Lt. Governor Bethany Hall-Long Announces the First Round of Award Winners in the Inaugural Lt. Governor’s Challenge 2.0
Lt. Governor Bethany Hall-Long | Office of the Lieutenant Governor | Date Posted: Monday, March 18, 2019
Lt. Governor Bethany Hall-Long | Office of the Lieutenant Governor | Date Posted: Monday, March 18, 2019
Six Delaware organizations receive recognitions for motivating change and elevating the health and well-being of their communities.
DOVER, Del. (March 18, 2019)— Delaware Lieutenant Governor Bethany Hall-Long just announced the selection of the first six honorees in the newly established Lt. Governor’s Challenge—the next evolution of Delaware’s mission to guide residents on a path to healthier living. The inaugural award honorees were hand-selected by the Lieutenant Governor and the Lt. Governor’s Challenge review committee, which made its selection based on the ways each organization’s initiative advances measurable policy, systems and environmental change strategies focused on improving the health and wellbeing of members of its group and other communities served.
“In every way, these six organizations and the initiatives they put in place embody the heart, soul and vision of the Lt. Governor’s Challenge,” said Lieutenant Governor Bethany Hall-Long. “The champions of these initiatives have demonstrated their dedication to developing programs and presenting opportunities to help others lead stronger, healthier lives. Some have done this by breaking down barriers of poverty to advance equality of care, others have provided resources to support smoking cessation or making behavioral changes that promote a lifetime of healthier habits. Equally as important is the fact that these award-winning programs are helping to motivate better health practices that extend beyond the people within the organizations that started them—among their spouses, children and other family members. There is no telling where and how far their influence can reach and the impact it can make on the health of our state.”
With the Lt. Governor’s Challenge, Lieutenant Governor Hall-Long is building on Governor Carney’s achievements in inspiring individuals to take the first steps toward leading healthier lifestyles. The Lt. Governor’s Challenge, focusing on the power of community when it comes to encouraging and implementing changes that can improve quality of life for Delawareans, was designed to mobilize everyone on a journey of health and well-being. The program motivates and supports groups and individuals, as well as recognizes communities that take action — together — in order to make the healthy choice and the easy choice for their members.
Lieutenant Governor Hall-Long made personal phone calls to inform each of the following organizations that they had been selected to be recognized with the first Lt. Governor’s Challenge awards. These honorees will be also be recognized in May during the Lt. Governor’s 1st annual honoree celebration event.
IMPACT Delaware Tobacco Prevention Coalition
Children in Nature
Perdue (FIT by Collaboration) with the University of Delaware Cooperative Extension
Delaware Technical and Community College: Mindfulness Summit
Blind Vendors Committee: Healthy Vending Initiative
Colonial District 1st Elementary Wellness Center – Eisenberg Elementary School
A key dynamic of the Lt. Governor’s Challenge is a peer nomination mechanism that allows community members an opportunity to be drivers of change in their own families, neighborhoods, workplaces, faith organizations/institutions, communities or schools. Nominations for the Spring 2019 Lt. Governor’s Challenge awards are being accepted until March 31 at LtGovernorsChallenge.org.
“Whether you are nominating yourself or a group you find deserving of recognition, by sharing your nominees’ stories and outcomes, you motivate them to continue and grow their programs,” said Lieutenant Governor Hall-Long. “Every nomination encourages your fellow Delawareans to take a look at how they, too, can take steps toward healthier living! Through peer nominations and celebrations of honorees, we expect the Lt. Governor’s Challenge 2.0 to have a far-reaching, long-lasting ripple effect that we are already seeing take hold.”
Additional information on the Lt. Governor’s Challenge—including online nomination forms—is available at LtGovernorsChallenge.org. Updates and information are also available on social media
Facebook (@LtGovernorDE); Twitter (@LTGovHall_Long); Instagram (@LtGovBethany)
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Lt. Governor Bethany Hall-Long | Office of the Lieutenant Governor | Date Posted: Monday, March 18, 2019
Six Delaware organizations receive recognitions for motivating change and elevating the health and well-being of their communities.
DOVER, Del. (March 18, 2019)— Delaware Lieutenant Governor Bethany Hall-Long just announced the selection of the first six honorees in the newly established Lt. Governor’s Challenge—the next evolution of Delaware’s mission to guide residents on a path to healthier living. The inaugural award honorees were hand-selected by the Lieutenant Governor and the Lt. Governor’s Challenge review committee, which made its selection based on the ways each organization’s initiative advances measurable policy, systems and environmental change strategies focused on improving the health and wellbeing of members of its group and other communities served.
“In every way, these six organizations and the initiatives they put in place embody the heart, soul and vision of the Lt. Governor’s Challenge,” said Lieutenant Governor Bethany Hall-Long. “The champions of these initiatives have demonstrated their dedication to developing programs and presenting opportunities to help others lead stronger, healthier lives. Some have done this by breaking down barriers of poverty to advance equality of care, others have provided resources to support smoking cessation or making behavioral changes that promote a lifetime of healthier habits. Equally as important is the fact that these award-winning programs are helping to motivate better health practices that extend beyond the people within the organizations that started them—among their spouses, children and other family members. There is no telling where and how far their influence can reach and the impact it can make on the health of our state.”
With the Lt. Governor’s Challenge, Lieutenant Governor Hall-Long is building on Governor Carney’s achievements in inspiring individuals to take the first steps toward leading healthier lifestyles. The Lt. Governor’s Challenge, focusing on the power of community when it comes to encouraging and implementing changes that can improve quality of life for Delawareans, was designed to mobilize everyone on a journey of health and well-being. The program motivates and supports groups and individuals, as well as recognizes communities that take action — together — in order to make the healthy choice and the easy choice for their members.
Lieutenant Governor Hall-Long made personal phone calls to inform each of the following organizations that they had been selected to be recognized with the first Lt. Governor’s Challenge awards. These honorees will be also be recognized in May during the Lt. Governor’s 1st annual honoree celebration event.
IMPACT Delaware Tobacco Prevention Coalition
Children in Nature
Perdue (FIT by Collaboration) with the University of Delaware Cooperative Extension
Delaware Technical and Community College: Mindfulness Summit
Blind Vendors Committee: Healthy Vending Initiative
Colonial District 1st Elementary Wellness Center – Eisenberg Elementary School
A key dynamic of the Lt. Governor’s Challenge is a peer nomination mechanism that allows community members an opportunity to be drivers of change in their own families, neighborhoods, workplaces, faith organizations/institutions, communities or schools. Nominations for the Spring 2019 Lt. Governor’s Challenge awards are being accepted until March 31 at LtGovernorsChallenge.org.
“Whether you are nominating yourself or a group you find deserving of recognition, by sharing your nominees’ stories and outcomes, you motivate them to continue and grow their programs,” said Lieutenant Governor Hall-Long. “Every nomination encourages your fellow Delawareans to take a look at how they, too, can take steps toward healthier living! Through peer nominations and celebrations of honorees, we expect the Lt. Governor’s Challenge 2.0 to have a far-reaching, long-lasting ripple effect that we are already seeing take hold.”
Additional information on the Lt. Governor’s Challenge—including online nomination forms—is available at LtGovernorsChallenge.org. Updates and information are also available on social media
Facebook (@LtGovernorDE); Twitter (@LTGovHall_Long); Instagram (@LtGovBethany)
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