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SOMERSET_REPORT_2017_interactive

SOMERSET_REPORT_2017_interactive

10 years
growing
stronger

NEW BALANCE FOUNDATION • SOMERSET PUBLIC HEALTH • 2017 ANNUAL REPORT

Thank you to the NEW BALANCE FOUNDATION for supporting
Somerset Public Health, and funding the MOVE MORE KIDS (MMK)

and LET’S GO! programs in Somerset County.

Gold Level Inside the Report

•  Implements all five LET’S GO! priority MOVE MORE KIDS ........................3
Jackman.............................................4
strategies Bingham.............................................6
Athens.................................................8
•  C ommunicates these changes and Carrabec.......................................... 10
Madison........................................... 13
practices to families 10 Year Timeline........................... 14
Madison cont’d............................. 16
•  Writes the priority strategies into Skowhegan.................................... 18
Nutrition & Transportation...... 20
policy Training............................................ 21
MMK Day......................................... 22
Silver Level • Free/Reduced lunch rates Moving Forward.......................... 23
for each school district:
•  Implements all five LET’S GO! Jackman

priority strategies •  Athens: 56.4%

•  C ommunicates these changes

and practices to families

Bronze Level Somerset •  Bingham: 64.17%
County •  Carrabec: 99%
•  Implements all five •  Jackman: 44.20%
12 •  Madison: 66%
LET’S GO! priority 6 •  Skowhegan: 71.97%
strategies 1 Bing•ham
On Our Way 2015-2016 school year
•Athens data from MeDOE
•  W orking towards C•arrabe•cMa•dSiksoownhegan

meeting the five
priority strategies
Each community page
showcases LET’S GO!
sites recognized
at these levels.

2 NEW BALANCE FOUNDATION • SOMERSET PUBLIC HEALTH • 2017 ANNUAL REPORT

From the Beginning… MOVE MORE KIDS

The MOVE MORE KIDS program started in 2007 through a partnership with the NEW BALANCE
FOUNDATION and has continued into a model that is now considered ‘best practice’ when it
comes to obesity prevention programs. This model includes:

Providing Curriculum & Addressing policy &
resources/equipment programming around culture change

those resources

The work of the last 10 years has come full circle with the revision of MOVE MORE KIDS partners
district wellness policies. To be compliant with the USDA’s final rule with LET’S GO!, a nationally
deadline of June 30, 2017, MOVE MORE KIDS worked with each school recognized obesity prevention
district in Somerset County to: program, to deliver their
program in the above
1. Develop and re-establish district wellness teams six sectors.
2. Review and revise their existing district wellness policies
3. Present the information to Policy Committees and School District 5 7out of

Board of Directors for approval compliant district wellness policies
passed in the State of Maine belong to
The newly revised policies align with MOVE MORE KIDS and LET’S GO! Somerset County.
p rogram goals & messaging. All policies include:

•  Incorporating classroom physical activity into the school day
•  Healthy celebrations
•  Limiting food as a reward
•  S pecific goals for nutrition promotion, education and physical

activity

•  Policies for food and beverage marketing
•  Standards for all foods and beverages provided to students
•  Wellness policy leadership

MOVE MORE KIDS 3

JACKMAN “What I’ve learned about getting grants and getting support to come to a
community is that if you get something small, you can grow it and grow it
and then it gives you enough data and momentum to go forward and get
something bigger and more. Without MMK, we never would have
had that beginning…”

COMMUNITY GRANTS:

Greenhouse Expansion

•  A community grant was awarded to make existing
greenhouses more efficient, and to be able to extend
the growing season.

•  Currently, the gardens provide the school with fresh
produce creating a savings in the school nutrition
budget over $2,000.

•  The community grant will also support the creation
of an outdoor educational area for school teachers
and the community.

4 NEW BALANCE FOUNDATION • SOMERSET PUBLIC HEALTH • JACKMAN

MISSION OF LET’S GO!
W/ FARMER JOE:

To give the students
and staff at Forest Hills
Consolidated School an
opportunity for high
quality fresh foods in an
immersion style setting;
along with a chance to
learn new and important
transferable skill sets in
areas of sustainable
agriculture.

LET’S GO! 25% Food is used to reward or
Recognition Sites 2016 encourage positive

1 Teachers provide opportunities for behavior in classrooms
students to drink water often
38% 20%
70%
2017 2016 2017

2017 ANNUAL REPORT • MOVE MORE KIDS 5

BINGHAM “Because of MMK/SPH I think the kids are more and more, with each
progressive year, realizing that health matters and that we have a say in
our health with what we put into our bodies. And I think that’s what the
teachers are presenting to the children. And I do think that
they’re …believing it.”

Healthy options are always LET’S GO! Recognition Sites
available for snacks
21
73 10020142017 33 882014 2017
%
% % %

There are opportunities for physical
activity during class time

6 NEW BALANCE FOUNDATION • SOMERSET PUBLIC HEALTH • BINGHAM

Mad Louie engaging students at Moscow Elementary in how to stay active for a lifetime.

2017 ANNUAL REPORT • MOVE MORE KIDS 7

ATHENS “What I like most about this program is that it provides children who
may not otherwise be part of a team, a chance to belong. This program
provides a great sense of community between staff, parents,
and students” – Bev Foss, Lead teacher

‘Beverly’s Hill’ bench gifted to lead teacher COMMUNITY GRANTS:
Bev Foss after 42 years of teaching.
PUBLIC WALKING TRAIL

•  A community grant was awarded to Athens Community

School to construct a 1/3-mile walking trail around the
property.

•  T his trail is open to the community and utilized by the

school 100 Mile Club.

•  The grant funded trail materials, fruit trees, physical

activity signs around the track, and communication of
the new trail to the public.

8 NEW BALANCE FOUNDATION • SOMERSET PUBLIC HEALTH • ATHENS

Athens School Champion, Tammy Moulton
receiving the 2016 Somerset County Redy
Award from MOVE MORE KIDS Program
Coordinator, Kristie LeBlanc.

The Redy Award is a prestigious award
given to community members or organizations
that have demonstrated outstanding
commitment, leadership, and innovation to
LET’S GO! Tammy is a true champion for
Athens and Somerset County.

“I love the 100 Mile Club, I have attended almost every one. I’m glad we did it
throughout the winter. I was able to make my 100 miles!!!”

– Lily Cooley, Grade 4

Healthy options are always Food is used to reward or LET’S GO! Recognition Sites
available for celebrations encourage positive
21
in the classroom behavior in classrooms
2017 ANNUAL REPORT • MOVE MORE KIDS 9
2016 2017 33% 13%
78% 93%

2016 2017

CARRABEC “Before MOVE MORE KIDS it was all about surviving. People didn’t
go to the doctors to stay healthy, they went because they got sick.
Now we’re looking at it differently. If you take care of that
monument, that body, it treats you well.”

The Solon & Anson KVCAP Headstart
class held “Baker Mountain Fun Day”
where they offered skiing, snowshoeing,
hiking, nutrition education displays around
healthy recipes and flavor infused water.

10 NEW BALANCE FOUNDATION • SOMERSET PUBLIC HEALTH • CARRABEC

Fourth grade students at Garret Schenck planted and tended garden & third graders harvested ingredients for
Ms. Wagg’s secret family recipe “Gramma Wagg’s Tomato Soup” and taste tested their finished product at lunch.

There are opportunities for physical LET’S GO! Recognition Sites
activity during class time

88 10020152017 71% 90% 81
%
% 2014 2017 2017 ANNUAL REPORT • MOVE MORE KIDS 11

Teachers provide non-food rewards

MADISON Little Wonders childcare
received funding to
purchase playground
balls, ball racks,
hula-hoops, a small
jungle gym and a large
parachute. The equipment
supported their yearly
action plan to get the
children more active.

“Without MOVE MORE
KIDS, there would be
a higher occurrence of
childhood obesity.
Because I’ve seen
children surprised at
how much fun it is to
actually move!”

12 NEW BALANCE FOUNDATION • SOMERSET PUBLIC HEALTH • MADISON

COMMUNITY GRANTS:

Community Gardens and Disc Golf Course

•  The Town of Madison was awarded a community •  M adison Area School District was awarded a

grant to construct raised bed gardens at a community grant to complete the public 9-hole
community center. disc golf course at the Madison High School.

•  T he gardens will provide much needed fresh •  There are currently 5 baskets created and

produce to two local food cupboards at no cost. installed, and the mini-grant will be used to
finish the course and add the additional baskets.
•  Local troops of boy scouts and girls scouts, as
•  The baskets were fabricated by the industrial arts
well as JMG students, helped build and maintain
the raised beds, and plant the seedlings. class at the high school, and the work to cut the
trails will be completed with the assistance of
63% local students.
2014
Teachers who said that water is the ADVENTURE
beverage of choice during class time GUIDE: This year,

79% we’ve expanded on
2017 the Adventure Guide
to include a resource
Food is used to reward or for the Madison area.
encourage positive The booklet includes
many places in Madison
behavior in classrooms where you can walk,
bike, hike and more.
53% 7%
2017 ANNUAL REPORT • MOVE MORE KIDS 13
2014 2017

TIMELINE move more kids

10 years growing stronger

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

• S chool Health • P artnered with • E stablished MOVE • Partnered with • L ET’S GO! • Started

Coordinator SAD 59 MORE KIDS Day SAD 13 Childcare and implementing
position continues Healthcare LET’S GO! 5210
in SAD 54 & • P hys Ed • P artnered with • Community implemented in schools K-6
SAD 59 from home office
curriculum RSU 74 conference ends • E xpansion of
• Somerset County established • S tate funding
based on funding for after
Needs Assessment high school ends for school school programs
reviewed equipment health coordinator
in SAD 59
• P artnered with • Established

KVCAP childcares Community
Conference
• KVCAP summer event

bus schedule
expanded

• E quipment

provided to the
high schools

• Partnered with

Skowhegan
Community
Center

• P artnered with

Adventure Bound
and Lake George
Regional Park

• Partnered with

SAD 54

14 NEW BALANCE FOUNDATION • SOMERSET PUBLIC HEALTH • TIMELINE

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

• Full LET’S GO! • State funding • Continuing • C omprehensive • P ilot New Balance

implementation ends for equipment evaluation plan Fit Kit in schools
school health maintenance and 10 year
• Prevention & coordinator in & professional perspective for
SAD 54 development the MOVE MORE
Control (PAC) offered to schools KIDS Program
funding starts in • P artnered with
districts 59 & 74 • S chool district • Approval of
SAD 12 & Athens
• Started Community wellness policy school district
School work wellness policy
monitoring work
LET’S GO! • 100 Mile Club
strategies
through established as
teacher survey school physical
activity program

MOVE MORE KIDS 15

MADISON “Parents report that their children eagerly share their mileage achievements
with them and are excited about going each week. In fact, one parent
reported that her sick child begged to go to school one day because
he didn’t want to miss the 100 Mile Club!”

100 Mile Club

Madison Junior High recorded the most miles
in the state with over 28,000, and were the only
school in Somerset County that continued
counting miles into the winter on snowshoe!
They celebrated the end of the year with a
5k race at Debe Park Trails.

LET’S GO! “More than 20 schools in Somerset County have started and
Recognition Sites maintained school-based running clubs due to the successful
collaboration between MOVE MORE KIDS and 100 Mile Club®.
2 The work of MOVE MORE KIDS has been essential in encouraging,
growing, empowering, and sustaining coaches, schools and
2 communities in Somerset County. We are grateful for their
partnership.” – Kara Lubin | Founder & CEO 100 Mile Club®

16 NEW BALANCE FOUNDATION • SOMERSET PUBLIC HEALTH • MADISON

“The kids absolutely LOVE doing SKOWHEGAN
yoga and ask to do it often.
The important thing is that they
are moving their bodies and
having fun doing it!”

– Bouncing Bubbles Childcare

“The parachute is the children’s favorite item to play with.  It entertains and gets the
kids moving and learning for 45 minutes – 1 hour. The outside water fountain is a big
hit. The kids are drinking a lot more water now and we don’t have to keep track of
cups.  They can go get a drink whenever they want.” – Cradles & Crayons Childcare

SKOWHEGAN • MOVE MORE KIDS 17

COMMUNITY GRANTS:

Mountain Bike Trails & Wilderhill Trails

•  Lake George Regional Park in Canaan was •  Wilder Hill Trails in Norridgewock was awarded a

awarded a community grant to create a single community grant to expand their already existing
track mountain biking trail using the current trail non-motorized trails.
system on the park grounds.
•  T he trails are located on a 140 acre farm; partly
•  The grant funded: rental equipment needed to
wooded, and partly around the perimeter of the
create trail obstacles, signage for the different family fields.
levels of trails, and for a social media campaign
and promotional video. •  The grant will be used to expand the trails

“Today we tried pea pods and themselves, add signage and picnic tables,
we can get pea pods from increase the parking area, and communicate
the school garden … we read the availability of the trail to the public.
a book called Making Rice, and
we made the rice yesterday. LET’S GO! Recognition Sites
Today we went out in the
garden and got the garlic and
onions and the kale and cut
things and put it in the stir fry
rice. … I wouldn’t have even
thought of it 10 years ago.”

14 3 1

18 NEW BALANCE FOUNDATION • SOMERSET PUBLIC HEALTH • SKOWHEGAN

My favorite part of this camp is that we always are doing
something, like going to the lake. This was my first year,
and I really liked it. This camp was fun!” – Kaylee Blodgett

The Skowhegan Recreation
Department utilizes local
resources and their MOVE MORE
KIDS equipment to offer the
Skowhegan Outdoor Adventure
Program. This program allows
Skowhegan children the chance
to have fun while learning about
nutrition and physical activity,
at no cost. The program includes
9 themed weeks (such as
Waterpalooza & Wildlife)
for children ages 8-14.

Healthy options are always Food is used to reward or
available for snacks encourage positive
in the classroom
behavior in classrooms

66 7620142017 35% 16%

% %

2014 2017

2017 ANNUAL REPORT • MOVE MORE KIDS 19

SCHOOL NUTRITION WORKGROUP

Smarter Lunchrooms use easy no-cost and low-cost changes to
encourage students to select, eat, and enjoy healthier foods in
school without eliminating their choice.

The Somerset County School Nutrition Workgroup, made up of all school nutrition directors in Somerset

County, continue to meet monthly to create a county wide work plan as well as maintain their school cafeteria

Smarter Lunchroom recognition. This year’s work plan and goals included: Smarter Lunchroom
Recognition Sites
•  Providing a full day training to over 80 school nutrition staff in Somerset County.

•  Smarter Lunchroom training with all school nutrition staff.

•  S ecuring a grant through the Good Shephard Food Bank and establishing a school food 12

pantry at the Madison Junior High School.

•  Meeting and partnering with the Maine Farm to School

Network and Maine Gleaning Network.

•  All schools participating and completing the Smarter 6

Lunchroom scorecard.

TRANSPORTATION 3987 1
RIDERS

for the 2016-2017 year

The MOVE MORE KIDS program has now been
supporting the Somerset Explorer bus for 10 years.
These funds ensure the addition of two days in the
summer to expand the routes Monday – Friday.
The bus system is sponsored through collaboration
with Kennebec Valley Community Action Program
(KVCAP). The bus helps address the rural nature
of Somerset County by assisting families and
children with access to parks and recreation
facilities.

“I’ve been riding the bus since 2012. I use it a lot for shopping and going to the
hospital. It’s much more convenient than waiting for a cab. It’s great that it goes
out to Lake George. My grandkids and I go out sometimes since we have a
season pass. I have met a lot of wonderful people riding back and forth.
Sometimes the bus is the only time that we get to spend together.”

– Ann LeClair

20 NEW BALANCE FOUNDATION • SOMERSET PUBLIC HEALTH • SCHOOL NUTRITION & TRANSPORTATION

The MOVE MORE KIDs Program offered seven TRAINING
trainings this year to support our school & child
care champions, school nutrition staff as well
as our district level work.
•  September 2016: Child Care Action Planning Training
•  October 2016: LET’S GO! Symposium
•  December 2016: MMK Teacher Training
•  January 2017: MMK District Training
•  April 2017: Child Care Active Play! Training
•  August 2017: School Nutrition Training
•  September 2017: WinterKids Childcare Training

“It was dynamic, well planned, and engaging.
I liked the mix of movement and learning.”

“I have attended many
trainings/conferences over the
years. For it to be successful for
me I always ask myself if I learned
something new that I can bring
back and my answer for this
training was YES. It was great
and fun at the same time. “

TRAINING • MOVE MORE KIDS 21

MMK DAY This year’s MOVE MORE KIDS Day took place on August 5th during Skowhegan’s Riverfest. Our LET’S GO!
school champions, and MOVE MORE KIDS partners from around the county provided fun, free, physical
activity and nutrition stations for children and families to enjoy.
Children were able to use the climbing wall, use the bounce house, try the fireman’s relay race, hula hoop,
do Zumba, try the lazerbeam obstacle course, play cornhole, test drive the pedal cars with impairment
glasses, test their speed pitch, and try some fruit salsa with cinnamon crackers.

“It has been my pleasure working with the MOVE MORE KIDS Program in
Somerset County.  The MOVE MORE KIDS team are trail blazers and leaders for
the rest of the state in this work.  The work within the school setting is
setting the bar for others and we would like to see this replicated across
the state.” – Dawn Littlefield Gordon, Maine Center for Disease and Control

22 NEW BALANCE FOUNDATION • SOMERSET PUBLIC HEALTH • MMK DAY

Moving Forward MOVE MORE KIDS

The MOVE MORE KIDS program has spent the last ten years fostering relationships
within schools, childcares, after school programs, and the community at large.
The champions that we work with have been overly supportive, and have stepped
up to embrace the task of creating a healthier Somerset County. The area culture
has started to shift into one that embraces being physically active, is creative
in their movement opportunities, and one that sees the value in making
healthy choices.

“We are very, very fortunate to have New Balance in our
backyard. New Balance supports so many things and you
know Somerset Public Health is the one that helps filter
that through to make sure that it’s being distributed
and used appropriately so I have nothing but wonderful
things to say …”

2017 ANNUAL REPORT • MOVE MORE KIDS 23

We would like to sincerely thank the NEW BALANCE

FOUNDATION for their continued support and commitment to the
health and wellbeing of the children and families of Somerset
County. Without the generosity of the NEW BALANCE FOUNDATION
all the work within this report never would have happened.
Thousands of children in Somerset County end each school year
a little bit healthier and a whole lot happier because of the
kindness of the NEW BALANCE FOUNDATION, the passion of
childcare providers, the dedication of teachers and the commitment
to health from school staff throughout the county.

In the next year, the MOVE MORE KIDS program looks to further
increase its impact in Somerset County by continuing to work
on district wellness policies; specifically the monitoring and
communication of these policies and practices to parents and
the community at large. MOVE MORE KIDS will also work on
expanding our geographic coverage to include all of Somerset
County. This work is done with the support of the state level
Maine Prevention Services grant, and will reach additional
schools, childcares, and communities not yet served by the
MOVE MORE KIDS program or LET’S GO!


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