The Be Active Team is committed to the mission of increasing physical activity levels and healthy lifestyles for all North Carolinians.  We also strive to promote physical activity and healthy lifestyles in our own personal lives and in the workplace.  Our organizational policies reflect the many ways in which we put physical activity and healthy active lifestyles into practice.

Be Active North Carolina’s organizational policies and practices related to physically active and healthy lifestyles provide a foundation for modeling the strategies, interventions and behaviors we seek to influence in the communities and the clients with whom we work.  

So as leaders in promoting healthy lifestyles through movement, Be Active North Carolina believes that “walking the talk” is integral to our credibility as an organization and to our integrity as professionals.  As such, BANC principles, policies and practices help ensure we present consistent messages and model the changes we are trying to create in the communities and with the clients we serve. 

BANC posts our principles, policies and practices regarding active living and healthy lifestyles on our website, shares them with prospective staff members and partners, regularly assesses individual and organizational commitment to these principles, and seeks opportunities for continuous improvement. Get Moving

June 20, 2009 marked the first annual Be Active North Carolina Picnic held at Sandling Beach on Falls Lake. It was a warm, ok, hot day; but the lake provided a nice cool breeze. We played games, swam, ate good food, and celebrated Evie’s baby and Ashley’s wedding showers.  A good time was had by all, especially the Be Active kids!

Click here for photos of the first annual Be Active NC Picnic.

Be Active joins Marbles Kids Museum in its’ efforts of building healthy and active families.  Through Marbles’ interactive exhibits, we were able to witness and participate  in many of the health and physical fitness activities offered at Marbles.

The Be Active Staff was invited to tour the Marbles Kids Museum, a hands-on, minds-on museum that inspires imagination, discovery and learning through extraordinary adventures in play and larger-than-life IMAX experiences.

After the tour, the Be Active Wellness Committee split the team into groups for a friendly but competitive scavenger hunt throughout downtown Raleigh.

Click here for pictures of the Be Active Team Building Day at Marbles Kids Museum.

  Active Living By Design is a member of Go! Chapel Hill, a partnership of non-profit organizations that promote active living throughout Chapel Hill, North Carolina.  ALBD’s vision is healthy communities, where routine physical activity and healthy eating are accessible, easy and affordable to everyone.  Established by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, ALBD is part of the North Carolina Institute for Public Health at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

 Be Active North Carolina works in conjunction with ALBD, serving on their advisory board along with representatives from the Health Department, Chapel Hill Schools, The YMCA, and the Chamber of Commerce.

This past May, Be Active North Carolina and Active Living By Design were pitted against each other in a friendly kickball game in Chapel Hill.

Click here for photos of the Kickball Challenge.

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