City of Malvern

Metropolitan Area Planning Agency 06/27/2018

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Healthy Choices Count- Child Care

50 total number of children and families impacted

Kathy Pearce Day Care Strategies of Success: Strategy 1: Provide opportunity for physical activity every day utilizing equipment

provided by the 5210 coalition. ● Used some of the money to buy a swing set and climbers for the outdoor play area. On

rainy days the kids love to play dodge ball and jump rope in the playroom. Strategy 2: Encourage less unhealthy choices for snacks, meals and celebrations and

provide additional healthy choices • I feel lucky here, the kids already love carrot sticks and cucumbers, and I can't keep

enough apples on hand. I have just tried to offer new fruits and veggies into the mix. Broccoli gets mixed responses but I just keep offering new things. I try to stick to my plate for the meals. The kids have said "This is way better than school food", and I think to myself it's probably better for them too.

Strategy 3: Limit or eliminate sugary drinks with water, have water readily available and visible, and provide water bottles.

• This was the simplest change; I got all the kids a water bottle and put their name on it. Now instead of having to have tons of bottled water on hand I fill their bottles from big gallon jugs and they come through the door after school asking for their water bottle. I'm amazed!

Strategy 4: Record progress through NapSACC • This part was stressful because I kept thinking oh gosh who will be judging me? But it

was a great reality check. It made me think about what little things I could be doing. Strategy 5: Provide letters/brochures explaining the 5210 program to the parents so they

can use these strategies in their own homes for continuity. • Handed out the provided brochures to each family and told them about the water bottles,

new equipment, and the reasoning behind it. 14 posters or messaging 18 of kids impacted The part that surprised me the most was how the kids reacted to their new water bottles, I thought the newness would fade but it hasn't. The part that I am most grateful for is the ability to do something that I had always wanted to do but kept telling myself we could do without. But now with the money and the tools provided I was able to get the swing and make small meaningful changes and that just made me feel good about my business and the care I can give these kids.

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Brenda’s Daycare Strategies of Success: Strategy 1: Provide opportunity for physical activity every day utilizing equipment

provided by the 5210 coalition. ● We have a big yard with multiple swing sets and room to run for the older kids but

activity for the babies and toddlers was harder. We spent some of the money on an indoor playground and water activity table for that age range, which is a big help.

Strategy 2: Provide letters/brochures explaining the 5210 program to the parents so they can use these strategies in their own homes for continuity.

• Brochures were sent home with each family and I had a brief discussion with them on what we have been attempting to do with this new program. All of the parents were supportive.

15 posters or messaging 25 kids impacted It was nice to actually think through the daily habits I had fallen into. I thought I was generally pretty good in each of the areas but when you stop to really take stock of everything you are doing you find there are in fact areas to improve upon.

Lundvall’s Day Care Strategies of Success: Strategy 1: Provide opportunity for physical activity every day utilizing equipment

provided by the 5210 coalition. ● I feel our daycare already did a great job on keeping the kids very active and keeping

them from using ipads etc. but we still discussed the need to remain active and why it was important.

Strategy 2: Encourage less unhealthy choices for snacks, meals and celebrations and provide additional healthy choices

• Started by slowly decreasing the number of days the kids received an unhealthy snack until she was down to 1 day per week. The kids noticed at first but overtime they started requesting the healthier options. Apples and peanut butter were the favorite.

Strategy 3: Limit or eliminate sugary drinks with water, have water readily available and visible, and provide water bottles.

• Part of the money was spent on a new fridge since the daycare lacked room for more fresh fruits, snacks and room to put a Brita water pitcher in the fridge. The cold water ready in the fridge door is a game changer.

Strategy 4: Record progress through NapSACC • Found the NapSACC site to be moderately helpful in setting goals. But it was nice to see

the things we were already doing right. Strategy 5: Provide letters/brochures explaining the 5210 program to the parents so they

can use these strategies in their own homes for continuity. • We are a brand new daycare to the area so we only had 3 families but we also foster

children so we were able to help those kids start to make healthy choices more of a routine than they had had in the past.

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4 posters or messaging 7 kids impacted Overall, I think this is great program and I will be able to continue to utilize its principles in the future as my business grows.

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Healthy Choices Count- Health Care

20 children and families reached

Methodist Physicians Clinic Strategies of Success: Strategy 1: Measuring and Weighing - Staff will accurately measure and report for all kids

aged 0-18. ● This is completed on children for wellness visits or physicals.

Strategy 2: Talk with Patients and Families - Utilize the 5210 Healthy Habits Questionnaire at all visits for ages 2-9.

• This was an effective tool to monitor kid's activity & help parent be more aware of activity vs. food.

Strategy 3: Connect to the Community – Display 5210 posters in all treatment rooms and in the waiting area.

• They were displayed in 6/6 exam rooms and in the waiting room. They will remain on display in the patient rooms.

7 posters or messaging 20 of kids impacted We would like to continue to use the 5210 form as a tool for discussion with parents & children. It helps to have a visual poster to refer to and the 5210 is simple, clear messaging that kids and parents can remember. Also we feel an extended timeframe would have netted more responses. We do most of our well checks and physicals in the fall before kids go back to school. Thank you for this opportunity, we found the messaging to be very beneficial to our patients/families.

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Healthy Choices Count- School

420 children and families reached

East Mills Jr./Sr. High School Strategies of Success: Strategy 1: Provide access to healthier beverage options

• Water bottle filling style water fountain installed at both East Mills High School and Elementary to promote drinking more water.

Strategy 2: Community Garden - Implement a community garden to increase access to healthy foods.

• We ended up partnering with the Mills Co. ISU Extension and Outreach on this project instead of the school district. We had their master gardeners plan, plant and place container gardens in a central location on Main Street so they were more accessible than at the schools.

Strategy 3: Communication – Posters will be placed in the school and Message to Families will be distributed to take home to parents

8 posters or messaging- We placed 4 of the provided posters at each school, then we also placed a poster by the water fountain that states "Made possible by the 5-2-1-0 coalition" 440 kids impacted- East Mills High School and East Mills Elementary The water bottle filling water fountains were a big hit at both schools. It was a much needed project due to the fact that kids are allowed a water bottle in class but in the past it was difficult to fill them and time consuming when multiple kids needed to fill up. Now it is quick and effortless. Also the kids do not have access to vending machines at either location so having the option to refill a bottle they keep in their back pack or locker is a life saver. Quote from staff "The water fountain was greatly appreciated, and will help promote water intake for the students - both elementary and high school age. They feel very proud to fill their bottles from the fountain, and watch the number of plastic bottles that they are saving as it appears on the digital counter - they can see their individual efforts to be green adding up in front of their eyes." - Trisha Glockel.

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Healthy Choices Count- Community

500 children and families reached

City of Malvern- Malvern Community Center Strategies of Success: Strategy 1: Community Building - Update for use for open gym, youth sports and other

physical activities. ● City agreed to open gym to the public with the installation of security cameras. We were

able to outfit it with new basketballs, pickleball nets, volleyballs and the high school donated their old volleyball net. Now the building is open M-F 8-4 and Tues, Thurs, and Sat for open gym time.

Strategy 2: Toddler Activity Time - Utilize the community building for weekly structured physical activity and teaching healthy habits.

• We were able to create a program for ages 0-4 every Saturday morning at the community building. Parents attend too to pick up new ideas for incorporating more activity into their daily routine and the 5210 principles are discussed.

Strategy 3: ACES - After school program that will incorporate the 5210 principles into their activities.

• This year's theme was survival but we could easily incorporate how the 5210 principles were important to keep our bodies ready for anything. Participants were given handouts on different activities to do at home instead of screen time as well.

Strategy 4: Summer Fit Club - We were also able to partner with MABA's summer program that gets kids in motion. It is only in it's second year so they were happy to have new content.

• There are nine days in each session so they did an intro to 5210 on day 1 and then had 2 days each for the 5-2-1-0. Each Friday they will sample new healthy fruits and vegetables. The first Friday they sampled natural peanut butter with apples and celery, they second they had a big variety of veggies they got to dip in plain greek yogurt with ranch seasoning mixed in. Tasting days are a HUGE hit with the kids.

Strategy 5: Wabash Trace - Start a walking/running/biking club for all ages to promote physical activity. Provide pedometers and/or water bottles

• Due to budget constraints we were unable to accomplish this portion of the project but hope to implement it in the future.

Strategy 6: Communication - Posters to advertise 5210 and events. Use social media to advertise events and provide program education.

• Social media was our main source of communication with the residents and schools. Multiple posts through Everything Malvern, East Mills Boosters and our personal and business pages helped spread the word and keep everyone updated on our progress. A sampling of these posts are included in the photos below. Flyers were also sent home from the schools with the kids to promote the open house, Tots in Motion and Summer Fit Club.

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Posters were placed at local businesses, including the library, bank, fitness center, post office etc. But mainly we utilized social media. 500 of kids impacted- visually exposed to the posters/flyers, roughly 50 kids have participated in the programming. Overall the coalition was really thrilled with what we accomplished in the community building as many groups before us have tried to gain access to this building for similar programming. We also felt that we utilized current programs and resources available to further the 5210 messaging. For example we were able to use posters on choosing healthy snacks that Mills Co. Public Health already had, getting the volleyball net donated, using the Extension offices ACES program to incorporate 5-2-1-0 messaging. (They were appreciative because they are always looking for new topics to cover and volunteers to help lead the sessions.)

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