- Work with local bicycle, pedestrian and trails committees on joint
 projects, such as the Bowdoinham Walking, Biking, Paddling Committee (contact Linda Christie 373-6926).
- Co-facilitate Trim Kids program, a 12-week interdisciplinary childhood obesity treatment program for children and their families at the Bath YMCA. The program includes a team of exercise specialists, registered dieticians, and psychologists. Throughout the program we promote healthy eating, exercise, and lifestyle strategies that the entire family can embrace. Check out the Bath YMCA website for more information: www.bathymca.org
- Partner with the Maine Center for Public Health and the Maine Harvard Prevention Research Center to launch Starting Young. The project is designed to assess nutrition, physical activity, screen time and other health behaviors of staff, parents, and children at three area Head Start centers. The information is now being used to provide educaiton (i.e., supermarket tours, physical activity trainings), equipment (exercise balls, books), and other resources to improve the health of Head Start families and staff.
- Plan events with schools to encourage more children to walk or bike to school. For more information on safe routes to school, please click here www.saferoutesinfo.org and consider.
- Promote and help implement "March Into May" and "Move and Improve", fitness incentive programs for worksites.
- Maintain resource list of fitness opportunities in area.
- Provide Action Packets, which are step-by step, how-to manuals on the following topics:
- "Promoting Trail Development and Use of Safe Community Routes for Walking and Biking"
- "Enhanced Access to Places for Physical Activity"
- Links: Healthy Maine Walks
- Area Fitness Opportunities
- Bicycle Coalition of Maine
- Project ACES (All Children Exercising Simultaneously)
- PACES (Parents and Children Exercising Simultaneously)
- Midcoast Maine Chamber of of Commerce, Things to do
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