Getting Started In Your Faith Community Faith-based organizations are well positioned to initiate and coordinate activities that encourage healthy living. Trusted faith leaders can empower people and communities to make better choices to improve the health of our children and families. 5-2-1 Almost None is a simple way to think about the choices we can make to live healthy. 5-2-1 Almost None is also a guide for helping our family, friends and neighbors live healthy. What changes can we make in the places and spaces around us to make healthy choices easier? What changes can we make in our congregations to promote active living and healthy eating and drinking? Join the growing movement of 5-2-1 Almost None Champions, including doctors, teachers, parents, childcare providers and other concerned community members. Together, we can thrive! Click here (521almostnone) to take the 5-2-1 Almost None pledge for your organization. Use the following checklist as a guide to create an environment in your faith community that supports families by making healthy choices easier for everyone: Display 5-2-1 Almost None ý Share the 5-2-1 Almost None message on your bulletin boards. ý Hang 5-2-1 Almost None posters in your gathering places. (521almostnone/resources/printables/) ý Include the 5-2-1 Almost None logo on healthy living information shared with your congregants. (521almostnone/resources/printables/) Model Health ý Faith leaders model healthy behaviors. ý Use language that promotes healthy living. ý Share your story to help others get started. (521almostnone) Promote Health ý Include health tips in bulletins, sermons, newsletters and other parts of regular service and community life. ý Share a healthy recipe every week or month – provide extra copies so members can take them home. (521almostnone/5-fruits-and-vegetables/) ý Show “Health Crisis in North Carolina,” a documentary following three diverse NC families, including a pastor’s family, in their efforts to make healthy changes in their lives. (eatsmartmovemorenc/HealthCrisis2/HealthCrisis2.html) ý Mark walking routes in your parking lot or on/near your property; create a map; and promote the routes in services, bulletins and newsletters. ý Serve water from pitchers at meetings, meals and other functions as an alternative to soda, tea and other sweetened beverages. Offer lemon, lime or cucumber slices to add flavor to the water. ý Share the 5-2-1 Almost None website with your families, where they can find more tips, link to resources, and create a family 5-2-1 Almost None plan. (521almostnone) ý Conduct a 5-2-1 Almost None pledge drive for families (using the Individual pledge on the 5-2-1 Almost None website). WNC Healthy Kids staff can provide the data showing how many people pledged from a specific zip-code during your drive. Host or Connect to Programs ý Sponsor Eat Smart Move More Faithful Families, (faithfulfamiliesesmm.org/); contact your local health department or Cooperative Extension to learn how. ý Contact your local Cooperative Extension office to learn about the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) available for families in need. Change Practices or Policies ý Pledge, as an organization, to champion 5-2-1 Almost None. (521almostnone.org—select the orange pledge button) ý Form a health committee or health ministry. ý Conduct an organizational health assessment. o Faith Community Health Assessment Survey (eatsmartmovemorenc/FaithPlanningGuide/FaithPlanningGuide.html) o Congregational Health Index (faithandwellness.org/CHI/congregational-health-index.html) ý Develop a healthy eating and healthy meeting policy. (eatsmartmovemorenc/PhysicalActivityAndHealthyEatingPolicy/PhysicalActivityAndHealthyEa tingPolicy.html) ý Earn statewide recognition by completing the NC Council of Churches’ Partners in Health and Wholeness Certification. (healthandwholeness.org/phw-certification) ý Develop a joint-use agreement to facilitate a partnership between your congregation and your community. (jointuse.org) For more information visit the 5-2-1 Almost None website, 521almostnone
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