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approximately 17,000 hours of employee sitting a year, creating micro - movements of around 3 -5 up /down periods a day, and promoting movement, ergonomics, and a health conscious work culture. Family and Childhood Obesity An OC child care center made positive changes after participating in the Nutrition and Physical Activity Self- Assessment for Child Care (NAP SACC) Program. Staff members dedicated themselves to healthier eating and drinking while at work. Before NAP SACC staff members drank various beverages throughout the day, and now only drink water in clear cups or bottles so the students can see what their teachers are drinking. For students, almonds, baby carrots, and dried and fresh fruits replaced pastries and chips as snack foods; cold and refreshing water is now offered as an alternative to lemonade; and as of April 2014, whole wheat bread replaced previous menu items made with white bread. Families have been assisting the center replace portable play equipment for outside activities, as well as providing "wish list" items (i.e. hula hoops, jump ropes, balls, etc.) to help assist in increased physical activity. This center will continue to explore ways to improve levels of nutrition and physical activity options for healthier living. 24 Healthy Classroom Challenge /Healthy Kids Day The collaboration between the Orange County Partnership for Young Children and the OCHD resulted in implementation of the Healthy Classroom Challenge, which took place March 2014. The challenge is intended to help young children and their families learn about healthy living. Classroom presentations were provided, by OCHD's Child Care Health Consultant, to the Pre -K Head Start classrooms and child care facilities that signed up to participate in the challenge. Presentations were given to 211 children, ages 2 -5 years of age, of 10 classrooms at 8 different child care facilities and schools with Pre - K Head Starts. Healthy Kids Day, which occurred April 2014, was attended by many of the Healthy Classroom Challenge children and their families and was held at the Chapel Hill — Carrboro YMCA on the last Saturday in April. Most of the preschool children performed songs and dances in front of hundreds of attendees illustrating the health lesson learned. Priority #3: Mental Health and Substance Abuse Data Dashboard Prescription Drug Misuse /Abuse The Substance Abuse & Mental Health dashboard In January 2015, HCOC hosted 2 community film provides county rates and trends among OC screenings to show the documentary "Out of residents around substance abuse, tobacco use, Reach ". The screening held in Chapel Hill brought mental health, and treatment. Comparisons are out 56 participants and the screening in made between peer counties, NC and the US. Hillsborough brought out 34 participants. The View the dashboard at events included expert panelists, a facilitator, http: / /orangecountync.gov /health /documents /Dashb parents, students, residents, and interested oard -SAMH Dec2013.pdf professionals. Substance Abuse & Mental Health Dashboard ,yryewr wx,W...w mWme. e..e e,etnruwaNr,xr. wEUnn MUx ne�e.ne rmd n crew pep.+ara.,. � [om® wwmnam or sw:K n.�e r mr :r.� As a promotional effort for prescription drug prevention, HCOC used awarded funding and utilized the Chapel Hill Transit System. 200 (11 x 20 sized) "Take em to the box" posters were purchased and displayed inside all 98 of the transit buses and ran for 6 months, and four King sized (144 x 20) posters were wrapped on the outside of four transit buses and ran for three months. In addition, the same tagline was used to print 500 window clings /stickers, and a half -page ad in Everything Orange. Drug Drop Boxes 2014 marked one year since three drug drop boxes were installed within the lobbies of our police stations. Over the past year, the drop boxes have collected close to 1,500 pounds (combined). The