type: Individual Organization Issue

Name: Shape Up Somerville

Description:

Shape Up Somerville is a city wide campaign to increase daily physical activity and healthy eating through programming, physical infrastructure improvements, and policy work.  The campaign targets all segments of our community, including schools, city government, civic organizations, community groups, businesses, and other people who live, work, and play in Somerville. 

This effort began as a community based research study at Tufts University targeting 1^st through 3^rd graders in the Somerville Public Schools.  Today there is Coordinator working on active and healthy living programs supported by the Health Department and a Taskforce that is a collaboration of over 11 initiatives and 25 stakeholders involved in working on various interventions across the city, such as:

• School Food Service
• Teachers teaching an-School Curriculum
• After School programs using a new curriculum
• Parent, City Employee and Community Outreach
• Restaurants
• Walkability and Safe Routes to School
• Extension of the Community Path
• School Nurses and Pediatricians
• Policy Initiatives
• Farmers markets and community/school gardens
• Monthly community celebrations of Walk/Ride Days

Address City Hall Annex 50 Evergreen Ave

city: Somerville

state: MA

zip: 02145

Phone Number: 617-625-6600 ext. 4312

Web Site: http://www.somervillema.gov/Division.cfm?orgunit=SUS

Email Address: jcorliss@somervillema.gov