2014 ShapingNJ Healthy Community Grants
Community
Grantee
Physical Activity Strategy
Food Strategy Funder Asbury Park
Monmouth County Health Department
Establish a school wellness council at Establish a school wellness council at Thurgood Marshall and Bradley Thurgood Marshall and Bradley NJ DOH
Elmentary Schools to implement walking Elmentary Schools to implement healthy programs and improve availability of daily nutrition policies
fitness opportunities
Atlantic City/Egg Harbor
AtlantiCare Foundation
Create an outdoor fitness area; safe and Create additional garden beds and active play; park improvments and education, summer education program promotion including safety initiatives
for children
Bloomfield Burlington
Camden
NJ DOH
Develop more gardening plots for Purchase and install 50 bike racks and NJ DOH
paint bike lanes
individuals and signage for gardens
Train child care staff and parents on TV Train child care staff and parents about Burlington County Community Action limitations and physical activity; healthy eating; implement I am Moving, I NJ DOH
Head Start
implement I am Moving, I am Learning am Learning curriculum
curriculum
Expand comprehensive school wellness Expand comprehensive school wellness YMCA of Burlington & Camden Counties to two new schools ‐ one charter and one to two new schools ‐ one charter and one NJ DOH
private
private
Township of Bloomfield Department of Health and Human Services Grant Amount $10,000 $9,950 $10,000 $10,000 $10,000 East Orange
Metro YMCA of the Oranges Expand HIKE (Healthy Initiative to Keep Promote healthier families; promote Exercising); add 4 new sites to urban trail; better understanding of nutrition signage on trail w/historic significance NJ DOH
planning, identify obstacles in the and distances; incentive program for community to creating well‐balanced using the trail; promotion of trail through meals, survey families about food access
events
Eatontown
Eatontown Recreation and Community Services
Upgrade flooring at Community Center for a safer physical environment and promote shared use agreement
N/A
NJ DOH
$6,000 Gateway Family YMCA
Develop sustainability plan to increase capacity of current coalition, raise community awareness on health disparities, promote shared use and park improvements
Increase participation of community members in healthy community approaches, including healthy food policies, healthy vending policies and wellness councils
NJ DOH
$11,250 Elizabeth
$10,000 Garfield Irvington
Garfield YMCA
Increase family physical activity and walking to school through organized community events and social media campaign; purchase recreational equipment
Community garden planting, cooking classes, garden supplies and farm stand construction
NJ DOH
$10,500 Irvington Health Department Expand local play/open streets program, including 2 new indoor play events, conduct walkability assessment to establish safe routes to school
Work with 2 new corner store partners; purchase racks for healthy foods with existing partners located near schools; Create 1 new community garden
NJ DOH
$10,000 N/A
NJ DOH
$2,500 Finalize cooperative garden, enhance food service policies, outreach to faith‐
based community
NJ DOH
$8,000 Develop healthy vending machine policies NJ DOH
at childcare sites
$10,000 Healthy Corner Store initative in 3 local stores, educate students and involve NJ DOH
them in healthy corner store project, student letter writing campaign to city to promote work in stores
$3,459 $5,922 Maplewood
Maplewood Township
Morristown Alliance for Morris County Parks New Brunswick
Raritan Valley YMCA
Improve Dehart Park walking path with debris removal, outdoor exercise equiment and signage; promote shared use
Promote physical activity benefits of gardening, shared use and park improvement Expand joint and shared use facility agreements to include fitness center access, bike racks and park signage
Newark
YMCA of Newark and Vicinity Implement a "fitness zone" in local park, equipment spaced along a trail, promotion of a fitness zone; park improvements and promotion of safety initiatives
Newark
Prodigal Sons and Daughters
2 new community gardens, expanding Park improvements with gardens, shared into schools, engaging neighborhoods NJ DOH
use and safety initiatives
and schools to be involved in the garden
North Plainfield
North Plainfield Boar of Education
Purchase and install playground equipment at Stony Brook School (K‐5); N/A
Implement shared use agreement
Oldmans Township
Salem County Health Department
Paramus
Bergen County Technical Schools Perth Amboy
Raritan Bay Area YMCA NJ DOH
Build a walking track at county recreation facility; park improvements and N/A
NJ DOH
promotion
Shared use agreeement and outdoor Healthy vending machines and curriculum NJ DOH
changes
physical activity equipment
Implement play/open streets program
Expand and sustain farmers market
NJ DOH
$10,000 $10,000 $10,000 $10,000 Every child learns to swim program; shared use and expansion of physical activity options for youth
Community gardens; organization‐wide health food policies, including child care
Plainfield
YMCA Plainfield Red Bank
Monmouth County Regional Health Commission Trenton Greater Trenton Area YMCA
Vineland Cumberland Cape Atlantic YMCA
Staffing to expand faith‐based wellness Body & Soul, faith‐based wellness and initiative, Body & Soul, to other churches congregation‐wide healthy food policies
Montclair
Montclair Health Department
Promote walking through employee wellness
Healthy food access, increase availability Partners for in downtown food outlets (Eat Better Health
Montclair)
$10,000 Nutley
Montclair Health Department
Walk to School Program for Nutley School
Increase access to healthy food in restaurants, survey current options; healthy food policies for organizations
Partners for Health
$10,000 Community YMCA
Assess community's youth recreational and physical activity opportunities; Bring CATCHcurriculum to Asbury Park Elementary Schools; implement "Y without walls" programming
Review and enhance School Wellness Council and School Wellness Policies at Thurgood Marshall and Bradley Elementary Schools
YMCA
$10,000 Clark
Fanwood Scotch Plains YMCA
Evaluate and establish wellness policies at both Clark Elementary Schools (Henley Implement lunchtime enrichments in and Valley Road) or at the two Clark accordance with CATCH curriculum
Parochial Schools (Saint John the Apostle and Saint Agnes)
YMCA
$10,000 Flemington
Hunterdon County YMCA
Implement physical activities for youth during education sessions
Implement distribution of fresh produce and bread; monthly healthy cooking and YMCA
nutritional education
$10,000 Metro YMCA of the Oranges Advance HEPA Standards; Develop and enhance CATCH program at Franklin Elementary School
Advance HEPA Standards; Increase availability of fruits and vegetables and YMCA
water during the afterschool program at Franklin Elementary School $10,000 Asbury Park
Franklin Boro
NJ DOH
Work with area merchants on increasing Expand community walking paths, healthy food choices, education classes at NJ DOH
mapping, signage, and route destinations; Soul Kitchen; healthy corner stores and park improvements
markets
Faith‐based initiative implements walking Implement salad bar inTrenton Central audits, organize and prioritize findings, High School West (4th salad bar within NJ DOH
create action plan, engage w/Board of Ed Trenton School District)
to recommend infrastructure changes as NJ DOH
$10,000 $10,000 $10,300 $10,000 Jackson Township
Ocean County YMCA
Evaluate existing Jackson Recreation programs; add new programs including the implementation of CATCH into Jackson Recreation Summer Camp
Paterson
Paterson YMCA
Present programs focusing on living an Present programs focusing on healthy active and healthy lifestyle; Aquatics and eating
CATCH program YMCA
$10,000 Gloucester County YMCA
Support 3 Woodbury school sites and Support and enhance wellness policy by develop policy and/or environmental expanding upon existing relationship with opportunities for youth to increase Twp of Woodbury and Complete Streets activity during the day. Expand Healthy Policy; Improve built environment to U; Work with schools to develop a support walking around lake
"Healthy Living Team"
YMCA
$10,000 Woodbury
YMCA
$10,000