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Health and Wellness Commission

Regular Meeting

Morgantown, WV · April 18, 2019

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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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