Program: 3rd Annual Cowlitz Tribal Health Walk
What
Running, Walking
Community activity to raise awareness of health disparities amongst the Native American population.Tribes Involved:
Cowlitz Indian Tribe And the Cowlitz County Community
Location:
Community
Local park: Lake Sacajawea
Program Purpose:
Every September the Cowlitz Indian Tribe holds a 3 mile walk around Lake Sacajawea and mini health fair with booths from many local community partners to raise awareness of healthy lifestyles. Participants can either walk or jog the lake.
Program Key Features:
People can visit local organization booths, climb the Army Rock Wall, drum, and walk or jog the 3 mile course.
Most Excited About:
The level of community envolvement. There were leas then 100 participants the first year and we had slmost 300 the second year.
Program Partners:
Cowlitz County Health Department; Cowlitz on the Move Pathways 2020 City of Longview; Parks & Rec Parents Place Family Health Center St. Johns Medical Center
Program Age Groups:
Youth
Adult
Elder
Community:
Cowlitz County and surrounding areas.
Start Date: 9/17/05
Location
1055 9th Ave
Longview, WA 98632
US
Longview, WA 98632
US
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Just Move It by Healthy Native Communities Partnership, Inc. is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
Just Move It by Healthy Native Communities Partnership, Inc. is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.