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An introduction to Try This ™ Try This West Virginia

WEBAn introduction to Try This ™. Parkersburg has added bike racks, bike lanes, colored crosswalks, trails and has even established an alternative transportation council to get …

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Healthy Bodies Healthy Spirits! Try This West Virginia

WEBThe Healthy Bodies Healthy Spirits steering committee is already planning summer workshops. March will be declared Healthy Bodies Healthy Spirits month. Here are …

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Build and connect trails. Try This West Virginia

WEBAll over West Virginia, communities are building trails and safe walking/hiking/biking routes. Here are some examples: The city of Huntington built the 23-mile Paul Ambrose Trail to …

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Create or grow a running/walking group Try This West …

WEBParkersburg’s River City Runners and Walkers Club offers more more than 30 events a year, including national award-winning beginners’ clinics. More than 1,000 people – …

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Create active summer programs Try This West Virginia

WEBAbout 3,000 West Virginia children take part in WVU Extension’s Energy Express program every summer. Lincoln Primary Care Center helps run the West Hamlin camp, so they …

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Healthy Eating: Schools Try This West Virginia

WEBAs late as the 1950s, most West Virginians raised a garden. By the year 2000, after processed foods saturated the market, only about a third of West Virginians raised a …

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Operating instructions Try This West Virginia

WEBWest Virginia is at or near the top of many “worst health” lists, but we can change that, step by step, community by community. This Web site brings hundreds of affordable ideas, …

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Join the movement … Try This West Virginia

WEBI am the outreach lead for West Virginia at County Health Rankings & Roadmaps, a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation that supports local advocates …

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Attract kids to healthy foods by attractive presentation

WEBGilmer County High School cooks package fresh veggies and fruit in convenient grab-and-go form. “The kids started eating a lot more fruit and vegetables after we did that,” one …

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Try This: 2019 Breakout Sessions Try This West Virginia

WEBand future chronic disease. Hear about creative ways these programs keep kids active and discuss ways to boost afterschool in your area. Richard Williams, afterschool coordinator …

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Ask convenience stores to sell fresh produce Try This West Virginia

WEBFahlgrens Mortine: https://www.fahlgrenmortine.com / [email protected] / 1.800.731.8927. You can also build them. The Sheetz chain has started carrying fresh …

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31 minigrant projects in 2020-21 Try This West Virginia

WEBThis Try This Mini-grant will quadruple the program’s outreach and increase the frequency of pop-up markets from once a month to twice a month. The grant also makes it possible …

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Make your community more walkable! Try This West Virginia

WEBPhoto courtesy Healthy Clendenin. “Basically, you walk around the community listing features that make it easy and hard to walk, including things like sidewalks, crosswalks, …

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Encourage bike commuting / Make a safe biking map.

WEBHuntington city planner Breanna Shell wants to make Huntington a Biking city with a capital B. She decided bike commuters – including her – should have an easily-available map …

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Encourage road biking Try This West Virginia

WEBHere are seven ways to encourage people to get on their bikes and ride. > Do a bikability survey of your town. > Paint bike lanes or bike turn lanes on streets where possible. > …

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2014 minigrant teams turned $82,000 into projects worth more …

WEB2014 grants: $82,000 to 42 community teams. Our 42 teams rose to the challenge in 2014! The 2014 Try This minigrants ranged from $3,000 to $450.

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Try This Evaluation Report 2014-2016

WEBThis is the first evaluation of Try This West Virginia (Try This) and spans the inaugural three years, 2013-2016. This report summarizes the major findings, potential areas of growth, …

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A wonderful year in 2015-16 Try This West Virginia

WEBHere’s the list of 2015-16 projects: $102,000 to 53 community teams. Barbour County . Green Thumbs, Dirty Hands and Healthy Kids.Master Gardeners will pair with a PreK-8 …

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