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Capture Attention! Inspire Action!

This tool (from Wisconsin Clearinghouse for Prevention Resources) provides tips for giving a presentation or talking to someone you need to persuade.

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Catalytic Philanthropy

This tool (from Stanford Social Innovation Review) describes what funders can do to sustain community improvement initiatives. 

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CBS News: City Counties Ranked Healthier Than Rural

Many people think of the city lifestyle as unhealthy, associating it with noise, pollution, crime, dense populations, a fast pace, and high stress levels. Many aspire to leaving the city for the country and the healthier lifestyle they think more tranquility brings. Fresh air, open spaces and chirping birds should be conducive to a much healthier lifestyle, or so the thinking goes.

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CDC Implementation of Anti-Lobbying Provisions

This tool (from CDC) provides guidance about lobbying for public health and not-for-profit organizations who receive CDC funds. It can be found in Act on What's Important under Deliver your message.

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Celebrate National Farmers Market Week

Summer is in full swing and so is National Farmers Market Week! Across the country communities are reaping nature’s bounty—growing, selling, buying and eating fresh fruits and vegetables at their peak. In many places, like Hernando, Miss., these markets are not just seasonal fare, but part of a strategic effort to improve community health by making nutritious food more accessible to residents.

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Celebrating Farmers’ Markets

The County Health Rankings & Roadmaps program would like to celebrate the role Farmers’ Markets play in creating healthy communities by providing access to healthy, fresh foods. The Rankings measure access to healthy food because research suggests that lack of access to fresh fruits and vegetables is a barrier to healthy eating and is related to premature mortality...