The Mullens Opportunity Center Healthy Lifestyle Coalition

Promoting the development of lifelong healthy behaviors.

Presented by:Charlene Cook

Mullens Opportunity Center ~ Wyoming County Mullens, WV

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RAIL

Watershed

Photography of Many

Colors

Adult Education

(GED)

SUP

Community Garden

Wyco Church

RestorationMarshallUniversity

Ross IES

Youth Programs

Experience Works

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• Assist in improving quality of life

• Help prevent diabetes through education

• Lead Wyoming County in exercise, good nutrition, stress management, & proper use of medicine.

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Projects

SUPCelebration

Dinner

Line Dancing

Shopping Matters

TourHSTA

Health Fairs

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SUP!

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Shed Unwanted Pounds!

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SUP Member Sherry

Buckland344

pounds 6

Sherry after losing 102

pounds & STILL going

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Shed Unwanted

Pounds Celebration

SUP 3 Month Winners Celebrate

S.U.P.Shed Unwanted Pounds (SUP)

55 poundsFaron Lucas 9

Weekly classes• Fun exercise!• All ages are

encouraged

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Line dancing at the MOC

Weekly Line dancing is being taught at the MOC By Patty Scott

Line dancers performed at the Mullens Dogwood Festival 11

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Oak Hill High School HSTA (Health Science Technology

Academy) Students

• Partnership with other organizations

• Planning for biannual Health Fairs at MOC

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Eva Smith & Tulips

The Clown at The Council on Aging

Health Fair

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Shopping Matters Tour

25 shoppers plus 15 volunteers participated in the Shopping Matters Tour at Food Lion in Beckley, WV 14

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Shopping Matters TourTeaching unit pricing, Identify whole grains , Identify 3ways to buy produce on a budget,

Comparing food & reading labels

Shopping Matters TourShoppers who had completed the tour

Haley “Momma” Cox & Chicago of Illinois University Students Assisting her

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Wyoming County Healthy Lifestyles Coalition

Thank you for your

time!Charlene

Cook, Coordinato

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