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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