Nemours 2011

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Good Food in the Great

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Sussex Outdoors 2011

ACHIEVE Success through healthy lifestyle choices 5

Sussex County Council

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Safe, healthy mobility is goal

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Sussex coalition awarded national healthy communities grant

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Farmers’ markets open for season

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Five-Two-One-Almost None

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Second resolution supports ‘No Child Left Inside’ initiative

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Sussex County Trail map

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Shore Fun Camp represents heart of local Sussex health coalition

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The Markell Administration

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Healthy Kids Day at Trap Pond

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Sussex County Land Trust preserving our resources

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Kids Day at the State Fair

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Physicians ‘writing’ prescriptions for playing outside

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Step Conversion Chart

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Sussex County Council endorses healthy eating, active living The Sussex County Council fully endorses efforts to transform Sussex County into a healthy eating, active living community.

The Sussex County Council declares obesity to be a public health issue and calls for action by community members to eliminate this threat to our society.

Obesity increases the risk of heart disease, Type 2 diabetes, reduces life expectancy, increases disability, decreases work productivity and school achievement, and increases healthcare costs.

More than 36 percent of children in this nation are considered overweight and approximately two-thirds of American adults are classified as overweight.

Obesity in our society is an epidemic that threatens not only our health, but our economy, as well, costing the citizens of Delaware nearly $208 million dollars annually for healthcare-related issues.

The Sussex County Council pledges its support to assist with current efforts to transform Sussex County into an active living, healthy eating community, with a goal to make Sussex County children among the healthiest in the nation by 2015.

The Nemours Health and Prevention Services has devoted resources, professional expertise and the sharing of best practices in Sussex County and throughout the state in the fight against this epidemic.

The Sussex Child Health Promotion Coalition has become a nationally recognized model of community empowerment for health promotion, and has provided a unified plan for more than 150 partner agencies throughout Sussex County to work toward the elimination of childhood obesity and all its health-related problems.

The Sussex County Council encourages local planning depart-

ments to incorporate into their procedures and plans an aspect of healthy lifestyle design, which could include open space, playgrounds, and walking and bike trails.

It is the purpose of Sussex County to preserve, promote, and protect the health and welfare of its citizens, beginning with its youth.

The Sussex County Council pledges its support to the mission of making Sussex County a healthy eating and active living community, and calls on all residents to take part in this ongoing effort.

Through their work with State Parks, Sussex Land Trust, the Sussex Child Health Promotion Coalition, and Nemours Health and Prevention Services the Sussex County Council members are committed to the goal that Sussex County children will be the healthiest in the nation by 2015.

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Resolution seeks to create connecting bike paths and walkways

By Lynn R. PaRks Included in this year’s state bond bill, approved by the General Assembly June 30, is $7 million to create new bike and pedestrian trails in Delaware. Of that, $2 million is to go for trails in state parks and $5 million for trails outside of parks.

This follows on the heels of a General Assembly resolution asking the Delaware Department of Transportation to work toward creating bike paths and walkways that connect towns and communities. The state Senate passed the resolution May 10 and the House passed it on May 12.

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Safe, healthy mobility is goal

The resolution, sponsored in the Senate by Sen. Robert Venables, a dedicated bicyclist, and in the House by Rep. Dave Wilson, directs DelDOT to work with counties and municipalities, as well as with other state organizations, to plan and find funding for networks of walkways and bikeways “with special focus on connecting centers of population with workplaces, schools, residents, business, recreation areas and other community activity centers.”

The purpose of such a network, the resolution says, is to “provide safe, convenient, cost-effective and healthy mobility via walking and bicycling.”

The paths are to be located on “independent rights-of-way

outside of the rights-of-way of existing roadways,” the resolution says.

In addition, the department of transportation is required to report annually to the state’s Bond Committee on its progress.

The resolution has been endorsed by Gov. Markell. Recently, Markell met with proponents including John Hollis, Seaford, Sussex County manager of community and government affairs for Nemours Health and Prevention Services, which promotes healthy living for children. “We had a very powerful session,” Hollis said.

“The governor talked about his personal commitment to getting people outside and exercising.”

Nemours Health and Prevention Services was a major supporter of the resolution, as was Bike Delaware, a biking advocacy group.

Biking and walking paths encourage physical activity, Nemours says. In particular, research shows that children who can walk or bike from home to school and back are more physically active overall, a major step in combating childhood obesity.

“This is a significant step forward,” Hollis said. “This will give us a platform for population change.”

According to Nemours, obesity among children who are 6 to 11 years old has quadrupled in the last 40 years. In Delaware, 37 percent of our children are overweight or obese. Children who are obese are more likely to become adults with diabetes and heart disease. A child is obese when his weight is 20 percent more than it should be.

Children in Delaware spend an average of four minutes a day, 28 minutes a week, in an outdoor activity, Hollis said. In contrast, they spend about 43 hours a week sitting in front of a screen, either television or computer.

Up to 60 percent of our young teenagers, age 13 and 14, could not pass physical tests required for enlistment in the military service, he added.

“Many legislators agree this [resolution] provides a basis for progressive change in Delaware that will create an environment where walkability and bikeability become a priority,” Hollis said. It promises to be the start of a “societal change that embraces active living,” he added.

Hollis particularly praised the resolution’s demand that DelDOT provide annual reports to the Bond Committee. That requirement “will be a key sustaining factor” of the pathways program, he said.

Representatives with Bike Delaware had similar praise. For the first time, the advocacy group said, “DelDOT has legislative direction to invest directly in closing the most difficult, and often dangerous, gaps that discourage people from choosing walking or bicycling for their routine travel needs.”

In addition to health benefits, the group said, good biking and walking paths can provide economic help to families struggling to pay for gasoline and automobile upkeep. “Such flexibility will only become more important if fuel prices rise further,” it said.

The paths can also encourage tourism and economic development, the group added. In addition to drawing more people to the state’s beaches, they can “also bring tourists into the countryside to enjoy parts of Delaware they would not otherwise visit.”

On opposite page John Hollis, Sussex County manager of community and government affairs for Nemours Health and Prevention Services (left) and state Sen. Robert Venables (D-Laurel) discuss a state resolution directing the Department of Transportaion to fund bike and walking paths to connect communities. Photo by Lynn R. Parks

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Sussex coalition awarded national healthy communities grant

By Tony E. WindsoR Sussex County is among the community recipients of a prestigious national grant designed to promote healthy eating and active lifestyles. Forty communities throughout the country were selected to be awarded grants as part of the national ACHIEVE (Action Communities for Health, Innovation, and Environmntal change) communities initiative.

ACHIEVE is sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). A group of national organizations work with the CDC to support community-level efforts to develop and implement policy, systems, and environmental change strategies that will help prevent or manage health-risk factors for heart disease, stroke, diabetes, cancer, obesity, and arthritis.

There are also focused activities which address the reduction of such health-related issues as tobacco use and exposure and promoting physical activity and healthy eating.

This represents the first time Delaware has had a community chosen as an ACHIEVE recipient and the driving force behind this year’s honors is the Sussex Child Health Promotion Coalition (SCHPC) which made application for the $65,000 grant. Peggy Geisler, Executive Director of the SCHPC, said this award will not only help enhance the ongoing efforts of the coalition to promote healthy lifestyles locally, but will also put Sussex County “on the national stage.”

She said during a recent press conference in Seaford that the ACHIEVE grant award is more confirmation that the organization is on the right path in terms of its health promotion strategy. “This

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award is not about money,” she said. “It is about recognizing that we are on the right path. This puts Sussex County in an elite circle of communities who are making a difference in the promotion of healthy life styles. The ACHIEVE award puts us on a national stage and allows people to recognize what we are doing here and in turn helps to bring more resources to Sussex County.”

The Sussex Child Health Promotion Coalition was born out of a child health strategy designed

by Nemours Health Prevention Services. Using Sussex County as a pilot location the coalition was formed with Nemours as a partner. John Hollis, of Nemours Health Prevention Services, who heads the Sussex County office in Seaford, agrees with Geisler that the recent ACHIEVE grant honors spotlight what the initiative has accomplished.

“The strategy was to go where the children learn, play and live and start to mobilize change,” he said. “We were traveling a blind path not knowing what was around the next turn. We started with 20 partners and went down to as few as nine or 10.” Hollis credits Peggy Geisler’s leadership with helping to work with the Sussex County communities to build the coalition to as many as 40 partners and over 230 members.

In addition to Nemours Health and Prevention Services, supporting partners working with the coalition on the ACHIEVE project include the Western Sussex Boys & Girls Club, Delaware Vegetable Growers Association, Delaware Department of Health and Nanticoke Pediatrics. “This national ACHIEVE grant is a credit to the leadership of the Sussex Child Health Promotion Coalition and a validation of this six-year jour-

ney. We have made healthy lifestyle changes and we have made them stick. This award represents something that we all know and that is that Sussex County is a special place,” he said.

Geisler said the ACHIEVE grant will support the coalition in helping to address challenges that come about as it works to promote policy changes leading to healthy eating and active lifestyles throughout Sussex County.

“We have worked hard to begin addressing these issues and the ACHIEVE grant is the next step in our process,” she said.

The Sussex County ACHIEVE Grant award is part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s partnership with the National Association of Chronic Disease Directors, one of five national organizations involved in the ACHIEVE initiative. In addition to the Sussex County coalition award, others receiving the national honors are health-promotion communities in Dalton, Ga., Daytona Beach, Fla., Spartanburg, S.C., Ukiah, Ca., Kahoka, Mo, Manchester, Ky, Frankford, In, and Eugene, Or. The ACHIEVE communities initiative was started by the CDC in 2008, when 10 pilot communities were awarded. In 2009, 43 communities joined ACHIEVE. In both 2010 and 2011 there were 40 communities awarded bringing the current total to 124 ACHIEVE communities.

The CDC plans to award at least 40 communities each year over the next two years to bring the total ACHIEVE community action coalition to at least 200 nationwide.

It is the strategy of the CDC that each year the ACHIEVE communities will build on the successes of their predecessors.

These successes include making

local improvements such as working with city planners to install bicycle lanes to encourage biking to school; creating tobacco free parks; and sponsoring farmers markets to increase access to fresh fruits and vegetables.

The Sussex County Child Health Promotion Coalition has been implementing county wide activities since it began six years ago.

These continue and this year’s events include the annual Community Walks on April 16, to be held in Seaford, Georgetown and the Woodbridge and Cape Henlopen school districts. The annual Kids Day at Trap Pond on May 5 and the launch of the Farmer’s market in Seaford on June 29.

On April 16, in conjunction with the Community Walks, there will be a Family Fun and H.E.A.L. (Healthy Eating and Active Living) Festival from noon until 5 p.m. at the Western Sussex Boys & Girls Club on Virginia Avenue, Seaford. Barton’s Grand Rental Station will be providing

a variety of inflatable activity centers for the event. There will also be special healthy cooking demonstrations along with the one to three mile biking and walking opportunities.

In February, in addition to the national ACHIEVE Grant award, the Sussex Child Health Promotion Coalition also received a grant from The Next Generation (TNG) of the Delaware Community Foundation. The TNG is made up of a group of young professionals who work to promote and encourage philanthropy and volunteerism among their peers.

This year the TNG’s grant focus is on combating childhood obesity. The coalition received one of five grants awarded by TNG to non-profit organizations in Delaware.

TNG made the award to the coalition as a means to advance the coalition’s mission and vision for raising awareness of child health issues and promoting a healthy and active lifestyle in Sussex County.

Peggy Geisler (Sussex Child Health Promotion Coalition Director)

Cathy VanSciver (Chief Operating Officer of the Sussex Child Health Promotion Coalition)

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Farmers’ Markets open for the season

By CaRoL kinsLEy The Western Sussex Farmers’ Market opened for its second season in the parking lot of the Boys & Girls Club on Virginia Avenue in Seaford with a ribbon cutting recently.

The weather cooperated and the day was a total success, declared board member Bunnie Williams.

“Every vendor went home happy,” she said. “The number of visitors was way over last year.”

New to the market — and to farming — was Dublin Hill Farms,

the enterprise of Cole Phillips, who just turned 17. The first generation farmer has enlisted the help of his parents, Laura and Ben Phillips, as “laborers.” Cole grew peppers and tomatoes last year and since then the garden has “exploded,” his mother said. A student at Worcester Prep, he does most of the work himself on the nearly 3 acres of vegetables. You couldn’t miss the sign on his booth — his dad owns Phillips Sign Company in Seaford.

At a “meet and greet” earlier in June, Erroll Mattox, small farm specialist, made suggestions on

Wielding the scissors at the ribbon cutting for the 2011 Western Sussex Farmers’ Market were President Faith Robinson and Linda Allen. Dignitaries on hand included Mayor Ed Butler, Councilman Mike Vincent, and Seaford City Manager Dolores Slatcher. Photo

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marketing. Several of the vendors used his ideas, Williams said.

Jillian Phillips of Mary Belle’s Market, who enclosed a card with every purchase giving information about the farm stand at home, sold out of product. The market is open Saturdays through Sept. 3, from 8:30 a.m.-noon, with special attractions throughout the summer. Coming to the market September 3 is the final day and that’s when the winner will be drawn in the Farmers’ Market raffle. The prize is a framed photo of plow horses taken on Ag Day.

Farmers’ Markets in Sussex are growing The organizers of the Western Sussex Farmers’ Market as well as other markets throughout Sussex County have worked hard to make their market day one where customers can not only purchase some of the best locally grown produce which is fresh picked daily, but they also can purchase other items ranging from jellies, honey, baked goods and other specialty items prepared on the farm.

The Delaware Department of Agriculture has their marketing people working hard to provide Delaware growers another opportunity to sell their product while teaming with Nemours Health and Prevention Services to help educate the public on the importance of eating healthy foods.

The program has really grown over recent years, and currently there are seven community markets located in Bethany Beach, Georgetown, Lewes, Milford, Milton, Rehoboth Beach, and Western Sussex.

Along with the markets mentioned above, there are 38 known “on the farm” markets in Sussex.

For information on any of the Farmers’ Markets, contact Dave Smith of DDA at 1-800-282-8685.

Remember, without a farmer, we cannot survive, so don’t forget they’re trying to provide us with the best food service to keep us all healthy.

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Five-Two-One-Almost None Nemours Health and Prevention Services is committed to helping people understand the causes and implications of being at an unhealthy weight. 5-2-1-Almost None is our way to promote a healthier lifestyle for children and families. It’s as simple as following these suggestions and tips for healthier eating and physical activity:

FRUITS AND VEGETABLES Five stands for five or more servings of fruits and vegetables per day. Fruits and vegetables are packed with disease-fighting nutrients and give you energy, naturally.

HOURS OF SCREEN TIME Two stands for no more than two hours per day in front of a screen (TV, video games, and recreational computer time). A number of studies show a correlation between watching television and obesity.

N Serve at least one fruit or vegetable at every meal and snack. Try all the different colors.

N Dip veggies in low fat dressing. Tuck them in whole wheat pitas. Toss some on your pizza.

N Try and try again. It may take children several tastings (10 or more) before they begin to enjoy certain foods.

N Be a role model — limit your own screen time. Play, take a walk, or cook with your kids instead.

N Keep the TV in a central location and out of your child’s bedroom.

N Turn off the TV during dinner and take time to talk about your day.

HOUR OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY One means at least one hour of physical activity per day. Physical activity, especially when it gets the heart pumping faster, is vital to maintaining a healthy weight and overall good health. Kids who are raised in active families tend to stay active as adults.

N Plan one physical activity for the family each weekend.

Let each child take turns choosing the activity.

N There are lots of ways to be active — walking, dancing, gardening, and raking leaves can all get your heart pumping.

N 10 minutes here, 10 minutes there — and before you know it, you’ve been moving your body for an hour.

SUGARY DRINKS Almost none refers to almost no sugary beverages — no more than two servings per week of soft drinks, sports drinks, and fruit drinks that are not 100% fruit juice. Over the last few decades, soda consumption has doubled for girls, tripled for boys.

N Choose water. Add a lemon or lime wedge or a splash of juice for flavor.

N Drink water, milk, and juice yourself. Your children learn by watching you.

N Avoid bringing sodas and sports drinks home.

If it’s there, the kids will drink it.

About NHPS Nemours Health and Prevention Services (NHPS), a non-profit organization based in Newark, Delaware, works with families and community partners to help children grow up healthy. Our goal is to drive long-term changes in policies and practices that promote child health and to leverage community strengths and resources to have the greatest impact on the most children. One of our initial areas of emphasis is childhood obesity prevention through promotion of healthy lifestyles, the centerpiece of which is the 5-2-1-Almost None campaign.

NHPS is the newest division of Nemours, one of the nation’s largest pediatric health systems, operating the Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children and outpatient facilities throughout the Delaware Valley and northern and central Florida. NHPS expands Nemours’ reach beyond clinical care to consider the health of the whole child within his or her family and community.

www.GrowUpHealthy.org Copyright © 2007 The Nemours Foundation. All rights reserved.

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Second resolution supports ‘No Child Left Inside’ effort

By Lynn R. PaRks In addition to the concurrent resolution asking for the state to put in biking and walking trails, Delaware’s General Assembly approved a second resolution, supporting efforts to get children outside.

Senate Concurrent Resolution 20, whose primary sponsor was Sen. Robert Venables from Laurel, says that the legislators “believe that every Delaware child should have a safe opportunity to climb a tree, catch and release a fish, discover frogs and insects, splash in the water, hike a nature trail, learn to swim, ride a bike, watch wildlife, paddle a boat, camp under the stars, fly a kite, visit a farm, grow a garden, and learn about Delaware’s unique natural heritage.”

The resolution expresses support for the state’s No Child Left Inside initiative and the Children in Nature Task Force.

And it mandates that the task force, with representatives from the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, the Department of Education, Nemours Health and Prevention Services, the Department of Health and Social Services and the Delaware Nature Society, produce an annual progress report to the Delaware General Assembly.

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Specifically, the resolution says, the report should address ways to make sure that children, “especially underserved populations,” are getting outside and are learning about the environment and healthy lifestyles.

“This is a huge step forward,” said John Hollis, Sussex County manager of community and government affairs for Nemours Health and Prevention Services. “We are recognizing that children are not getting outside and that we need to do something about it.”

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Master Map for Sussex County Trails and Tours Numbers correspond to locations on the Trail Map. 10

McCabe Preserve Hiking and Canoeing Trail

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Assawoman Wildlife Refuge Hiking and Biking Trails

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Rehoboth Beach and Henlopen Acres Tour

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Redden State Forest Hiking and Riding Trails

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Lewes Historic Tour

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Nature Conservancy Pemberton Forest Preserve

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Junction and Breakwater Hiking and Biking Trail

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Prime Hook Wildlife Refuge/Blue Goose Trail

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Trap Pond State Park/Boundary Trail

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Lewes Maritime History Trail

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Cape Henlopen State Park /Seaside, Pinelands, Bike

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Delaware Seashore State Park/Burton Island Trail

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Milton Historic Tour

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Delaware Seashore State Park/Prickly Pear Trail

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Prime Hook Wildlife Refuge/Black Farm Trail

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Lewes/Trenny’s Loop

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Cape Henlopen State Park/Gordons Pond

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Prime Hook Wildlife Refuge/ Pine Grove Trail

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SHOW YOUR KIDS WHAT’S SO GREAT A Delaware’s Parks, trails, and greenways are a great place to live the 5-2-1-Almost None healthy lifestyle. They provide safe and fun places for families to be physically active so kids can build healthy bones, muscles and joints. Trails are fun and easy places to be active with For more info go to MakingKidsHealthy.org

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your kids. You can toss around a Frisbee, take a relaxing bike ride or go on an exploratory hike! With the help of the Mighty Timoneers and 5-2-1 Almost None, you can take your kids on the adventure of a lifetime.

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Shore Fun Camp represents heart of local Sussex health coalition

By Tony E. WindsoR When the Sussex Child Health Prevention Coalition started addressing healthy lifestyle issues in several Sussex County communities, the emphasis was placed on children.

As a partner with Nemours Health and Prevention Services, the SCHPC has birthed a strong coalition of partners a few of which include, Sussex County 4-H, Boys & Girls Clubs of Delaware, Del Tech Community College, First State Community Action, Trinity Transport, Telemon Child Care and the local schools districts and chambers of commerce throughout western Sussex County.

The Sussex County Child Health Promotion Coalition has formed its mission to statement to define the organization as existing to “engage the entire community in collaborative family-focused effort to improve the health of children and youth in Sussex County.”

Evidence of this mission can be found in a special project that is now in its second year in Sussex County, the Shore Fun Camp.”

Located at Sports at the Beach complex on Delaware 9, Georgetown, the camp is dedicated to serving youth with structured edu-

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cational and recreational programming targeting healthy eating and physical activity.

The program operated June 20 through 24, this year and offered 20 local young people an opportunity to learn how to live a healthy life and have fun while doing it.

According to Peggy Geisler, Executive Director of SCHPS, childhood obesity is directly linked to unhealthy eating habits and lack of activity and has become an epidemic problem in the United States. It is initiatives like the Shore Fun Camp that are aimed at reducing that problem.

During a special ceremony held on June 23, at the University of Delaware’s Elbert N. and Ann V. Carvel Research and Education Center in Georgetown, Nemours Health and Prevention Services introduced its new Executive Director, Mary Kate Mouser.

Supporters of the Nemours HPS campaign to change the trend of childhood obesity, gathered at the University’s Extension Office to meet the new director and also celebrate recent initiatives to help combat health issues in the greater Sussex County area.

Geisler attended the event.

Having just left the Shore Fun Camp, Geisler addressed the group and lauded the opportunities being provided to local young

people at the camp. She told the audience that she was emotionally impacted by seeing the excitement on the faces of those young people who were attending the camp.

“I can’t say enough good things about how Shore Fun Camp is helping kids who otherwise may not have the chance to experience healthy, outside activities. We are able to not only allow the children to have fun and companionship, but also give them lessons about healthy eating and active lifestyles that they can carry with them for a lifetime.”

The SCHPC has developed specific strategies for implementing its mission and goals in Sussex County and Shore Fun Camp falls in line with those strategies.

Ten core strategies include: • Monitor child health status • Raise community awareness of child health issues.

• Give voice to community concerns and ideas.

• Expand and publicize the knowledge base on child health promotion.

• Proactively engage people and organizations from all sectors (not-for-profit, public, private) in child health promotion.

• Facilitate development of child and family health promotion strategies.

• Develop and mobilize community resources for child health promotion.

• Build community capacity for policy and program development.

• Support collaborative efforts to improve community policies, programs, and practices.

• Evaluate and report on the impact of the actions.

At the foundation of the SCHPC work in Delaware is the “5-2-1-Almost None” prescription for health which is promoted by Nemours Health and Prevention Services as its major campaign.

The program calls for daily habits of eating at least five servings of fruits and vegetables; receiving no more than two hours of television, computer or video game screen time; participating in at least one hour of physical activity and drinking almost no sugary beverages.

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thru Dec. 24 • Mon-Sat. 8-5; Sun. 9-3 8887 Redden Rd & US 13A Bridgeville, DE 19933 • U-Pick • Special Seasonal Events

AT THE BEACH 1547 Savannah Rd.

Alongside Windsor’s Plant Outlet Lewes, DE ~ Open Daily

Come Visit DELAWARE’S ONLY SOLAR POWERED CENTURY FARM. Watch For Our SPECIAL EVENTS (Aug. 13, Oct. 15, Dec. 3)

You-Pick is Here!

Peaches and Nectarines: July and August Apples and Pumpkins: Sept. and October Come pick your own & don’t forget your camera!

Know when fruit is ready for you-pick! Call ahead, visit our website or facebook page, follow us on twitter or sign up for our newsletter for picking dates & times.

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APPLE CINNAMON DONUTS Made Fresh Each Day

AT FARMERS MARKETS Milton, DE (Fri.) Seaford, DE (Sat.) Easton Market Sq. (Mon-Thurs.)

For more info visit us online or call the farm

302-337-8271 Sign up for our e-newsletter at www.tssmithandsons.com

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The Markell Administration A vital part of Sussex achieving success Governor Jack Markell Governor Markell has set the standard of physical activity with his bike touring of Delaware throughout his public life. He has been a strong advocate of the 5-2-1 Almost None message since becoming Governor.

The Governor is known nationally for his proactive leadership in health promotion.

Secretary of Education, Lillian Lowery Secretary Lowery is a key leader of the Race to the Top award for Delaware. She is a great supporter of blending of state education with health promotion initiatives; in addition, she is also a key leader with the Child in Nature and No Child Left Inside initiatives.

Colin O’Mara, Secretary of DNREC Secretary O’Mara is a visionary leader with focus on safeguarding our environment. He also has been and continues to be a champion for Sussex families to be physically active outdoors. Secretary O’Mara is also a strong supporter for the Child in Nature initiative.

Ed Kee, Secretary of Agriculture Secretary Kee, with the assistance of the Fruit & Vegetables Growers’ of Delaware and the Sussex County food service directors in Sussex schools, has been an influential key in launching Farm to School programs in Sussex County. Sussex has had great success with over 10,000 students getting fresh fruits and vegetables as part of their school nutrition.

Dr. Karyl Rattay, Director of Public Health Dr. Rattay was the creator of the popular 5-2-1 Almost None message when at Nemours Health and Prevention Services. She is an active state leader for healthy eating, active living. Dr. Rattay led the effort to form the State HEAL Coalition and is a visionary for the built environment is Sussex County.

Chazz Salkin, Parks & Recreation Director Mr. Salkin is a visionary leader for decades for the Delaware State Parks as an environmentally safe, healthy place for Delaware families. He is also the primary energy behind the Child in Nature initiative. Mr. Salkin is key leader for the Sussex Outdoors Summit.

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Healthy Kids Day at Trap Pond This annual event has been a great collaboration with Delaware State Parks, NHPS, 15 area organizations as well as all the elementary schools both public and private in Sussex County. This spring program had nearly 900 fourth graders along with 100 chaperones/teachers in 2010. The purpose of the event is two-fold: one is get the Nemours 5-2-1AN message to the participants and the other is to provide the students with a real life experience at one of Delaware’s beautiful state parks.

Some kids learn to ride but all learn to be safe.

Promoting Healthy Lifestyles

by eating right and exercising.

Timoneers were a big hit with the kids. Photos courtesy of NHPS

Make bicycling a safe, fun and convenient transportation option by working in partnership with local government agencies, businesses, and community groups.

www.bikede.org

Let’s set A Good exAmpLe for our ChiLdren.

Senator Robert Venables

Address local bicycle issues • Protect cyclists’ rights • Make Delaware bike-friendly

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Jumping rope is not new to a lot, but great fun. Timoneers were a big hit with the kids. Photo courtesy of NHPS

Sussex County Land Trust exists to preserve precious natural resources Formed in December of 2001, the Sussex County Land Trust is a nonprofit conservation organization, dedicated to protecting natural, cultural, agricultural and recreational resources through land preservation, stewardship and education for today and tomorrow.

For most people discretionary time is a precious possession, parceled out with care. So it is telling that volunteers give so much of their time to conserving open space through land trusts. Volunteers raise money, donate legal and accounting services, restore pond banks, lead nature walks, monitor easement-protected property, write newsletters and much more. Their precious time is truly making the world a better place.

The Sussex County Land Trust exists to: Preserve open space Maintain the integrity of open land easements Acquire easements Assist landowners with the decision-making process Educate others to understand the value of conservation Pass on the best of our values to the next generation

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Remember the forest you camped in as a child? The creek you strolled along dreaming of the future? Those places where houses and malls now stand?

Imagine that the beautiful meadow or farmland you treasure in your community today is gone tomorrow forever.

Today we are headed for a future without the special places that make Sussex County such a fulfilling place to live. In fact, despite the many documented economic benefits of conservation, each day as a nation we are losing 8.6 square miles of America’s finest lands to development. At this pace, most of the special places in America will be gone within 20 years.

The good news is that we can protect and sustain our communities’ landscapes for ourselves and future generations.

Facts about the Sussex County Land Trust: • Total private dollars pledged and raised to date: $4,198,481.09 • 18 Different development projects represented • Total pledged by Sussex County Open Space funds to date

• FY ’03 to FY ’09 $6,291,626.00 • Total preserved acres with which SCLT has been involved: 5,202 acres Sussex government is involved The Sussex County in a resolution stated that we are ethically bound to care for our most precious resource in Sussex County, our land.

In its planning the Sussex County Council looks for opportunities that will directly provide recreational opportunities as well as interconnections of various recreational facilities.

The Sussex County Council joined a partnership with the Sussex County Land Trust in a joint effort to provide public and private funding on an annual basis for the purchase of open space.

The Sussex County Council has partnered with the State of Delaware, Department of Agriculture, in protecting hundreds of acres of Agriculture land.

The Sussex County Council encourages the residents of Sussex County to participate in programs recognizing the importance of this most precious resource.

Healthy Kids’ Day at the Fair

Healthy Kids’ Day at the Fair, sponsored by Nemours Health and Prevention Services, is held on Tuesday, July 26, at the Delaware State Fair. All school age children get free admission. It’s a day devoted to kids with attractions and exhibits geared toward promoting healthy eating and physical activity.

Kids will have a chance to spin the 5-2-1 AN wheel. Of course, there’ll be great give-aways. In the Health Fair Tent, some the original Titans from the movie “Remember the Titans” will be on hand signing autographs as well as the original Bill Yoast himself.

Also, Val Whiting- Raymond, a former WNBA player and two-time college All-American in basketball from Sanford University, will be there, and Yojo, a seven-foot living cartoon character will perform his “Treat Your Body Right!” show.

Nemours Health and Prevention Services is committed to taking a leading role in obesity prevention.

We want to help families understand the causes and health implications of obesity and the best ways to promote healthier habits.

We’ve even developed a formula for a healthy lifestyle.

It’s called 5-2-1-Almost None- eating at least five servings of fruits and vegetables a day, limiting screen time to no more than two hours a day, getting at least one hour of physical activity a day, and drinking almost no sugary beverages.

Come out, bring the whole family to Healthy Kids Day at the Fair and celebrate a healthier lifestyle!

Eat

Local Chicken & Watermelon.

It’s Healthy Food that Suppor ts our Community!

STA STATE REPRESENTA REPRESENTATIVE

BiffLee

Fun Fitness Trail (facts) 1. Event will be held at the State Fair, only on Kids Day July 26 2. Will be conducted from 9 till 2 concluded with a drawing for a bicycle.

3. Each child will be given a map of the fairgrounds with six locations on it. At each station the child will have to do a short physical activity.

4 If the child does the full course, they will have completed a one-mile trial as well as the other activities.

5. We are hoping to record how many times the kids will walk the State of Delaware during this event.

“I Care About the Environment and the Quality of the Food I Eat. That’s Why I buy Local Farm Products.”

The best healthy food is what’s closest to you. At our farmers’ markets, you’ll find locally and organically grown fruits and vegetables along with a host of other farm-fresh products.

Dave Wilson

35th District State Representative

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Local physicians ‘writing’ prescriptions for playing outside

By Tony E. WindsoR Local physicians are joining forces to support taking the promotion of healthy lifestyles for families to a new level. Last week two pediatricians and a family doctor from Nanticoke Health Services (NHS) were on hand to kick off a unique health initiative that seeks to “prescribe” outdoor activities in lieu of medication.

On June 1, NHS pediatricians Drs. Harry Layman and Meredith Arthur, along with family physician, Dr. Joe Kim, held a kick-off for a new program, “Prescription for Health,” being launched in collaboration with Nemours Health and Prevention Services and the Delaware State Parks. The kick-off was held at Nanticoke Memorial Hospital and was touted as the first ever such program in Delaware.

Nemours Health and Prevention Services Program and Policy Analyst, Ron Breeding, said the concept was discussed a little over a year ago and now it is coming into fruition. “We are excited to see how all of this pans out,” Breeding said. He credited NHS and its physicians for their willingness to develop unique ways to promote healthy activities.

John Hollis, lobbyist for Nemours Health and Prevention Services, said, “This journey started several years ago. Nemours Health and Prevention Services along with the Nanticoke Health Services and Delaware State Parks came together with one goal in mind – to make Sussex County kids the healthiest in the nation. We are starting to see evidence that these efforts are working.”

Hollis said Body Mass Index data throughout the country shows

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inappropriate levels for most children. He said, however, Sussex County data is showing improvement, which indicates that there is success in the efforts being undertaken to address childhood obesity in the local area.

He said the partnership with Nanticoke Health Services and Delaware State Parks is unique, but “innovative.” Hollis said the “Prescription for Health,” is an example of the commitment that the hospital has to help families be healthier.

“It is rewarding to live and work in a community where pediatricians and family doctors immerse themselves in efforts like this innovative approach to healthy lifestyles,” he said. “It is efforts like this in collaboration with those of the Delaware State Parks, where a five-mile bike trail has been developed in Trap Pond State Park that will be key elements in helping to make a major cultural shift toward healthier lifestyles.”

Hollis said Delaware Gov. Jack Markel is set to announce initiatives to promote the availability of the state’s many outdoor activities, like those at Trap Pond in a special “Sussex Outdoors” project. He said Markel’s initiative will layout the state’s standards and support initiatives like those of the State Parks and NHS. “It is important that we work to change how families view outside activities,” he said. “Kids today spend a matter of minutes in outside activities each week and as many as 41 hours a week in front of a television or computer screen.

We have to have a major cultural shift. We are on the cusp. It is all about collaborations and innovative people.”

Steve Rose, NHS CEO, said the hospital is excited about its partnership to enhance healthy lifestyles in the area and said NHS is aware of the need to promote.

“Two populations have grown in our area over the past seven years,” he said. “These are the over 65-year-olds and children. We have a responsibility to look at the health needs of these populations and begin to raise awareness about the importance of outside exercise.

We need to advise parents. It takes all of us to reach out and raise this awareness. We are just happy to be a part of it.”

As part of the new project doctors will have special informational packages they can make available to parents which promote outside activities. The kits also include pedometers along with help finding safe areas for outside activities.

Susan Moerschell, manager of the Park Resource Office with the Division of Parks and Recreation, said a booklet that has been prepared gives valuable information for wherever people are living in the local area.

She said the booklet, “Get Active! Your Prescription for Health,” points out the importance of outside activities and shows the proper way to take part. It also has special charts that show where a variety of open, recreational space is available in areas like Seaford, Laurel, Bridgeville, Blades, Georgetown and Ellendale. The booklet also includes three free passes to Trap Pond State Park.

“Sometimes we tend to overlook those parks and recreational venues that are close to home,” she said.

“This booklet lists places kids and families can go to for outside

Physicians from Nanticoke Health Services have joined forces with Delaware State Parks and Nemours Health and Prevention Services, to promote a new in-house project to promote healthier lifestyles among families in western Sussex County. The program, “Prescription for Health,” involves local pediatricians, Harry Lehman and Meredith Arthur and family physician, Joe Kim promoting outside activities as a tool to fight such issues as childhood obesity. Pictured from left: Dr. Joe Kim, Seaford family physician; Ron Breeding, program and policy analyst, Nemours Health and Prevention Services; Dr. Meredith Arthur, Seaford pediatrician; Susan Moerschel, manager, Delaware Park Resource Office; and Dr. Harry Lehman, Seaford pediatrician. Photo by Tony Windsor

recreation. Of course there is also Trap Pond Park in Laurel where families can spend the day and walk a trail or visit the new nature museum. The key is for everyone to be outside and renew their spiritual and mental health.”

Dr. Lehman said that many parents have fears that keep them from supporting their children’s outside activities. “There is the fear of things such as abductions, too much sun, ticks; many things that have created a culture of staying inside,” he said. “We want to work in collaboration with the state parks and write a prescription for taking a walk in a park and encourage good emotional and physical health.”

Lehman said he hopes that by taking on the “Prescription for Health” initiative, other physicians will pick up on the idea and it can

be expanded as a way to help get the word out. “This is a starting point and it is tailored to children and families,” he said. Family physician, Dr. Joe Kim, said he is especially excited about the opportunities that the project presents.

“This is an awesome collaboration and plus we get to promote western Sussex County parks and playgrounds,” he said. “It is great to promote a healthy lifestyle to not only kids, but parents and grandparents as well. This is an exciting grassroots effort to change the culture.”

Dr. Meredith Arthur said having the Nemours Health and Prevention resources, including the Prescription for Health booklet and the healthy eating guide, gives doctors tools to support the healthy lifestyle message. “We can promote healthy outside activities

and also have the right tools to support it,” she said. “We are not changing what we have always been recommending we just now have an additional tool.”

Arthur said the information also includes a special log that can be used by families to document the time they spend doing outdoor activities. “Parents can fill out the log and show their family doctor or pediatrician the activities they have done. It provides an extra incentive. It is important to see kids happier and healthier and to know we are helping to make Sussex County the healthiest it can be.”

Dr. Kim said the “Prescription for Health” is a proactive demonstration of what to do to help the physical and mental health of Sussex County. “If we get just one child healthier, it is a success,” he said.

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Step Conversion Chart

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our pedometer works whenever you are taking steps. For those times when you choose an activity other than walking, check the chart below to determine the activity’s equivalent number of steps. Simply multiply the number of times you did the activity by the number of steps indicated on the chart. For example, 30 minutes of mopping equals 2550 steps. (30 minutes x 85) If your activity is not listed below, find the one(s) most similiar to it on the list and estimate the activity’s step value. You can also estimate steps by knowing that roughly 2,000 steps equal one mile.

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Make your own special memory at T.S. Smith & Sons To make eating healthy and staying active fun and easy, TS Smith & Sons in Bridgeville is offering a variety of opportunities for the public to get out and visit their unique and historic family farm. There is so much for families to see and do!

For those who prefer the authentic experience of visiting a working farm, you-pick peaches and nectarines are available on select dates throughout July and August. Apples and pumpkins are available for the public to pick on select dates in September and October.

Everyone at TS Smith & Sons hopes that individuals, groups, and families will visit the farm and make their own special memory. Nothing is better than taking your own fresh picked produce home and making it into something special using a family recipe or one picked up at the farm.

Always call ahead when planning your visit. Just like with farming, you-pick dates are selected based on when the fruit is ready for harvest and that depends on the weather. Bring your camera!

For added excitement, there are three special events to highlight the seasons on the farm. Each event is made unique by what is being harvested at the time; although all events offer farm tours, hay wagon rides, demonstrations, samples with recipes, entertainment, children’s activities with more offerings depending on the season.

Visitors to the August 13 and October 15 events get to do both. While at these events, visitors can pick their own produce. For the Customer Appreciation Day event on August 13, you-pick peaches and nectarines are offered. At the “Apple Scrapple on the Farm” event October 15, visitors can pick their own apples and pumpkins.

Group tours are offered throughout the year and can be individualized to meet the interests and needs of the group.

TS Smith & Sons farm is Delaware’s only solar powered Century Farm. It is the state’s oldest commercial apple farm and is the only apple farm in Sussex County. It is one of two peach and nectarine orchards in Sussex County. It exhibits historic structures as well as modern methods of sustainable farming.

The farm is operated by Tom, Charlie, and Matt Smith, who are fourth generation farmers.

For more information contact the farm at 302337-8271.

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WhereSussex Pines in Georgetown, DE hy WFoundation’s 2011 areas of charitable focus include: Community Development (Youth Leadership Classes (DYLA),

Teen Challenge, and our Christmas Families Project to name a few)

American Cancer Society American Heart Association

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