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Watertown - Moving Forward for 30
Get Healthy Watertown (GHW), Watertown’s community health and wellness coalition and Wisconsin Active Together (WAT) community, worked with the Mayor, several municipal departments, the Watertown YMCA, Watertown Regional Medical Center, Watertown Unified School District, senior housing at Marquardt Village and local businesses to promote their Moving Forward for 30 challenge. GHW used equity and social determinants of health as guiding principles, offered online and paper tracking, and offered a variety of activities to help everyone in the community participate in the challenge.
The Moving Forward for 30 challenge encouraged Watertown residents to add at least 30 additional minutes of physical activity daily for 30 days and to document their physical activity. There were cash prizes, YMCA guest passes, water bottles, a free class from the park and recreation department, and two youth prizes for a ride to school with the local police or fire/EMS departments. The challenge was coordinated by the GHW coalition and a small cohort of 4 dedicated individuals – Susan Wollin, Gary Fisk, Dawn Liddicoat, and Ashley Nelson led the outreach.
Photo: Susan Wollin, Prize Winner Maria Garcia, and Dawn Liddicott.
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Wishing Abe a Fond Farewell |
Abe Lenoch has been the Active Wisconsin program manager for the past year. He was instrumental in the merger of WAT and WACA and helping make a smooth transition. I know many of you have spent time talking to Abe and sharing your stories and expectations for Active Wisconsin.
Abe has decided to move on to a new adventure in California! We wish him well and thank him for all the great work and his commitment to Active Wisconsin.
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Bridget Brown has joined 1000 Friends of Wisconsin as the Active Wisconsin program manager. Bridget has been a 1kfriends supporter and bike/ped advocate for many years.
She gets around by foot, bike, and bus and looks forward to connecting people with resources to help make their communities more walkable, bikeable, and rollable.
Bridget’s first steps were taken in Rock County, Wisconsin but she has also covered distances in Madison, Minneapolis, South Bend, Xalapa (Mexico), Seoul, and currently La Crosse.
In her free time, she likes to read, hike, drink coffee, and watch squirrels.
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Upcoming Events
July 10th
The Fitchburg Festival of Speed has a little something for everyone including biking, running, racing, live music, food and beer for purchase, and fireworks. Start the day with the family friendly Fitchburg Family Pharmacy 25 Mile Bike Ride or participate in the Andy Nelesen Donor Dash 5K Run/Walk. Another highlight of the day is the $1000 Mile pitting the fastest men and women against each other to take home the winner takes all $1000 prize. Don’t miss great racing action and family fun! Click here for more information.
July 30 - August 2
225 Miles: 1 to 4 days (your choice!)
LA CROSSE, WI TO GREEN BAY, WI
Join the Bike Fed's 7th Annual Ride Across Wisconsin with a proven awesome route across the best state ever. With one and two day options, this ride (not a race) offers scenic views across some of the most beautiful back roads Wisconsin has to offer.
Teaching Safe Bicycling
The Wisconsin Bike Fed is offering Train theTrainer classes to help
communities around the state host their own Bike Rodeos for kids.
- Learn to develop and organize a successful child bicycle safety event in your community
- Find out how children differ from adults as riders and how their crashes are different
- Understand safe riding tips and how to avoid the most common crashes between kids and people driving
- Experience hands on hazard identification and how to reduce hazards
Trainings will be held in Stevens Point, Wauwatosa, and McFarland
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Funding Opportunity
AARP - Small Dollar, Big Impact
AARP is accepting applications from across Wisconsin for “Small Dollar, Big Impact” grants, which will be awarded to new projects that are designed to improve a community and make it a better place for everyone to live, work, and play as they age. AARP Wisconsin may award a grant of up to $1,000 to at least one eligible applicant. All projects must be completed within 60 days from winner announcement. If your project includes public engagement, please ensure that the activities follow all local/state guidelines.
New application deadlines open each month. Next deadline is August 17th
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Resources
Book Alert
In New Mobilities: Smart Planning for Emerging Transportation Technologies, transportation expert Todd Litman examines 12 emerging transportation modes and services that are likely to significantly affect our lives: bike- and carsharing, micro-mobilities, ridehailing and micro-transit, public transit innovations, telework, autonomous and electric vehicles, air taxis, mobility prioritization, and logistics management. These innovations allow people to scoot, ride, and fly like never before ... To order click here
Plan your next active transportation trip!
Summer is here and it's time to hike and bike.
TrailLink by Rails to Trails Conservancy is a great resource for trail descriptions, trail maps, photos, and reviews.
WisDOT has a variety of maps available: county roads maps, urban rides, Great River Road maps and more.
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What Active Wisconsin provides to participating communities:
- Resources (grant opportunities, toolkits, etc.)
- Local and statewide advocacy opportunities
- Collaboration and educational presentations during network-wide calls
- A platform (social media and email newsletters) to share your work
Please reach out with questions or comments. We look forward to hearing from you!
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Stay safe and stay active.
Decorate your bike and take a ride!
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We are working remotely
so please contact us
via email at:
New Address:
1000 Friends of Wisconsin
820 W. Wingra Drive #259704
Madison, WI 53725
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