Health and Wellness Commission
Regular MeetingMorgantown, WV · April 18, 2019
Minutes
4/18/2019
Call to order: 7:40pm
Present: Colleen Harshburger, David Loomis, Christine Wallace, Ryan Wallace, Hannah Keyser, Dan
Shook, Kimberly Kelly
Introductions: Hannah Keyser and Kimberly Kelly
Absent: Patrick Hathaway
Replacement of term-ending and leaving committee members:
1. leaving members will help to advertise the opening of their position.
Strategic Plan:
1. Website
a. Continue efforts to create community calendar to collect event dates from all
community organizers related to Health and Wellness
i. Christine will create invitation for businesses/organizers, strategic plan, and
initiate requests
b. Colleen suggests holding off on website for two reasons:
i. Branding/logo, content, and data aren’t ready yet
1. Dan discussed using company “sticks” (sp?)
2. www.bchd.org as an example website for blue zone/ HWC integration
ii. Blue Zones efforts may overlap creation of website
c. Motion to request Andrew Stacy to create a calendar housed on the city of Morgantown
site to be populated by events given to us that we give to him
i. Motion by Wallace
ii. Second by Kelly
iii. Voted unanimously
d. Colleen moves to proceed with The Stick building logo and branding
i. Christine W. Second
ii. Voted unanimously
e. Colleen suggests and R. Wallace moves to have social media campaign to reduce sugar
consumption that will begin sometime after July 1st
i. C. Wallace. Second
ii. Discussion
iii. Christine W. Move to vote
iv. Ryan W. second
v. Voted unanimously
vi. Colleen, Christine, Hannah, and Kimberly agreed to support the campaign
f. Colleen suggests and R Wallace moves to amend HWC bylaws to add position of
Treasurer
i. C. Wallace second
ii. Voted Unanimously
iii. Suggested to vote/appoint on a yearly cycle
g. Blue Zones update:
i. Multiple funders expressed interest
ii. Received support from wide range of stakeholders
iii. It was recommended WVU and city hold conversations for how to fund it
together
h. Clean up day, 4/27/2019:
i. HWC Members will share Facebook event page to help promote it
i. Kid’s Day 7/20/19
i. Sunscreen station, volunteers have agreed to sit to help kids use sunscreen,
pharmacist would be there to discuss importance of sunscreen
1. Colleen moves to let Kimberly spearhead this and continue to plan for
us
2. R. Wallace Second
3. Voted Unanimously
j. Next meeting to be May 9th, 2019 at 7 PM Panera on Patteson
2. Meeting Adjourned at 9:20pm
Agenda
AGENDA
HEALTH & WELLNESS COMMISSION
Council Chambers-City Hall
April 18, 2019
7:30 pm
Mission Statement
The Health and Wellness Commission strives to advance a culture of wellbeing and vibrant
quality of life in Morgantown, West Virginia.
Vision Statement
Morgantown is a place where West Virginians work together to achieve optimal
wellbeing for all.
1. Call to Order
2. Approval of Minutes: March 7, 2019
3. HWC Memberships
a. Three 3-year terms January 1, 2018-December 31, 2020
i. Colleen Harshbarger
ii. Meghan Kline
iii. Lauri Andress, replaced by Kimberly Kelly March 2019
b. Three 2-year terms January 1, 2018-December 31, 2019
i. David Loomis
ii. Christine Wallace, looking for replacement
iii. Ryan Wallace (City Council Representative)
c. Three 1-year terms
i. Dan Shook
ii. Patrick Hathaway (BOPARC Representative)
iii. Abigail Riggs, replaced by Hannah Keyser April 2019
d. Officers to be voted on at our July meeting
4. Discuss Commitment to Strategic Plan
a. On 11/1/18 our strategic plan was finalized
b. Areas of focus agreed upon are: obesity, substance misuse, mental health,
and STI’s
c. Identified our top priority and a starting point, agreed to the following:
i. Create a website: tasks broken down into: Framework, Logo,
Calendar and Events, Date and Metrics
ii. Create a multimedia campaign to develop brand awareness and
target specific health behaviors
iii. Request money from city for website and radio ad campaign-
secured $10,000 to do so
d. Problem: This project will require more work, outside of our monthly
meetings. We established work groups to delegate tasks, and move this
project forward. For the most part, work is not being completed.
e. Solutions:
i. Do we want to stay with this plan?
ii. What do we, collectively, want the HWC role to be?
iii. What are we willing to commit to this project?
5. Budget
a. Do we need a treasurer?
6. Blue Zones Update
7. Clean Up Day
8. Kids Day
9. Meeting Days for upcoming meetings
10. Adjournment: Next meeting: 5/2/19
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