CanDo - Coalition for Activity and Nutrition to Defeat Obesity

CanDo Fort Collins

The CanDo Fort Collins Coalition is made up of various individuals and organizations who care about health and wellness in the Fort Collins community. Over the past 5 years, CanDo staff and coalition partners have worked on several strategies in the following areas: school wellness, worksite wellness, community gardens, healthy snack initiatives, lifestyle medicine and breastfeeding. CanDo has also recently been involved with a project called ACHIEVE that focuses on policy and environmental changes that promote healthy lifestyles. A community-wide assessment revealed opportunities for improvement in to the food environment and to the built environment as it relates to supporting physical activity and healthy eating. Because both areas align with our vision and mission, CanDo has taken the lead role in coordinating strategies to address these two issues.

Current CanDo Strategies

Next Meeting: April 19, 2012

Meeting Minutes:

• January 19, 2011 - powerpoint
• August 9, 2011

PFNAC

CanDo partners with Poudre School District in implementing district and school site wellness strategies. The PSD Physical Fitness and Nutrition Advisory Council (PFNAC) is a monthly advisory council made up of school staff, administrators, parents, and community members who are interested in student health and wellness.The advisory council focuses on the wellness policy and implementation of wellness strategies across the district. For more information contact:

• Jessica Hinterberg at jrh10@pvhs.org or (970)495-7523. 
• Nicole Turner-Ravana, PSD Wellness Corrdinator at nturnerr@psdschools.org or (970)217-4564.

PFNAC Meeting Schedule 

Meeting Minutes:

• January 2012
• November 2011
• What is SNAC?
• Cooking with Kids 2.0

Built Environment Work Group

The overall goal of this project is to influence policy related to how health is considered in the development review process and other planning efforts for our community. Through the process of key informant interviews with City staff and a modified photovoice project that engaged residents in taking photos of their environment, CanDo has identified two key areas for future action including efforts to engage the various governmental and quasi-governmental jurisdictions in a process to integrate consideration of health impacts in the development process. In addition, CanDo is also involved in the formation of a Built Environment Work Group comprised of citizens within the Fort Collins community committed to elevating awareness and pursuing policy solutions to promote health through the built environment. For more information or to get involved, contact Aubrey Hoover at aah3@pvhs.org or (970)495-7513.

Next meeting: February 10, 2012

Meeting Minutes

• January 2012
• November 2011

Food Environment Task Force

CanDo is facilitating the Fort Collins Food Environment Task Force to address the need for a coordinated community-wide effort to make the healthy choice the easy choice. Community members and representatives from various agencies are coming together to influence the access, marketing and education of healthy food choices in organizations throughout the community. For more information or to get involved, contact Jessica Hinterberg at jrh10@pvhs.org or (970)495-7523.

Next meeting: February 14, 2012

Meeting Minutes

• October 2011
• Presentation

Want to Join CanDo?

To become a CanDo member, please complete our Member Information Form and email it to CanDo@pvhs.org or fax it to (970)495-7617.