teachers, administrators and staff serve as role models for students and are able to perform their duties more efficiently and effectively. Wellness promotion is critical to achieving our mission that all students will have the opportunity to develop to their greatest potential.

Lincoln Saltdogs

The Lincoln Saltdogs are proud to be Partners with the Partnership for a Healthy Lincoln. Saltdogs baseball is about Family, Fun, and Affordable Entertainment each night at the ballpark which includes food, music and entertainment. With the opportunity for Fitness Fridays during 2011, we asked fans to become more aware and active even while they were enjoying the game at Haymarket Park. This was accomplished by using our staff and Homer the Haymarket Hound to educate the fans on various fitness activities during the game and asking them to walk and count calories while eating at the ballpark.

LPS Wellness Program

The goal of our LPS Wellness efforts is to build a healthier district-wide culture for 36,400+ students, 7,100+ staff and families. My role as LPS District Wellness Facilitator was developed due to our community's willingness to give grant dollars, funding initial efforts from within the schools to have stronger impact. Though we are just starting, exciting efforts are on the move and best practices are being shared district wide through monthly sharing and resource events. Schools also have the opportunity to take part in three district wide LPS Wellness Challenges throughout the school year.

Within our first district LPS Wellness Challenge, over 5,000 students completed the effort with a goal of playing 60 minutes each day of the 3 week challenge. Thus far, students completing the challenge achieved 61,800+ days of meeting their goal. Many wrote comments about how this had changed their awareness of needing to be active and helped them increase or maintain their daily exercise efforts. Over 2,600 students reported recruiting friends or family off the couch to join them in being more active. Stay tuned to learn more about how LPS health efforts are impacting the future of our community.

MilkWorks

MilkWorks is a non-profit, community breastfeeding center in Lincoln, Nebraska. Under the medical direction of Kathy Leeper, MD, the center provides a wide range of education, support and clinical services to help mothers breastfeed their babies. No mother is denied services based upon ability to pay.

Call to Action to Support Breastfeeding. The report establishes the major impact that infant nutrition has upon the health status of our country and calls upon health care providers, employers, and the community-at-large to provide the support necessary for mothers to breastfeed their babies. While 75% of mothers breastfeed in the hospital, only 13% of babies are exclusively breastfed until the recommended six months of age.

A 2007 meta analysis by the US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (April 2007) reviewed 9,000 studies related to the impact of what infants are fed. The analysis reports that breastfeeding results in:

1. a 4 times lower risk of SIDS,

2 . a decreased risk of type I and type II diabetes, asthma, diarrhea, eczema, ear infections, childhood leukemia, hospitalizations for lower respiratory infections, necrotizing enterocolitis (in pre term infants), and,

3 a lifetime protection against obesity.

MilkWorks is located at 5930 South 58th St (in the Trade Center). The center is open 7 days a week. Anyone may call with a basic breastfeeding question, or may visit www.milkworks.org and click on Parent Information Center. Support services include classes, weekly moms' groups, drop in weight checks and hospital grade pump rentals. Clinical consultations with a board certified lactation consultant or Dr. Leeper, a breastfeeding medicine specialist, are available by appointment. Outreach services at People's Health Center and the Young Family's Program at LMEP are provided by a Community Health Endowment of Lincoln grant.

For more information, call 402 423-6402, visit www.milkworks.org or stop by 5930 South 58th St. (in the Trade Center). Hours are: Monday through Friday 10 am - 6 pm; Saturday 10 am - 4 pm; Sunday noon - 4 pm.

El Centro de las Américas

El Centro de las Américas

Our mission:

To educate and empower Latino/Hispanic families and the community at large.

El Centro offers a variety of services, including English and Computer Literacy classes, GED classes, and studies for the Citizenship Test as well as helping in the Translation/Interpreting of documents and events, and tax preparation. We provide assistance in receiving medical/dental care and filling out applications and referrals to other community organizations. Our Golden Warriors Program is a Latino youth Intervention/Prevention Program. We offer a Domestic Violence support group as well as Big Brother/Big Sister placements. Our annual events include "Festival!" a celebration of Hispanic Culture; and our annual fundraiser, "Wine!: Chocolate! Tango!" is a night of dancing, wine and chocolate featuring live and silent auction items. During our annual Christmas Party, we distribute gifts from Operation Santa Claus and Toys for Tots.

Latino Bike Tour: our bi-weekly guided 2-hour bike tours of the city of Lincoln, promote and support active lifestyles, the local economy, and neighborhood awareness. The group uses Lincoln's extensive trail system to commute to local businesses such as Yoga, Body & Balance and Open Harvest, which support healthy living, and learning new ways of integrating healthy living into one's life. The group makes routine stops at parks throughout the city to rest and play, and guest speakers are invited to present to the group information about healthy eating and activities. El Centro provides all equipment necessary to those who do not have a bicycle, helmet, lights, etc.

UNL Extension Office

Food.unl.edu: Where smart consumers and go for the most complete information on 'all things food' from UNL Extension. Nutrition, food preservation, food allergies, food safety, and yes, recipes for all budgets and all seasons. Go to Food.unl.edu

YMCA

The YMCA of Lincoln, Nebraska is one of Lincoln's leading non-profit, community services organizations. A progressive, volunteer-driven association, we have been serving the Lincoln community for over 130 years, through programs based on Christian principles and the YMCA core values of caring, honesty, respect and responsibility. With a variety of programs available, such as health and fitness, sports, camping, community services, child care and more, it is easy for anyone to connect to the YMCA.

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At the YMCA, we are for Youth Development, for Healthy Living, and for Social Responsibility.

Malone Center
Juneteenth

The Malone Community Center was founded in 1955 through a reorganization of the Lincoln Urban league. The League founders were determined to improve social and economic conditions and increase understanding between all races. Initially founded during a time in our history when civil rights for African American were extremely limited, the league founders, both black and white, were determined to improve social and economic conditions and increase understanding between all races. They believed that enhanced understanding between all groups of people would create a better community. For decades the Malone Center has served neighboring families, youth, seniors and the Lincoln community with inclusive, social, cultural, educational, employment and welfare services.

Mr. Clyde T. Malone was the Executive Director of the Lincoln Urban league following Mr. Millard Woods, our founder. When the Board of Directors decided to withdraw from the Urban League and become a more locally focused agency, we became known as the Clyde Malone Community Center. We are named after Clyde Malone because of his hard work and dedication to this agency.

Today, the vision of the Malone Community Center is to create a community where every person develops to their full potential. The Malone Center presently administers or sponsors six programs. These are our Out-of-School Program, the lead agency for two Community Learning Centers, a Senior Program, a Health Outreach Program, a Talented Tenth Program and Domestic Violence Project.

The Malone Center has for years sponsored an Annual Juneteenth Celebration. June 19, 1865 is considered the date the last slaves in America were freed. Although rumors of freedom were widespread prior to this, the actual emancipation did not come until General Gordon Granger sailed into Galveston Harbor, Texas and issued General Order No. 3 on June 19, almost two and half years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. The Malone Center has sponsored this celebration to remember this important event in the history of this country.

The Malone Community Center is funded from various federal grants, foundations and donor contributions. For more information regarding the Malone Community Center, our programs, and how you can support us, please check out our website: Malone Center

Bryan LGH Heart Institute

Putting the Obesity Epidemic in Context

In the last couple of decades, obesity rates in the United States have skyrocketed, making us the most obese country in the world. The "thinnest" state in the U.S. is now above the obesity rate of even the highest state 20 years ago. We look at what these trends mean, and what to expect.

Child Health and Obesity in Lincoln

Where do we stand in these national trends? Using data from Lincoln schools we determine some of the factors that have played a role in childhood obesity. We outline our goals for 2015 for reducing obesity and increasing fitness.

What is Causing the Obesity Epidemic?

In order to more effectively focus our efforts for a healthier Lincoln, we have to address the roots of the problem. We explore the various causes of childhood obesity including diet, exercise, effects of television advertising, and the rising cost of nutritious food options.

Solutions for Lincoln

Given the varied causes of obesity, a successful battle plan needs to be multi-faceted. We are working to arm people with the information they need to make responsible decisions and develop a more comprehensive data set to focus strategies. We build upon the efforts of successful school campaigns, raise awareness for healthy activities through events, and to encourage employee wellness programs.