Fulton County Board of Commissioners Proclaims November 16-20 Nobody Quits Like Georgia Week

The Fulton County Board of Commissioners will issue a proclamation to the County’s Department of Health and Wellness Partnerships to Improve Community Health (PICH) Program declaring the week of November 16-20 as Nobody Quits Like Georgia Week in Fulton County during its meeting on November 18, 2015. We invite you to cover the ceremony and to interview Health and Wellness Department officials about the anti-smoking work underway by the PICH Program and its partners.

WHAT: NOBODY QUITS LIKE GEORGIA WEEK IN FULTON COUNTY Proclamation Presentation Ceremony during Board of Commissioners Meeting

WHEN: 10:00 a.m., November 18, 2015

WHERE: Assembly Hall, Fulton County Government Center, 141 Pryor Street, Atlanta, GA 30303

WHO: Fulton County Board Of Commissioners, Department Of Health and Wellness Officials, Fulton County Partnerships to Improve Community Health (PICH) Program Staff, Fulton County Partnerships to Improve Community Health (PICH) Program Partners
                     
The Fulton County PICH Program is working in partnership with a coalition of government, education, healthcare, corporate, faith-based and non-profit organizations to focus on four program areas to address the chronic health problems residents face:

• increasing access to physical activities by helping develop physical activity programs and policies in school and after school 
• promoting healthy eating and nutrition by helping to increase access to environments with healthy food and beverage choices 
• discouraging tobacco use, reducing second-hand smoke exposure and promoting smoke-free policies 
• encouraging the design of communities in which people of all ages and abilities can walk, bike, ride transit and drive safely.

For more information about the PICH Program, please call Sonja Steptoe at 404.612.3492 or email her at sonja.steptoe@fultoncountyga.gov.To learn more about Fulton County Health and Wellness, please visit, www.fultoncountygahealth.org or call 404-612-1211.