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Get Involved
You have the power to make health happen in your community. Check out the many different ways you can make a difference.
Make Health Happen Here
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Raise awareness about where health happens.
Like Health Happens Here on Facebook or share the Health
Happens Here animated video.
Watch and Like -
¡Sí se puede! Get engaged in your
community: Become a volunteer or an organizer, donate
to a cause or participate in local organizations.
Find a partner -
Let your voice be heard. Vote! And
encourage friends and family to vote, too.
Register to vote
In Neighborhoods
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Invest in the California FreshWorks Fund (for
as little as $20). Companies, community organizations, and
individuals can help bring grocery stores to neighborhoods.
Invest now -
Ask your local councilmember and city or
county department of transportation for lighting in your
neighborhood parks.
Find my local rep -
Ride your bike to work or school.
Learn more
With Prevention
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Get a check-up. Under the new health care law
your annual wellness visit to your doctor is free with your
health care plan.
Learn more - Small business owners can take advantage of the small
business health care tax credit to help provide health
coverage to your employees.
Take advantage - Encourage your policymakers to remove subsidies for
junk drinks, like sugary-soda, in the CalFresh (food
stamp) program.
Learn more
In Schools
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Write a restaurant review about the
nutritional quality of your school lunch or your child’s school
lunch and post it on Yelp, Facebook or Patch.com.
Give it a shot -
Attend a Wellness Council meeting at your
local school, and if your school doesn’t have a Wellness
Council—ask why not.
Learn how -
Advocate your district’s school board for
common-sense school discipline instead of suspending and
expelling kids.
Why?
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