Live Wright Grants April 2011

During the first year of SHIP grants being available, Live Wright has made significant
Shopping for Fruits
progress implementing evidence-based systems and environmental change strategies
that improve nutrition and increase physical activity across communities, schools, & Vegetables
worksites and health care settings. These efforts lay the groundwork for improvements
in the health of Minnesotans and reductions in health care costs. There has been
nearly $300,000 invested in improving the health of our local communities and Be sure to buy and eat plenty of
schools with local grantees donating over $62,000 to accompany their award! fresh or frozen fruits and
vegetables. Fruits and vegetables
Community Gardens that are deeply colored through-
out – such as spinach, carrots,
peaches and berries – tend to be
Improving Community Nutrition: reaching up to higher in vitamins and minerals
25, 203 residents in the cities of Buffalo and than
Monticello. Highlights include implementing 4 others, such as potatoes and
corn. When fresh foods aren't
community garden projects to improve available, choose frozen or
community access to fresh fruits and vegetables. canned vegetables and fruits in
water without added sugars,
saturated and trans fat, or salt.
Buffalo Presbyterian Church: $4,300
Buy more fruits and vegetables
City of Buffalo, Gary Mattson Park: $5,975 that are good sources of fiber,
including beans, peas, oranges,
bananas, strawberries and
Opening Doors Garden Club: $36,000 apples.

Monticello Resurrection Lutheran Church:$5,180 Stock up on raw vegetables for

snacks such as carrot and celery
Schools sticks, broccoli, cherry tomatoes
Improving School Nutrition: reaching at least 2, 160 students at three schools in two and cauliflower.
districts, Buffalo/Hanover/Montrose and Monticello. Highlights include increasing
For desserts, buy fresh or canned
access to healthy foods for students through learning gardens, classroom gardens fruits (in water without added
and Farm to School initiatives. sugars), dried fruit (without added
sugars), and gelatin that contains
fruit, instead of baked goods and
Discovery Elementary “Grow Lunch” Project: $3,000 sweets.

Monticello Farm to School: $17,500 Don’t buy lots of fruit juice. It

doesn’t provide the fiber whole
fruit does and it’s not as good at
Pinewood Learning Garden: $1,000 satisfying hunger.
Some cholesterol-lowering
Increasing School Physical Activity: reaching 3, 867 students in all four schools within medications may interact with
grapefruit, grapefruit juice,
the Monticello school district. Highlights include providing bike racks to all four pomegranate and pomegranate
schools in the Monticello School District to increase space available for students to juice. Please talk to your health
store bikes as an incentive to bike to school. In addition the Monticello Safe Routes care provider about any potential
to School project will increase opportunities for students to safely walk and bike to risks.
school. Visit: http://www.heart.org/ for more info

Monticello Safe Routes to School: $17,110

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Parks & Trails

Let Your Voice Increasing Community Physical Activity: reaching up to 119,353 residents of Wright
County. Highlights include approving 8 mini-grant proposals to support the
Be Heard! development of multi-modal transportation, incorporation of complete streets
terminology into local road design, and updating park/trail and bikeway plans to
increase opportunities for walking and biking and access to community recreation
Make sure to keep facilities to support active communities.
your eyes and ears
open for any of the City of Buffalo Park /Trail Plan: $20,000
Park & Trail
Community Forums City of Buffalo Trail Markers & Kiosks: $7,206
that will be coming
to your city and/or City of Monticello Park/Trail Plan: $52, 500
neighborhood and
support our efforts! City of Albertville Trail/Sidewalk Plan: $11,766

City of Delano Park/Trail Plan: $19,500

City of Annandale Park/Trail Plan: $19,500

City of Howard Lake Park/Trail Plan: $17,940

Wright County Trail/Bikeway Plan: $46,910

Bike to Work Day 2011

This year Live Wright is actively promoting Bike to Work Day in Wright County. To get
your kids involved in Bike to Work Day on May 20, 2011 have them Bike to School! Bike
“Nothing with the kids to school or get together with other parents and organize a bike to school
compares to the group. Help choose appropriate routes and remind kids the rules of the road when it
simple pleasure of comes to safe cycling! Here are a few Safe Riding Tips from the National Highway
riding a bike.” Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA):
-John F. Kennedy Wear a Properly Fitted Bicycle Helmet
Adjust Your Bicycle to Fit
Check Your Equipment
See and Be Seen
Control Your Bicycle
Watch for and Avoid Road Hazards
Avoid Riding at Night
Rules of the Road-Bicycling on the Road:
Find Live Wright on Go with the Traffic Flow
Facebook and check Obey All Traffic Laws
out the Live Wright Yield to Traffic When Appropriate
Blog Be Predictable
www.wrightcountylivewri
ght.blogspot.com
Stay Alert at All Times
Look Before Turning
Watch for Parked Cars