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Cities Help Feed Kids in the Summer
Cities Help Feed Kids in the Summer By Colorado Municipal League staff Partnering with the Local School District to Provide Healthy Summer Meals and Recreation Summer break is revered as the best time of the year — carefree days... Read More
Support LiveWell by eating tasty farm-to-table Thai cuisine throughout April!
Try the tasty Pad Thai + Beer combo for $20 at our partner Aloy Modern Thai between April 1 – 30 and a portion of the proceeds from this special will be donated to LiveWell. This will support our shared... Read More
Voices of Double Up Food Bucks
Double Up Food Bucks is improving the lives of low-income Coloradans in big cities and small towns all over our state. We feature one story a month in our Voices of Double Up series, to bring you face to face... Read More
LiveWell Welcomes Three New Board Members
LiveWell Welcomes Three New Board Members Ken Feiler Ken was President and CEO of Rose Medical Center, an HCA and HealthONE affiliated hospital, for 21 years. His healthcare experience spans more than 35 years. He holds a master’s degree in... Read More
10 for 10! 10 Ways LiveWell Partners Help Build Access to Healthy Living Across Colorado
10 for 10: 10 Ways LiveWell Partners Help Build Access to Healthy Living Across Colorado A key strategy and philosophy of LiveWell Colorado has been supporting the capacity of communities to engage in changes they deem necessary to build access... Read More
March 2018 Policy Update
LIVEWELL COLORADO POLICY UPDATE MARCH 2018 STATE As is typical, we have hit the calm before the storm at the Capitol. The bills that LiveWell is engaging in are mostly waiting for the Long Bill (the budget bill) to pass,... Read More
Expand Child Nutrition School Lunch Protection Act (Senate Bill 18-013)
The Expand Child Nutrition School Lunch Protection Act (Senate Bill 18-013), by Senators Rhonda Fields (D, Aurora) and Bob Gardner (R, Colorado Springs) and Representative Dafna Michaelson Jenet (D, Commerce City) is a bill LiveWell’s policy team has been advocating... Read More
LiveWell Colorado and Confluence Denver Explore Key Challenges and Solutions to Healthy Living in Colorado
A common impression of Colorado is one of outdoorsy healthiness for all. But those images are drawn against a stark dichotomy of the reality in less affluent, often black and brown communities statewide, where such basic wellness staples as healthy... Read More
10 for 10! Ten Ways LiveWell’s School Food Initiative (SFI) is Helping Schools Help Students Eat Healthier
Since its inception in 2008, LiveWell has worked closely with hundreds of partners in every region of the state. Through these collaborative efforts, a tremendous amount has been learned; LiveWell’s mission has evolved from building public awareness for the value... Read More
East Grand School District Rolls Out New Salad Bars in Elementary Schools
Do you know that when students eat better, they do better in school, too? The administrators and school food professionals in East Grand School District, a participant in LiveWell’s School Food Initiative (SFI) 2016 cohort, know that by offering salad... Read More