2010 Progress Report A Public-Private Partnership Success Story
Table of Contents The Responsibilities of Good Neighbors............................................ 1 Working Together to Create Vibrant, Sustainable Communities........ 2 Adding Up the Impact...................................................................... 3 A Vision for Columbus’ South Side.................................................... 4 HNHF Close Up: Affordable Housing................................................. 8 HNHF Close Up: Health & Wellness................................................ 12 HNHF Close Up: Education............................................................. 16 HNHF Partners................................................................................ 20
The Responsibilities of Good Neighbors
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ationwide Children’s Hospital has proudly called the area around our downtown campus home for more than 118 years. So when we announced the Healthy Neighborhoods, Healthy Families (HNHF) initiative in September 2008, it was with a vision and commitment to making a significant, positive difference for our neighbors and our surrounding community.
Modeled after successful revitalization programs across the country, HNHF seeks to remove barriers to the health and well-being of thousands of families in our neighborhood using a multi-pronged approach. HNHF is a public-private collaboration that targets: • • • • •
Affordable Housing Health and Wellness Education Safe and Accessible Neighborhoods Workforce and Economic Development
As you will read in this report, HNHF has demonstrated noteworthy, tangible outcomes in many areas. Our current success has been fueled through the collaboration of numerous partners including, most notably, the City of Columbus, United Way and Community Development for all People (CD4AP). Their partnership not only has driven the success of HNHF, but it has attracted numerous others, highlighted throughout this report, to join the effort. In turn, having more partners leads to ever-greater potential to make a difference for our community. We are on target to rehab or improve 100 homes during the next three to four years, far exceeding our original goal of 40 homes. Programs with Livingston Avenue Elementary School are making a difference in education, health and wellness for 375 children and their families. Supported by HNHF and numerous partners, including all central Ohio hospital systems, a Charitable Pharmacy was established in the Livingston United Methodist Church in February 2010 by the West Ohio Conference of the United Methodist Church. The pharmacy, after just seven months of operation, has provided free medications for nearly 900 residents who cannot otherwise afford them. In addition, construction of the new Nationwide Children’s Hospital is creating jobs for our neighbors and minority-/female-owned businesses, who have been invited to attend job fairs and open houses. We encourage you to read about these and many other programs in process as well as those planned to begin soon. We thank everyone involved in HNHF’s progress to date (see the list on page 20) and look forward to continuing our successful collaboration in the years ahead.
Steve Allen, MD
Abigail S. Wexner
Chief Executive Officer
Chair, Nationwide Children’s
Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Hospital Board of Directors
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Working Together to Create Vibrant, Sustainable Communities
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e’re proud to be working with Nationwide Children’s Hospital and other Healthy Neighborhoods, Healthy Families (HNHF) community partners in this effective
public-private collaboration. The accomplishments outlined in this report are a testament to the positive transformation possible through broad-based commitment and action that is responsive to the needs and desires of the community.
Making the health and safety of our residents the top priority is the cornerstone of building strong, resilient communities. The programs and results discussed in this report are important steps in our efforts to let neighborhoods thrive again, and we commend all the partners involved in this initiative and the impressive results achieved. I would like to recognize, in particular, some of the accomplishments made on housing and safety since the initiation of HNHF only two years ago. Forty-five homes have been improved through a partnership between Nationwide Children’s, Community Development for All People, United Way and the City of Columbus. One of those homes was also the city’s first renovated residential property utilizing federal housing and recovery funds through the Neighborhood Stabilization Program created to revitalize communities that have suffered from foreclosures and abandonment. In addition, construction is underway on the Parsons and Livingston Improvements and Streetscape Gateway Project. This project represents a $15 million investment in the community by the City of Columbus that will improve safety through street lighting installations as well as road and walkway widening. The expansion of Nationwide Children’s downtown campus is also critical to revitalizing this area. The achievements shown during the infancy of the ongoing HNHF initiative are encouraging and we’re excited to continue the momentum. Working together as a community, we can create vibrant, sustainable neighborhoods for Columbus’ residents.
Michael B. Coleman Mayor Columbus, Ohio
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Adding Up the Impact 45 98
Homes renovated or repaired in 2010
Children participating in Fitness And Nutrition (FAN) Club during the 2009-2010 school year
100 126
Minimum net community gain of homes by 2013
Nationwide Children’s Hospital employees participating in Project Mentor
375
Livingston Avenue Elementary students jump-starting each school day with 10 minutes of exercise
10,000+
Estimated number of people Healthy Neighborhoods, Healthy Families is impacting each year
11,287
Prescriptions dispensed at the Charitable Pharmacy from February 26 through November 30, 2010
70,000/1,330
Pounds of food delivered/people who benefitted from MR. D.R.I.V.E.N.’S TRUCK event
$3-5 million
Seed money for affordable housing initiatives from Nationwide Children’s Hospital over 5-7 years
$6 million
Investment in minority- and woman-owned business enterprises by Nationwide Children’s
$15 million
City of Columbus’ investment in roadway infrastructure improvements to Parsons and Livingston Avenues
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Healthy Neighborhoods, Healthy Families:
A Vision for Columbus’ South Side “The housing work in the neighborhood is the most amazing thing the hospital has done so far—we’d like to see it continue block by block. You can really see the difference with the new housing and the new school. When your environment looks good, you feel good. When you feel good, things go better for you.”
Columbus’ South Side is in transition. Standing
Debra Diggs, Chairwoman, Columbus Southside Area Commission
It was not always this way. In the 1950s, the tree-lined streets, small
today at the intersection of Parsons and Livingston Avenues, you can see the city skyline, the sweeping glass arc of the new Nationwide Children’s Hospital under construction and traffic navigating a major thoroughfare in the midst of a $15 million city improvement project. As a counterpoint to the development, you also see boarded up homes and businesses, and, walking the streets, residents in need of a better quality of life. neighborhood bakeries, restaurants and a movie theater were signs of a prosperous, vibrant community. But two short decades later, manufacturing began to disappear, taking jobs and the health of the neighborhood with it. Homes were abandoned and boarded up. Crime increased, schools suffered and small business moved on. Fear and hopelessness invaded the area. In 2008, Healthy Neighborhoods, Healthy Families (HNHF) was launched as part of a vision of neighborhood renaissance that had its genesis in Nationwide Children’s commitment to not only exist in the area, but help it reach it’s full potential. We know our organization will thrive if we are located in a vibrant community. The hospital’s mission is to create a healthier future for every child, for every reason. To accomplish this, we must take a much more active role in the surrounding community. Our aspiration, then, is to become an even better pediatric health care and research institute, while also working to turn the Columbus region
A press conference was held in front of 829 Carpenter Street, the first home to be renovated with NSP federal stimulus dollars.
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into a community where children benefit beyond the care they receive on our campus. Rather than waiting for children to come to us, we must also go to them—especially children in our own neighborhood.
To create a healthier future for children and our entire neighborhood, a broad-based approach would be required, as would the involvement of many institutions, organizations and groups. That’s why HNHF was developed as a publicprivate partnership focused on creating tangible outcomes in Affordable Housing, Health and Wellness, Education, Safe and Accessible Neighborhoods, and Workforce Development. HNHF is currently building on efforts around the recently-opened Livingston Avenue Elementary, Nationwide Children’s Hospital and current South Side housing improvements.
EDUCATION The opening of the new Livingston Avenue Elementary School created an opportunity to enhance primary and secondary academic opportunities throughout the HNHF target area. The creation of mentoring and additional academic enrichment programs at Livingston Avenue Elementary will improve early childhood education. Taking it a step further, expanding after-school programming to target parents and creating literacy education programs for children and adults will help families, not just children.
FOCUS AREA SNAPSHOTS AFFORDABLE HOUSING Renovating and selling homes in Columbus’ South Side is the goal of affordable housing. By addressing vacant and abandoned properties and offering programs like home buyer assistance, education and homeowner grant repair, we can revive the neighborhood. The homes are being made more efficient,
Livingston Avenue Elementary School
safer and more attractive. Some homes are being stripped down to the studs and rebuilt. The properties are receiving improvements such as new roofs, tankless water heaters, solar tubes, energy efficient windows and furnaces, recyclable carpet and design features for handicap accessibility. Page 5
HEALTH & WELLNESS First and foremost we aim to build on the presence of Nationwide Children’s Hospital. By improving residents’ access to health care coverage, primary care, fresh fruits and vegetables, we are helping to prevent obesity and pre-maturity, and reducing infant mortality rates. The new Charitable Pharmacy is filling a huge health care gap, providing needed prescription medication to eligible Franklin County residents who cannot afford them.
SAFE & ACCESSIBLE NEIGHBORHOODS By supporting plans for roadway infrastructure improvements (sidewalks, bike paths and enhanced green space), the quality and appearance of the neighborhood will improve, as will the ease of transportation. Creating both crime prevention programs in the area and personal safety programs, such as bike helmet and car seat safety checks, will improve the safety of residents.
WORKFORCE & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT We will increase the workforce in Columbus’ South Side by targeting economic development efforts and supporting the Parsons Avenue Vision Plan. Nationwide Children’s is undertaking the nation’s largest pediatric expansion to date (based on the addition of new, non-replacement facilities), which will open in 2012. The new hospital is expected to generate $1.3 billion in new regional economic activity, and create more than 2,000 new jobs. We also will increase employment and career fairs for jobs and vendor opportunities at Nationwide Children’s Hospital as well as establish student internship programs for the younger generations.
Through these efforts, it is estimated that Healthy Neighborhoods, Healthy Families is impacting more than 10,000 people each year, in places that need it most.
IN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
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Workforce & Economic Development: Targeting Supplier Diversity
WBE
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Since 2007, Nationwide Children’s has intensified
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its efforts to invest in and partner with the local
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business community around supplier diversity.
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As part of HNHF, Nationwide Children’s has
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hosted four Minority Business Entrepreneur
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(MBE)/Women Business Entrepreneur (WBE)
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2008
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2010 Goal
open houses since 2008 aimed at providing local, disadvantaged and minority businesses a better understanding of the scope, needs and
opportunities when working with Nationwide Children’s prime contracts. These efforts helped make 2009 a banner year in working with MBE/WBE. Page 6
MR. D.R.I.V.E.N.’s TRUCK Delivers 70,000 Pounds of Food to Individuals and Families in Need
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n Saturday, December 11, Livingston Avenue Elementary hosted MR. D.R.I.V.E.N.’s TRUCK and over 1,330 people who lined up in the cold to receive several weeks’ worth of a variety of food items. MR. D.R.I.V.E.N.’s TRUCK is a project of the D.R.I.V.E.N. Foundation, which is the brainchild
of former Ohio State University football standouts and NFL veterans, Roy Hall, Jr. and Antonio Smith. This year, the D.R.I.V.E.N. Foundation joined forces with Northwoods Foundation, Follow Me! Healthy Parents, Healthy Kids, Columbus City Schools and Nationwide Children’s Hospital to feed individuals from single-parent homes, low-income and homeless families.
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Healthy Neighborhoods, Healthy Families Close Up:
Affordable Housing Target Outcomes
Giving more people access to affordable housing by
• $3-5 million in seed money to develop housing over 5-7 years from Nationwide Children’s Hospital
building new homes and revitalizing blighted homes
• Net community gain of at least 40-60 homes in 3 to 5 years* • Provide home buyer assistance and education • Establish home repair grant program * We are exceeding this goal and now are on track to impact a minimum of 100 homes in 3 to 5 years
is the cornerstone of HNHF. Homes are the most immediately visible expression of a neighborhood’s status, spurring or deterring growth. Revitalizing homes helps improve home-ownership and strengthens our community. KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Healthy Homes Healthy Homes is an affordable housing initiative and key HNHF platform to revitalize 38 square blocks around Nationwide Children’s. The nonprofit organization Community Development for All People (CD4AP) and Nationwide Children’s Hospital have partnered to form the nonprofit Healthy Neighborhoods, Healthy Families Realty Collaborative as a subsidiary of CD4AP to build and rehabilitate/ repair houses to sell or rent. Key accomplishments for Healthy Homes-related initiatives include, new and revitalized housing, the Homeowner Home Repair program and the World Changers’ home repair program.
New and Revitalized Housing Another attractively renovated home goes on the market.
We are exceeding the original target outcome of 40-60 homes impacted by 2013 and are on track to impact a minimum of 100 homes by 2013. The first wave of housing improvements was completed in November 2010.
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Employees from Turner Construction, the company building the new hospital, took to the streets to increase curb-appeal.
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20 homes were acquired in 2010
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11 were renovated and offered for sale
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7 were renovated for rent by Nationwide
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3 have sold and are occupied
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1 in contract with a Nationwide Children’s
World Changers’ Home Repair Program
Hospital employee by mid-December
The week of June 14, 2010, 150 high school
Children’s
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Federal stimulus funds provided to renovate 10 properties in 2010
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United Way of Central Ohio funds provided to renovate 10 properties in 2010
Homeowner Home Repair Program The Home Repair Program provides grants to current homeowners for exterior repairs. Items
students, ages 14-18, descended on the neighborhood, hammers in hand, to attack 15 home repair projects. The students were from Southern Baptist Churches that are members of World Changers, an organization that mobilizes people to donate time and energy to make a difference in neighborhoods across America. Trained to make a variety of exterior improvements/repairs, the energetic students had a productive week that left homeowners and others involved in the program humbled and amazed. Nationwide Children’s Hospital joined with the City of Columbus, CD4AP and The Home Depot to sponsor their visit.
eligible for repair include: windows, doors, roofs, siding, porches and general landscaping. These repairs not only help to increase the curb-appeal of these homes, but they also help enhance the energy-efficiency for the homeowner. United Way of Central Ohio is a key partner in this program. •
19 existing homeowners were provided grants for exterior upgrades in 2010
Awe-inspiring students with World Changers tackled 15 home repair projects in one week.
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HNHF Holiday Home Tour Seven fully renovated, affordable and energy-efficient homes were open for Holiday Home
viewing during a holiday home tour held December 4, 2010. In spite of the
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contracts were being negotiated within a few weeks of the event.
NEW AND CONTINUING AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAMS FOR 2011 Healthy Homes We have only begun. We will continue working with our partners to spur neighborhood growth and development through Healthy Homes, working toward impacting a minimum of 100 homes by 2013.
Exterior Home Repairs by Turner Construction Turner Construction’s new associates who are in the company’s leadership development program will participate in exterior home repair projects similar to the ones completed by World Changers in 2010.
Future Partnership and Grant Opportunities Nationwide Children’s will continue to pursue partnership and grant opportunities to help keep the housing renovation and repair momentum going. “Community Development for All People is a faith-based, nonprofit community development organization. Developing safe, affordable housing is one focus of our mission to improve the quality of life for low and moderate income residents of Columbus’ south side. We began by purchasing abandoned, blighted homes and renovating them, so we made a natural partner to work with the hospital as part of Healthy Neighborhoods, Healthy Families. As of December, more than $4 million had been invested in the healthy housing target area. That’s a major infusion of money showing great results in a short amount of time. People see what is happening, and it gives them hope for the neighborhood. It’s one thing to talk about neighborhood renaissance, but seeing is believing.” Reverend John Edgar Executive Director, Community Development for All People
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Home Repair Program Grant Gives Couple a New Window to their Neighborhood
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tanley Lacey had noticed the new home construction and home renovation projects on Carpenter Street and other streets in his neighborhood. He often saw Robert Williams, the
project director for the HNHF Realty Collaborative, and struck up a relationship with him. “One day I asked Robert if there would be any help given to existing homeowners,” says Stanley. “At the time there was nothing, but Robert said something was in the works and he would let me know about it when it was ready. And he did.” That’s how Stanley and his wife Corinthia learned about the Home Repair Program grants for existing homeowners for exterior repairs. Items eligible for repair include windows, doors, roofs, siding, porches and general landscaping. These repairs not only help to increase curb-appeal, they also help enhance the energy-efficiency for the homeowner. “The application process was not hard, and we got a grant for new windows and some tuck pointing around the chimney and foundation.” The existing wood windows were original to the home and not at all energy efficient. The Laceys, who have lived on Carpenter Street for six years, are happy with their new windows and masonry repairs. The two volunteered as greeters for the Holiday Home Tour on December 4, 2010. “The home tour was a good experience for me and my wife. People love the homes and how the neighborhood is coming along. They like the design of houses. There was a lot of positive feedback.” The couple also is pleased with recent changes in the neighborhood. “Corinthia picked out our house,” explains Stanley. “So she is really excited to see the new homes, and with the new school on Livingston Avenue, they are doing some really great things.”
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Healthy Neighborhoods, Healthy Families Close Up:
Health & Wellness TARGET
Nationwide Children’s Hospital and Columbus Public
PROGRAMS
Health Department are organizing partners for HNHF
• Access to fresh fruits and vegetables through farmers’ markets
health and wellness initiatives. Designed to build on the existing programs offered by Nationwide
• Child-friendly, sustainable methods for tackling obesity
expanding initiatives to remove barriers to health and
• Preventing prematurity and reducing infant mortality rates • Asthma and diabetes education • Access to health care coverage
Children’s Hospital, the target programs include wellness as experienced in HNHF communities. KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS
The Charitable Pharmacy After years of documenting unmet needs, central Ohio’s first-ever charitable pharmacy welcomed its first customer on February 26, 2010, at the Livingston Avenue United Methodist Church, which houses the pharmacy. Since then, business at the Charitable Pharmacy of Central Ohio, Inc., a partner in the Healthy Neighborhoods, Healthy Families initiative, has grown more rapidly than expected due to significant need. Charitable Pharmacy serves as a last resort, providing free medications to low-income, uninsured and underinsured Franklin County residents who cannot afford generic medicines or must take name-brand medicines because no generic is available. Typically, customers have been prescribed multiple medications, often up to seven or eight. Heart disease, diabetes, asthma or COPD (airway disease) and mental illness are the most common conditions being treated. From February 26 through November 30, 2010, Charitable Pharmacy qualified 864 patients to receive services and dispensed 11,287
Allan Zaenger dispenses needed medications and hope at the Charitable Pharmacy.
prescriptions at a value of $902,960. The pharmacy operates through the support of a number of donors, including all central Ohio hospital systems. For every dollar donated, Charitable Pharmacy is returning $5 in pharmacy value.
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“I saw a lot of energy and enthusiasm about what is happening on Columbus’ South Side at the Community Development for All People annual meeting. There is a growing pride in the neighborhood. With the Charitable Pharmacy being in the community, it takes away one significant issue that is frustrating to people. When someone doesn’t have to worry about access to medication, they can focus on other areas of their health.” – Allan Zaenger, Executive Director/ Pharmacist, Charitable Pharmacy
Screening Students Nationwide Children’s Hospital has partnered with Columbus City Schools on screening programs to document the extent of the obesity problem among kindergarten, third grade and fifth grade students. It was intended that this data would help children and parents understand the implications of a body mass index (BMI) indicating overweight or obesity. The screenings also have provided rationale and baseline data for new prevention and intervention programs. Over the past three school years, BMI screenings of kindergarten, third grade and fifth grade children in Columbus City Schools have revealed
Farmers’ Markets
that an alarming percentage are overweight or
Eating fresh fruits and vegetables is important
example, BMI screening found that 29 percent of
to overall health and achieving a healthy
kindergartners, 38 percent of third graders and 47
weight. Inner-city neighborhoods are often
percent of fifth graders were overweight or obese.
food “deserts”, where fast-food restaurants and
(Data provided by Columbus City Schools)
obese. During the 2009-2010 school year, for
expensive packaged foods dominate. By bringing
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farmers’ markets to the HNHF neighborhoods, residents are able to make healthier choices.
COLUMBUS CITY SCHOOL CHILDREN WITH BMI 95% OR ABOVE
Nationwide Children’s and Columbus Public Health have held separate farmers’ markets for several years. Both markets offer fresh foods to more residents by accepting Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Farmers’ Market Vouchers, Senior Farmers’ Market Vouchers, and food stamps. In 2010, Columbus Public Health held three farmers’ markets at the Parsons Avenue location. The hospital held four farmers’ markets on the downtown campus that included special
29% 28% 27% 26% 25% 24% 23% 22% 21% 20% 19% 18% 17% 16% 15% 14%
2007-2008
Kindergarten Third Grade Fifth Grade
Source: All data provided by Columbus City Schools 2008-2009
2009-2010
events, such as cooking demonstrations, apple tastings and pumpkin decorating.
The chart above shows the alarming percentage of obese students.
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Thirty-five took part in a pre- and post-program evaluation of fitness and BMI. They increased
In addition, during the 2007-2008 and
aerobic endurance and strength, improved their
2008-2009 school years, a pilot program was
knowledge of nutrition and maintained their
conducted to screen a total of 491 students
BMI (see results charts below). A fourth school,
at three Columbus elementary schools for
Linden Elementary, also rolled out the FAN Club
Acanthosis Nigricans (AN). Among the
at the beginning of the 2010-2011 school year.
subgroup of children with BMIs indicating overweight and obesity, 38.4 percent screened positive for AN. However, nearly all of the AN (86.8 percent) was found in children classified as obese. Furthermore, among all children with AN, 75 percent were African American compared to only 25 percent who were Caucasian. (Pilot project conducted by Robert Murray, MD, Nationwide Children’s Hospital and Michelle Battista, PhD, The Ohio State University Interdisciplinary PhD Program in Nutrition) HNHF health and wellness programs, such as FAN Club and Happy Healthy Preschoolers
“FAN Club is fun, effective and safe. They do exercise three nights, and African drum and dance the other two nights. At first we selected students to participate, but now have a waiting list to get in. It’s great to see kids moving and enjoying it.” – Melinda Dixon, Principal, Livingston Avenue Elementary
(both described in this chapter) are designed
2009-2010 SCHOOL YEAR FAN CLUB RESULTS
to help kids lose weight if they need to, and
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prevent them from gaining unhealthy weight
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if they do not. Perhaps most importantly, they
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seek to tackle the obesity problem using child-
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friendly, sustainable methods.
Fitness And Nutrition (FAN) Club is a 30-week,
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FAN Club
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Pre-program Post-program
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4 2 0 Push-Up
Curl-Up
Aerobic
after-school fitness training program combined with a social cognition-based nutrition program for high risk and obese children. The program is a partnership between Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus Public Schools and Mount Carmel College of Nursing.
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77.6
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Pre-program Post-program
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During the 2009-2010 school year, a total
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of 98 children participated from Livingston,
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Lincoln Park and Avondale Elementary Schools.
20 BMI Percentile
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NEW OR EXPANDING HEALTH & WELLNESS PROGRAMS FOR 2011 Early Education Programming: Happy Healthy Preschoolers The Happy Healthy Preschoolers (HHP) program sponsored by Nationwide Children’s Hospital (through a grant from the United Way of Central Ohio) educates parents/caregivers of children ages 1 to 6 about the importance of eating breakfast every day, choosing healthy drinks and snacks, decreasing screen time, the power of play and having dinner as a family. Stowe Baptist Center was the first HNHF area organization to hold the program in 2010 and the Columbus Health Department will present it in 2011.
Farmers’ Markets In 2011, Nationwide Children’s will use new advertising techniques to reach a larger audience for its markets. More farmers will be invited to participate to offer the broadest range of market goods and meet additional demand generated by advertising.
Community Gardens A fresh vegetable garden will be constructed on Nationwide Children’s hospital property that will be open to residents and employees to plant, grow and harvest their own vegetables.
Fun Healthy Habits Become a Lifestyle
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elena Rios was introduced to fitness training and nutrition concepts in Fitness And Nutrition (FAN) Club, where the fun, friendly environment made the effort a blast. Selena participated in the FAN Club after-school program at Lincoln Park Elementary during third
grade. Over nine months she increased the number of sit-ups she could do by 500 percent and boosted her aerobic capacity 36 percent. But if you ask Selena what she did in the program, she’ll tell you simply, “fun things.” “What I liked best was playing games and meeting new friends,” says Selena. “We were a team and helped each other out.” Selena’s mom, Reyna, has seen many positive changes in Selena since she began the program and started practicing what she learned at home. She says her daughter is happier, more content and much more active. “At home, Selena will make up her own activity plan,” Reyna explains. “Every Sunday we go out and she rides her bike or takes a walk.” Selena is also making better nutritional decisions all on her own. Instead of eating three tortillas at dinner, she now chooses to eat one. And Selena shares nutritional knowledge with her family: “Eat broccoli because it doesn’t have any fat.” “Fish is good for your brain.” “Don’t eat pizza; it has too much fat.”
“I eat fruits and vegetables every day and play outside for 30 minutes.”
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Healthy Neighborhoods, Healthy Families Close Up:
Education TARGET PROGRAMS • Establish mentoring and academic enrichment programs at Livingston Avenue Elementary • Create literacy education programs for children and adults • Use medical residents to teach health topics in a school mentoring program to create positive role modeling around health care careers • Expansion of afterschool programming targeting parents
Because Livingston Avenue Elementary is a focus school for Healthy Neighborhoods, Healthy Families, as well as a partner, a variety of educational programs are pumping up their activity level. The following pages outline key accomplishments in reaching ongoing program goals as well as programs that will be launched in 2011. KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Fitness Fever Students at Livingston Avenue Elementary have the “fever” for fitness. Every morning at 9 a.m. the entire school participates in 10 minutes of morning exercise in the classroom. Principal Melinda Dixon, along with 10 fourth graders, participate in videos, filmed by Nationwide Children’s Hospital, that air in each classroom and guide 375 students, plus staff, through the day’s routine. This daily exercise promotes fitness, learning readiness and mind-body connection.
Project Mentor One hundred twenty six Nationwide Children’s Hospital volunteers are mentoring students in schools near the hospital. Project Mentor at Livingston Avenue Elementary is a partnership between Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Ohio and Columbus City Schools. The program’s goal is to better our community one child at a time. Adults mentor students for one hour a week on Thursday afternoons. Volunteers from Nationwide Children’s mentor Livingston Avenue Principal Melinda Dixon interacts with students at Livingston Avenue Elementary on a daily basis.
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Elementary students whom they begin working with in third grade. Plans are for mentors to continue following their student as they advance through middle school and high school.
Obesity Symposia for School Nurses All Columbus City School nurses, about 100 total, attended three mandatory obesity programs sponsored by Nationwide Children’s Hospital. The program focused on the complete needs of the overweight child (mind, body and social) as well as what the school nurse can do to help students and their families. The nurses were given projects resulting in teams developing resource guides to help school staff connect students and families with services in their neighborhood as needed. They also developed a nutrition/fitness guide to generate ideas for school-based activities.
“Columbus City Schools has a great partnership with Nationwide Children’s Hospital and the Osteopathic Heritage Foundation to create awareness about healthy eating and exercise and their impact on long-term health. It’s important to realize that health and wellness is a critical part of any neighborhood if it is to thrive. When people are active and healthy, that adds to the vitality of a neighborhood. Children especially get so excited about making positive changes and feeling good. As an example, a young lady at Livingston Avenue Elementary told me about her involvement in FAN Club, and how excited she was about looking and feeling better because of that program. She inspires her family and she inspires other children. You see, feeling well can be contagious. For the future, we look forward to expanding our efforts to include other partners across the spectrum of organizations interested in improving the health and wellness of our kids and their families.” – Gene Harris Superintendent, Columbus City School District
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Additional Education Programs with Livingston Avenue Elementary
STINKY U Videos
Residents in Schools Initiative
(formerly known as Grossology LIVE!)
RISI is a unique training program for pediatric
Produced by Nationwide Children’s Hospital through a National Science Foundation grant coalition, these videos teach anatomy and physiology through interactive activities that
residents who are assigned to teach second-,
explore the impolite functions of the human
third- and fourth-grade students about health
body, such as snot, farts, vomit and digestion.
care challenges such as obesity, smoking and sedentary lifestyle. These health issues are behaviorally based and can be influenced in schools by education and prevention efforts. The residents: •
Provide students and their families with information to improve health and make healthy choices,
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NEW PROGRAMS FOR 2011
Family Literacy Project Nationwide Children’s has teamed up with the Dominican Learning Center to offer family
See first-hand children’s needs and the
literacy classes. February 10 through May 19, 2011,
community resources that are available to
volunteers will tutor adults and young or school-
address them,
aged children every other Thursday at Livingston
Work with teachers to evaluate and manage
Avenue Elementary after school hours. Volunteer
learning and behavior problems, and
tutors from the hospital staff and the community
Promote access to primary care and health services.
are being trained by the Dominican Learning Center. Each month a different learning/literacy theme will be featured, like Health and Nutrition and their Child’s Education.
Pen Pals Having a pen pal can help children learn basic writing skills and, as the relationship with their pen pal progresses, how to express oneself in writing. It can even help with classroom behavioral problems. In January, Nationwide Children’s employees, through a partnership with Columbus Rotary, will write monthly letters In 2008, these residents brought health care challenges to the head of the class.
to their special pen pals at Livingston Avenue Elementary. As of mid-December, 58 pen pals have volunteered.
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Kids Learn to Jump-Start Each SchoolDay with Exercise
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got the idea to make 10-minute exercise videos for our kids after I heard someone speak about how exercise improves academic performance,” explained Livingston Avenue Elementary Principal Melinda Dixon. “And, I also knew it would be easy to meet the anticipated Ohio requirements to
provide 30 minutes of exercise a day if you simply broke the time up into smaller chunks.” Plus, she was aware that, for a number of reasons, poverty and obesity can go hand-in-hand, and she wanted to help students fight it. With those thoughts in mind, coupled with a background as a physical education teacher, Melinda developed a video in which she demonstrated the exercises. After a year of the children enjoying the routines, she decided to fine-tune the concept. She enlisted five pairs of fourth graders to star with her in the videos. “Each pair of kids chose three exercises they wanted to do, and we worked with Community Education staff at Nationwide Children’s to produce a 10-minute video for each day of the week.” The videos are complete exercise units with a warm-up, cardio and a cool down that includes a yoga move that encourages concentration. The exercises connect both sides of the brain and build core muscle strength, which helps the students sit in a chair for long periods at school. “The kids love it. When the video starts at 9 each morning, they go into action,” says Melinda. “I was in a classroom one morning when the video came on with no picture, only the sound. Everyone stood up and started doing the exercises; they knew exactly what to do.” “I think the videos and programs like the Residents in Schools Initiative help the kids understand their health in all different aspects. They also educate parents and get them connected with the school in a positive way—one that’s comfortable for them. It also makes them more accountable for their kids’ fitness and wellness. Parents comment about how neat the video is and kids tell them about it as well.”
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Healthy Neighborhoods, Healthy Families:
Our Partners Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Ohio 1855 E. Dublin-Granville Road Columbus, Ohio 43229 Phone: (614) 839-2447 Fax: (614) 839-4770 Web site: www.bbbscolumbus.org
Columbus Rotary 1225 Dublin Road Columbus, Ohio 43215 Phone: (614) 221-3127 Fax: (614) 221-3128 Web site: www.columbusrotary.org
Charitable Pharmacy of Central Ohio, Inc. Livingston United Methodist Church 200 E. Livingston Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43215 Phone: (614) 227-0301 Fax: (614) 227-0387 E-mail: charitablepharmacy@gmail.com Web site: www.charitablepharmacy.org
Columbus Southside Area Commission 1312 Linwood Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43207 Fax: (614) 598-2237 E-mail: mommadiggs@yahoo.com Web site: http://development.columbus.gov/ associations.aspx?id=29878
City of Columbus Mayor’s Office City Hall 2nd Floor 90 W. Broad Street Columbus, Ohio 43215 Phone: (614) 645-7671 Fax: (614) 645-5818 Web site: http://mayor.columbus.gov Columbus City Schools 270 E. State Street Columbus, Ohio 43215 Phone: (614) 365-5000 Web site: www.columbus.k12.oh.us Columbus Public Health 240 Parsons Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43215 Phone: (614) 645-7417 Fax: (614) 645-7633 Web site: www.publichealth.columbus.gov
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Community Development for All People 946 Parsons Avenue P.O. Box 06063 Columbus, Ohio 43206 Phone: (614) 445-7342 Web site: www.4allpeople.org The Dominican Learning Center 1111 E. Stewart Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43206 Phone: (614) 444-7330 Fax: (614) 444-3628 Web site: www.columbusdominicans.org Mount Carmel College of Nursing 127 S. Davis Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43222 Phone: (614) 234-5800 Fax: (614) 234-2875 Web site: www.mccn.edu
Turner Construction 250 E. Wilson Bridge Road Worthington, Ohio 43085 Phone: (614) 781-8550 Fax: (614) 781-8553 Web site: www.turnerconstruction.com United Way of Central Ohio 360 S. Third Street Columbus, Ohio 43215 Phone: (614) 227-2700 Web site: www.uwcentralohio.org/ World Changers Web site: www.world-changers.net
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