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Serve on a committee

  • Youth Advocacy Program:  For youth grades 6-12.  Focus is preventing youth tobacco use.  May also plan activities that promote physical activity and good nutrition.  Usually meet weekly during school year.
  • Tackling Tobacco:  Works with staff to bring about policy change for schools, businesses, recreation departments and other public venues; helps organize activities to educate the community about the dangers of secondhand smoke.  Meets bi-monthly.
  • Physical Activity and Nutrition:  Help staff coordinate programs and activities related to increasing physical activity and promotion of good nutritional practices in communities, schools and worksites.  Meets bi-monthly.
  • Work Healthy Committee: Assist staff with coordination of Work Healthy, our worksite wellness incentive program. Provide technical assistance to worksites as needed and do presentations to promote program. Meets bi-monthly.
  • Chronic Disease Committee
  • Advocacy Network:  Involved in advocacy and policy change for health-related legislative issues on both the local and statewide level.  Usually work via email and is active mainly during legislative sessions.
  • Nominating and Membership: Assists staff in recruitment of new members and nominates individuals for offices.  Meets 1-2 times a year. 
  • Ad Hoc:  Work on short-term projects.  (For example, planning a special event.)  May meet 2-4 times.

Co-facilitate Smokeless Saturdays sessions
Help facilitate interactive sessions for youth that are caught in possession of tobacco products.  Training provided.  May co-facilitate 2-3 sessions a year.

Be part of our speakers bureau
Provide presentations in a variety of settings such as schools, worksites and community groups.  Topics include tobacco, physical activity and nutrition.  May do presentations 1-2 times a year.

Help at health fairs and community events
Organize materials and help to staff display tables at events.  May attend 1-2 events a year. 




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