HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2013.10.17 - 21072MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #13276 October 17, 2013
BY: General Government Committee, Christine Long, Chairperson
IN RE: DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES/HEALTH DIVISION - REQUEST TO
EXPEND FROM THE LARRY PERNICK HEALTH EDUCATION FUND FOR OAKLAND COUNTY
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS the Larry Pernick Health Education Fund for Oakland County was established in 1997 in
memory of Commissioner Lawrence Pernick; and
WHEREAS the donated funds are intended to be used for health education programs targeted toward
populations at risk for health problems due to socio-economics, race/ethnicity, age, or disability; and
WHEREAS Henry Ford Hospital West Bloomfield is a recognized partner in the community to educate
and encourage Healthy Lifestyles through creative programming utilizing their Demonstration Kitchen and their
hydroponic greenhouse; and
WHEREAS Sheiko Elementary School in West Bloomfield in which 35% of their students are Title I
due to low income, has requested to participate in a pilot program with Henry Ford Hospital West Bloomfield to
educate their 3rd , 4th and 5th graders in healthy eating and lifestyles; and
WHEREAS expenditures in the amount of $3,200 are being requested from the Larry Pernick Health
Education Fund by the Health Division in fiscal year 2014 to be used as scholarship funds for Title I students
to participate in the pilot project at Sheiko Elementary School.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners hereby
approves expenditures by the Health Division in the amount of $3,200 from the Larry Pernick Health Education
Fund for Oakland County to be used for a pilot project at Sheiko Elementary School in fiscal year 2014.
Chairperson, on behalf of the General Government Committee, I move the adoption of the foregoing
resolution.
GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE
GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE
Motion carried on a roll call vote with Quarles voting no.
5-2-1-0 FORMULi7k.
5: Fruits&vegetables /day
2.: hours of screen
time/day
1: hour of physical
activity/day
0: sugar-added drinks
On-site visits
Kick-off visit
HFWBH team
Nutrition/Farming Exercise/Farming
HFWBH team+ chef HFWBH team
Nutrition/Farming
HFWBH team +
; Nutritionist
Celebration visit
HFWBH team
when
What '3reeni-ouse
Session (including
plant project)
Novemhe,-
fts/vegetabies
servings &Snacks
ideas
Six nyoroponic
systems instaked
5,cnon•!*
Februa,
Instant recess
baly Sc:een time
diseussion
DK
Session/evaluation
of the program
Greenhouse Session
evaluation of the
program Zurnba
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Sugar intake
Water importance-
October
DK session
(including snack)
School Pilot Project — Chef for a day / Farmer for a day: extended version
Pilot prolect at chPikn emPntary School
Rationale: this educational project will focus on the 5-2-1-0 formula, the fitness and
nutrition guide for kids designed to promote healthier eating and greater physical activity
by Henry Ford pediatricians. The project will include two (2) field trips to West
Bloomfield Hospital (HFWBH), one in the fall and one in the spring. in between, our team
(including also a nutritionist and a chef) will organize three (3) on-site visits at the school.
This program will be promoting the content of the 5-2-1-0 formula, and monitor the kids
in regards to their motivation to healthy eating and sustainable farming.
*HFWBH will install six (6) hydroponic Flood & Drain systems at the school, two for each grade. The students will
be responsible for running them throughout the year, under the supervision and guide of our resident farmer.
Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital
Resolution #13276 October 17, 2013
The Chairperson referred the resolution to the Finance Committee. There were no objections.