Jennings Ragan of the Governor’s Foundation for Health and Wellness presents a check for $5,000 to Mayor Lane Curlee and members of Tullahoma’s Healthier Tennessee Community Committee. L to R: Winston Brooks, Mayor Lane Curlee, Zak Humphries , Belinda Letto, Casta Brice, Roni Jarrell, Gina Bumbalough, Jennings Ragan and Diane Bryant.
The Governor’s Foundation for Health and Wellness has announced Tullahoma has been awarded a $5,000 Healthier Tennessee Community Grant to help sustain community-wide projects and activities that encourage and enable physical activity, healthy eating and tobacco abstinence.
To earn the grant, Tullahoma’s Health Council achieved:
• At least 50 percent of K-8 teachers using GoNoodle, an interactive, online tool that encourages exercise during the school day.
• At least 15 percent of faith communities with 100 or more members using Small Starts @ Worship wellness programs.
• At least 20 percent of workplaces with 35 or more employees using Small Starts @ Work wellness programs.
“We are pleased to be a part of the Healthier Tennessee Community initiative, and we will use these grant funds to continue our wellness plans,” Tullahoma Mayor Lane Curlee said.
In Tennessee, one in four adults smokes, and one in five high school students uses tobacco. Approximately 31 percent of the population is classified as obese and an additional 34 percent are overweight, and type-2 diabetes and high blood pressure are at epidemic levels.
To be designated a Healthier Tennessee Community, Tullahoma must initiate and sustain community-wide events and activities that support physical activity, healthy eating and tobacco abstinence, and then track and measure outputs and accomplishments of the program.
