by Sheena Helgenberger | Sep 25, 2019 | Live Well Omaha Kids, Safe Routes to Healthy Places, Safe Routes to School, Uncategorized
On this day, everyone can play a part in supporting kids to get to school safely using active transportation (such as walking, biking, or using a scooter). Why Celebrate? Forms of active transportation like walking and biking help kids achieve increased physical...
by Sheena Helgenberger | Aug 28, 2019 | Live Well Omaha Kids, Safe Routes to Healthy Places, Safe Routes to School, Uncategorized
In 2017, Live Well Omaha Kids, under the leadership of Live Well Omaha, received a Preventing Childhood Obesity Community grant from Children’s Hospital & Medical Center to work with CUES to implement Safe Routes to School at All Saints, Holy Name, and...
by Live Well Omaha | May 13, 2019 | Live Well Omaha, Live Well Omaha Kids, Safe Routes to School, School Wellness, Uncategorized
The entire month of May is ‘National Bike Month’ as declared and sponsored by the League of American Bicyclists (https://bikeleague.org/bikemonth). National Bike Month is a way for communities to come together to celebrate and promote the benefits of bicycling....
by Sheena Helgenberger | Mar 27, 2019 | Live Well Omaha, Live Well Omaha Kids, Safe Routes to Healthy Places, Safe Routes to School, Uncategorized
After a successful Safe Routes to School experience, Live Well Omaha Kids (under the direction of Live Well Omaha), secured funding from the Union Pacific Foundation to partner with Seventy Five North to launch a spinoff called Safe Routes to Healthy Places at the...
by erin | Mar 26, 2019 | Live Well Omaha, Uncategorized
Live Well Omaha welcomes administrative contractor, Erin Bearinger! Erin has a degree in Journalism from UNL and has worked in TV advertising and media for the last decade. Erin is excited to assist Live Well Omaha because she is passionate about the mission to make...
by Sheena Helgenberger | Jan 22, 2019 | Coalition Spotlights, Live Well Omaha Kids, Safe Routes to School, School Wellness, Uncategorized
Why This Health Issue Deserves Our Attention According to the 2018 PRC Child & Adolescent Community Health Needs Assessment, one in three youth in the Metro Area are obese or overweight (this is 35.9% of Metro Area children age 5-17). The same report concluded...
