Be Healthy QC Coalition
Be Healthy QC seeks to have all sectors of our bi-state community align and work together on program, policy, systems and environmental changes in order to create a “culture of wellness” that supports healthy eating and active living.
Project Contacts
Target Audience
All residents of the
Quad Cities.
Start Date/Status
The Be Healthy QC Coalition assembled in January of 2013 and continues to meet several times a year.
Goals
To increase physical activity and healthy eating.
Topic Areas (past and present)
- Workplace Wellness
- School Wellness
- Built Environment for Active Living
- Access to Healthy Foods
- Cross-Sector Education and Health Promotion on Healthy Eating and Physical Activity
Be Healthy QC Coalition Member Organizations
- Alternatives
- American Heart Association
- Augustana College
- Bi-State Regional Commission
- Blck Pearl Catering
- Cardiovascular Medicine P.C. (CVM)
- Churches United of the Quad City Area
- City of Bettendorf
- City of Davenport
- Community Health Care, Inc.
- Deere & Company
- Empower House
- EveryChild
- INCCRRA- Birth to Five Illinois
- Iowa State University Extension and Outreach
- LivWell Seniors
- Martin Luther King Center
- MercyOne Genesis
- Modern Woodmen of America
- Palomares Social Justice Center
- Project NOW, Inc.
- Putnum Museum
- River Bend Food Bank
- Rock Island Arsenal
- Rock Island County Health Department
- Scott County Health Department
- St. Ambrose University
- Tapestry Farms
- True Lifestyle Medicine Clinic
- Two Rivers YMCA
- United Way Quad Cities
- UnityPoint Health – Trinity
- University of Illinois Extension
- World Relief Quad Cities
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