Forest Park has been a WeTHRIVE!℠ community since 2014. City council adopted the WeTHRIVE! Overall and Community Health Resolutions in October 2014.
WeTHRIVE! Pathway(s):
WeTHRIVE! Team:
Ashley Barrow, Kim Chelf, Sheila Cottle, Jay Dennis, Corina Denny, Rebecca Eavers, Maggie Foote, Kimberly Hardy-Morris, Jan Harper-Jackson, Jermaine Hill, Cristie Iwasko, Chuck Johnson, Alfie Jones, Karen Jones, Andy Levandusky, Jennifer Lipke, Stephen Moje, Debra Moore, Rosalind Moore, Bettye Morgan, Michelle Sneed, Lula Whitehead, Katrina Wyche.
Contact:
Kim Chelf: KChelf@forestpark.org or 513-595-5272.
Jermaine Hill: jermaineh@forestpark.org or 513-595-5291.
Projects & Programs:
- Community Bike Ride
- Know Your Numbers health screening events
- Freestore Foodbank Produce Pop Ups
- 5K race in partnership with Sickle Cell Awareness Group
- Stepping On fall prevention program
- Thriving Communities grant from Interact for Health
- Community Health Assessment (November 2016)
- Gym shoe fundraiser/donation for Winton Woods students
- OSU Extension healthy cooking class series (spring & fall 2018)
- Our Harvest local produce drop-off program
- Summer fitness series
- Outdoor adult fitness equipment at Central Park
- Tobacco-free policy (city parks and playgrounds)
- Direct On Scene Education (DOSE) program (infant safe sleep)
- Safe Sleep Education
- Forest Park Community Day
- Taekwondo classes for Winton Woods Schools staff
- Tree City USA®
Keep Up With Forest Park:
- Website: forestpark.org
- Facebook: @forest.park.1253
- Twitter: @ForestParkOhio
Stories from Forest Park
- Know your numbers with Forest Park WeTHRIVE! team
- WeTHRIVE! teams bring Eating Smart, Being Active classes to Forest Park & Whitewater
- Baby shower takes on infant mortality in Forest Park
- Working together on infant mortality in Forest Park
- Parents-to-be learn about safe sleep for babies
- Alexia Ball | Citizen Spotlight
- Jenetta Thomas, R.N. | Citizen Spotlight
- Forest Park firefighters teach safe sleep to prevent infant deaths