Healthier Cumberland

Project Overview

2nd Funding Cycle Impact Award
     Project Start Date: 7/1/2006
     Project End Date: 6/30/2009

Project Goal Statement: This project will build a community culture of healthy lifestyle behaviors and an environment that sustains a Healthier Cumberland.

Orignal Award Amount: $450,000
Adjusted Award Amount: $427,229*

Community Partners:
Primary Community Partner: Cumberland Memorial Hospital
Additional community partner organization names:

• 3M Cumberland
• Augustana Lutheran Church
• Cumberland School District

Academic Partner:
Primary Academic Partner: Jane Morley Kotchen, MD, Health Policy Institute

Project Progress Summary Reports:
     Project Progress Report Summary July 2006 - June 2008
     Project Final Report Summary    

Affiliated Web Pages:
    3M Cumberland
    Augustana Lutheran Church
    Cumberland Memorial Hospital
    Cumberland School District

Project Dissemination Efforts (as reported by project partners)

• Articles
  • Featured in the Cumberland Advocate – 10/11/2006, 11/8/2006, 12/20/2006, 12/27/2006.
  • Featured in the Rice Lake Chronotype – 11/8/2006.
  • Featured in the St. Paul Pioneer Press – 11/14/2006.
  • Featured in the Barron County Senior Review
  • Featured in The Pulse, the Cumberland Hospital quarterly newsletter
  • Featured in the Cumberland Hospital Nurses Notes
  • Featured in Cumberland Elementary and Middle School newsletters
• Outreach Materials/Events
  • Developed and distributed the Healthier Cumberland brochure
  • Developed and distributed the Bike Cumberland Area Bike Routes brochure
  • Developed and distributed promotional event flyers
  • Developed the It Pays to Eat Fruits and Vegetables personal log book
  • Developed the Results Card for health screening documentation
  • Developed the Plug In to Fitness challenge personal log book
  • Developed weekly menu planners
  • Developed a 7 minute DVD about the Healthier Cumberland Project

*In 2009 award amounts, based on the remaining budget, were adjusted to reflect the decline in endowment asset value due to the downturn in the economy.