HomeMy WebLinkAbout103-Attachment B: Letter from County of Santa Clara Public Health Department about Let?s Move Cities and Towns campaign.pdfCounty of Santa Clara
Public Health Department
Health Officer
976 Lenzen Avenue, 2nd Floor
San José, CA 95126
408.792.3798
Board of Supervisors: Mike Wasserman, George Shirakawa, Dave Cortese, Ken Yeager, Liz Kniss
County Executive: Jeffrey V. Smith
January 21, 2011
Dear Santa Clara County Mayors,
The Santa Clara County Public Health Department is working to enroll all cities in the county
in the nationwide Let’s Move Cities and Towns campaign, which emphasizes the ability of
communities to address the problem of childhood obesity at the local level. We would like to
request that your city pass the attached resolution and sign-up for the campaign within the
next 60 days. Our goal is to become the first County in the United States to show unanimous
support of this effort. http://www.letsmove.gov/officials-step-1.php
We are pleased that the Cities Association has partnered with the Santa Clara County Public
Health Department on obesity prevention efforts. The County was recently awarded $3.6
million through the Prevention and Public Health Fund of the Affordable Care Act to expand
its Communities Putting Prevention to Work project to include obesity prevention. With the
2010 Health Profile for Santa Clara County revealing that 50 percent of adults and 1 in 4
children are overweight or obese, we feel that one step that can be taken immediately to spur
action and bring communities together around this issue is to increase the awareness of
Santa Clara County and city obesity prevention efforts through the First Lady’s Let’s Move
Cities and Towns campaign.
The Public Health Department is prepared to offer support and technical assistance to
facilitate your participation in Let’s Move! (contact Susan Stuart susan.stuart@phd.sccgov.org
408-793-2721, Bonnie Broderick bonnie.broderick@phd.sccgov.org 408-793-2706, or Lori
Martin lori.martin@phd.sccgov.org 408-793-2713).
Please respond with the name of the person who should be contacted in your city to help
move this effort along.
Thank you in advance for your time and effort.
Sincerely,
Marty Fenstersheib, MD, MPH
Health Officer