Be Involved – in creating healthier eating opportunities at work and in your community

In Your Workplace

• Balanced Workplace Health Quiz - How does your workplace rate for wellness programs?
  This quiz will direct your workplace on how to start a workplace wellness committee and implement sustainable programs.
• Simcoe County Workplace Wellness Network
  This is your opportunity to link with Simcoe and Muskoka workplaces that share a common vision for the improvement of employee health. Join the distribution list to receive a quarterly e-newsletter containing resource and professional development information. Receive advance notice of conferences, workshops and other local educational opportunities.

In Your Community

• Good For Life Simcoe County and Take Heart Muskoka
  Workplaces are invited to join Good for Life and Take Heart to work with other community partners to develop, organize and advocate for initiatives that help local residents eat well, stay active, become smoke-free and check stress. Call Health Connection for more information at 1-877-721-7520 or click simcoemuskokahealth.org.
• Good Food Box - Vegetable and Fruit Buying Co-ops
  This program is available in various local communities to enhance access to economical fresh produce. Promote this program to employees, buy vouchers as prizes for employee challenges or become a distribution site.
• Simcoe County Farm Fresh
  This web site has maps that connect consumers directly to local farmers, farmers markets and businesses that are selling wholesome, nutritious food.
• Canadian Diabetes Association - Simcoe/Muskokas/ Parry Sound
  This web site outlines services and resources available, including a diabetes prevention presentation for workplaces.
• Link with local community organizations that promote healthy eating, such as:
  • Canadian Cancer Society Barrie and District Area
  • Canadian Cancer Society Muskoka North-Simcoe, or
    • Canadian Diabetes Association - Simcoe/Muskoka/Parry Sound
  • Food Banks in Simcoe County
  • Eat Well to Excel School Nutrition Programs (Simcoe)
  • Food for Learning School Program (Muskoka)
    Call Health Connection for more information at 1- 877-721-7520 or click simcoemuskokahealth.org.
• Take Heart
  The Take Heart Project of Muskoka is a community-based partnership that is dedicated, through the use of health promotion strategies, to the reduction of the modifiable risk factors (physical inactivity, unhealthy eating, tobacco use) that lead to cardiovascular disease and other chronic diseases such as Type 2 diabetes, stroke and some forms of cancer.