SANTA ROSA ? Kaiser Permanente has given a $1 million grant to the Community Activity and Nutrition Coalition of Sonoma County to help curb obesity and promote healthful eating in the Kawana Springs and Roseland neighborhoods of south Santa Rosa.
The coalition, also known as Can-C, is an alliance of individuals, professionals and community-based organizations focused on improving healthful eating and active living. The investment is part of Kaiser?s new three-year, $10 million Healthy Eating Active Living (HEAL) Zones initiative across Northern California.
The HEAL Zones are designed to help make healthful choices accessible to more people in underserved communities ? and in turn to prevent diseases such as diabetes and hypertension that often result from obesity. The project is supported by Kaiser Permanente through a fund they established at the East Bay Community Foundation.
?We are thrilled to receive this funding from Kaiser Permanente because it will allow us to work with residents to make changes that reflect the specific needs of our community,? said Anthony Taylor, health program manager with the County of Sonoma Department of Health Services, the coordinating agency for the grant. ?The partnership with Kaiser Permanente is invaluable in the campaign to fight chronic diseases associated with overweight and obesity here in Sonoma County.?
In addition to Santa Rosa,? six other Northern California communities received $1 million HEAL Zones grants:
- Bayview-Hunters Point in San Francisco
- Madera in Fresno
- Modesto
- Monument in Concord
- Richmond
- South Sacramento
Kaiser will also dedicate an additional $3 million to technical and evaluation support as well as other Northern California place-based community investments over the next three years.
?In the first five years of the HEAL work, we saw increased physical activity, greater availability of healthy food in corner stores, improvement of our local parks and creation of safe walkways,? said Yvette Radford, Kaiser?s regional vice president of external and community affairs. ?We also learned that going forward, we could make a greater impact by concentrating our efforts in smaller, more targeted areas.?For Kaiser Permanente, the HEAL Zones are much more than just funding. They are an extension of the work in our medical centers, and our commitment to helping create healthy individuals and healthy communities.?
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