2007 Public Health Genius Award Winners
2007 Public Health Genius Award
2007 Public Health Exceptional Award
2007 Public Health Merit Award
LEFT TO RIGHT: Gaelen McAllister, 2007 Public Health
Exceptional; Suzanne Briggs, 2007 Public Health Genius;
Kelly Leonard and Janet Judd of the MoVelocity Creative
Team, 2007 Public Health Merit Award.
2007 Public Health Genius Awards
Suzanne Briggs
Suzanne Briggs achieved Public Health Genius status by tackling one of the most fundamental needs of humans -- access to healthy food. Suzanne is responsible, in large part, for the resurgence of farmers' markets in the Portland area and across the state. Not only did she co-found the Hollywood Farmers' Market in NE Portland, but she also led the revival of the Oregon Farmers' Market Association and helped organize the Kaiser-Permanente Farmers' Market at its Interstate campus. She also helped pioneer the Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) at farmers' markets, which allows food stamps to be used, making access easier for underserved populations, thereby reducing health disparities and improving their food supply. Suzanne was nominated by Nancy Stevens, Director, Community Benefits and Health at Kaiser Permanente.
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2007 Public Health Exceptional Award
Gaelen McAllister
Gaelen McAllister is recipient of the 2007 Public Health Exceptional Award.As a parent volunteer with Stand for Children, Gaelen spearheaded efforts to improve school breakfasts and snacks in the Salem-Keizer school district and worked actively to pass statewide school nutrition legislation. Gaelen worked with the food supplier, Sodexho, to improve the nutritional offerings at breakfast and lunch at Bush Elementary School. She then expanded her efforts to the district level, participating on the Salem-Keizer School Nutrition Task Force to improve the nutrition of food available in student stores, vending machines and a la carte bars. With her proven success, she provided powerful testimony at hearings for HB2650 to set standards for foods and beverages sold outside the federal meals programs in schools. Gaelen was nominated by Dana Hepper, Salem-Keizer Organizer, at Stand for Children.
2007 Public Health Merit Award
MoVelocity Creative Team
The MoVelocity Creative Team is recipient of the 2007 Merit Award. MoVelocity.org is a web-based tool where participants log the miles traveled or minutes engaged in any physical activity: walking, biking, gardening, walking the dog, etc. One of the chief challenges the creators of MoVelocity faced was how to engage those living in rural areas, where there is little access to gyms, bike paths or sidewalks. The no-cost, no-equipment, no-age barrier approach created a groundswell of individual and community physical activity in rural Douglas County, and has the potential to be a model for the rest of the state. The MoVelocity.org Team was nominated by Marilyn Carter, Team Lead for Healthy Active Douglas County.
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