Case Studies: Community Sites in Action
Elsewhere on this site you may have seen a map of the United States that shows hundreds of colored dots marking the locations of We Can! community sites across the nation.
Now, you can get the inside scoop from some of them on how the program works at the local level.
When you click on the links below, you’ll find background and details from some of the more than 1,600 registered We Can! sites. We have profiled the following sites here because they have either been with the program since its beginning in 2005, or they are running the program at the City/County level, the highest level of activity.
Stories will be updated—and new sites added—as we receive new information. So be sure to come back! Also, don’t forget to sign up for the We Can! in Action eNewsletter to hear about other We Can! communities in action.
We Can! City and County Case Studies
- Blount County, University of Tennessee Extension – Maryville, TN
- Boston Public Health Commission – Boston, MA
- Bulloch County Children's Health and Lifestyle Development Coalition (C.H.I.L.D) – Bulloch County, GA
- The Center for Helping Obesity in Children End Successfully, Inc. – Atlanta, GA
- CIA Sports Club – Brunswick, GA
- Coastal Health District – Pembroke, GA
- Coastal Health District – Savannah, GA
- Corporation S.A.N.O.S. – Caguas, Puerto Rico
- Creative Nutrition Solutions-Steps to a Healthier NY & United Health Services Hospitals – Binghamton, NY & Broome County, NY
- Cobb & Douglas Public Health – Douglasville, GA
- Cobb and Douglas Public Health – Symrna, GA
- Gary Youth Services Bureau and Park Recreation – Gary, Indiana
- Greater Somerset Public Health Collaborative – Somerset, Maine
- HEALTHY Armstrong – Armstrong County, PA
- Indiana Regional Medical Center – Indiana County, PA
- Kennebec County: University of Maine Cooperative Extension - Augusta, ME
- Knoxville Area Coalition – Knox County, TN
- Lakeland Regional Health System – Berrien County, MI
- Liberty County Health Department – City of Hinesville, GA
- Liberty County Health Department – Ft. Stewart, GA
- Liberty County Health Department – Liberty County, GA
- McIntosh County Health Department/Coastal Health District – McIntosh, GA
- Nevada State Health Division, Ron Wood Family Resource Center – Carson City, NV
- Roswell Recreation, Parks, Historic, and Cultural Affairs Department – Roswell, GA
- Satilla KIDS (Kids Improving & Developing Soundly) - Waycross, GA
- Somerset Heart Health/RFGH - Somerset, ME
- South Bend Parks and Recreation Department – Southbend, IN
- University of Nevada Las Vegas Department of Nutrition Sciences and City of Henderson Department of Parks and Recreation – Las Vegas, NV
- UPMC Health Plan – Pittsburgh, PA
- Washington County: One Community – Washington, ME
- Woodbine Elementary School – Woodbine, GA
We Can! Founding Intensive Community Site Case Studies
- Alabama Department of Public Health - Montgomery, AL
- Benton County Healthy Weight and Lifestyle Coalition - Corvallis, OR
- City of Tamarac Parks and Recreation - Tamarac, FL
- Gary Youth Services Bureau and Park Recreation - Gary, IN
- Lane Coalition for Healthy Active Youth - Lane County, OR
- Montgomery County Department of Recreation - Montgomery County, MD
- Operation Better Start - Pittsfield, MA
- Project Healthy Schools - Ann Arbor, MI
- Scott & White Memorial Hospital - Temple, TX
- South Bend Parks and Recreation - South Bend, IN
- Springfield-Green County Parks and Recreation - Springfield-Green County, MO
- University of Nevada Las Vegas & City of Henderson – Las Vegas & Henderson, NV