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High Five! steering committee to be formed |
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January 20, 2018 |
The High Five! Steering Committee formation
meeting will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday, January
23, in council chambers at Bonners Ferry City
Hall. Once formed, the steering committee will
provide general oversight and recommendations to
the city council on High 5! project selections.
The Blue Cross of Idaho Foundation for Health
created High Five! to combat childhood obesity
by launching programs that are
community-created, community-driven and
community-owned. To succeed, mayors and local
businesses, school teachers and principals,
non-profits and health providers, and children
and parents — the entire community — drive their
own High Five! programs, leading by example and
being involved.
When the city initially began the technical
advisory period with the High 5! Foundation, it
set up the following structure to help work
through the grant:
• Community Partners: Made up of anyone who had an interest in the High
5! community grant.
• Steering Committee: Made up of a select representation of the community
to help make recommendations to the city
council.
• Subcommittee groups: Optional groups who share a common area that wish
to do project development based on the
committee’s interest and the mission of the
foundation.
For a chart of the High Five! community
partnership structure,
click here.
Community Partners assisted in the data-driven
areas of the grant, developing the community
surveys and directing the asset mapping and
engaging the community.
"We had an unlimited group of folks who
participated and we met once a month for
basically the past year," Bonners Ferry City
Planner Lisa Ailport said. "Shannon, with Spark,
helped create the
community snapshot that was developed as a
result of the community partners help."
The next step is to now create the Steering
Committee that will provide general oversight
and recommendations to the Bonners Ferry City
council on project selections.
"We have had a number of projects proposed to
the city by community members," Ailport said.
"The steering committee will help evaluate the
project, review how it aligns with the mission
of the foundation and how it meets the needs of
the community as identified within our surveys
and community snapshot."
The community partners can still inform the
steering committee on projects and subcommittees
can meet to address specific areas of project
development, such as access to healthy foods or
increased physical activities.
However, the project proposals will go to the
steering committee for recommendations to the
city council, which will make final funding
decisions.
The Steering Committee will be made of
representatives from the following:
• School District
• County Parks and Recreation
• U of I Ag Extension Office
• Boundary Community Hospital
• City of Bonners Ferry
• Boundary County Library
• Citizen at large
All who are interested in how the High 5 grant
process works are welcome to attend. To learn
more, call Ailport at (208) 267-4379. |
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