B.R.A.N.C.H. Out

Building A Rejoiceful Alliance of Neighbors for
Change and Healing

Name of Organization:

City of Milwaukee Health Department
Adolescent Community Health Program
Community Nutrition

Address:

7630 West Mill Road, 2nd Floor,
Milwaukee, WI  53218

Name of Participating Partner(s):

Yvonne D. Greer, MPH, RD, CD, Nutritionist Coordinator
Graduate Assistant, Mount Mary College, Dietetic Internship Program

Summary of Nutritional and Wellness Programs:

• City of Milwaukee Health Department's Nutrition and Physical Activity Website
• "Eat for Life" nutritional workshop with food demonstration
• "Let's Make a Meal" interactive nutrition display
• "The Wheel of Life" youth nutrition and health awareness exercise
• "Body Culture:  Nutrition Fuels Fitness" youth nutrition and optimal performance workshop
• Nutrition and chronic disease workshops including:
  • Diabetes:  What You Should Know?
  • Cholesterol and Heart Disease Risk
  • The Heart Truth:  Women and Heart Disease
  • Eating Smart
  • Reduce Your Risk of Cancer
• City of Milwaukee Health Department's Comprehensive School Nutrition Program Initiative, an initiative to create healthy school nutrition environments for the prevention of childhood obesity

Quote by Participating Partner on the Partnership:

"Nutrition and physical fitness practices are two of the cornerstones to living a long and healthy life.  Faith and spirituality are two other cornerstones that contribute to one's mental and spiritual health.  Within B.R.A.N.C.H Out, we weave these elements together along with socialization and sharing of resources to create unique environments that foster holistic health practices."

-Yvonee Greer, MPH, RD, CD

For more information:

Yvonne D. Greer, MPH, RD, CD
Nutritionist Coordinator
Adolescent Community Health Program
City of Milwaukee Health Department
Northwest Health Center
7630 West Mill Road, 2nd Floor
Milwaukee, Wisconsin  53218
Phone: (414) 286-3619  Fax:  (414) 286-5479
Website:  www.milwaukee.gov/health