Ready to champion change in your community? Start small. Start here. Start by using our six-step model, toolkit and selected resources to help strengthen the health of your community.

Explore Stories of Change

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Welcome to a practical, self-guided, virtual toolkit that helps communities create lasting change.

From parents and educators to volunteers and local leaders, everyone has a role to play. Explore practical ways to improve the spaces and routines that shape nutrition, physical activity and health.


 

You Know Your Community

Find tools to make healthy choices easier, more accessible and lasting.


Champion Early Health

Strengthen maternal nutrition, create supportive breastfeeding spaces and improve nutrition and physical activity in early care and education settings for infants, toddlers and preschoolers.

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Champion School Wellness

Develop strong wellness policies, improve healthy food choices and increase physical activity in K-12 schools.

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Champion Food Access

Improve food security by increasing access to healthy food through change work at food pantries, community gardens, food councils and within tribal communities.

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Champion Active Communities

Promote active living across the lifespan by improving opportunities for movement in early care and education settings, K–12 schools and adult community spaces.

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You Know Your Community

Find tools to make healthy choices easier, more accessible and lasting.