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A W HCC ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS RESOLUTION SUPPORTING PREVENTION PARTNERS STATEWIDE WELLNESS INITIATIVE WHEREAS North Carolina counties strive to create a healthy workforce environment for county employees; and WHEREAS North Carolina counties are responsible for providing public health services to citizens; and WHEREAS Prevention Partners builds healthier communities through a suite of products that guide schools, workplaces, hospitals and clinics to address the leading causes of preventable disease, such as tobacco use, poor nutrition, physical inactivity and obesity; and WHEREAS The Healthy Together NC campaign draws on a broad partnership crossing the public and private sectors to bring workplace health and wellness to hospitals, businesses, schools, government agencies, nonprofits, universities and more; and WHEREAS Prevention Partners has set a goal to build healthy workplaces across sectors in at least 10 organizations in all 100 counties of North Carolina by the year 2025; and WHEREAS improving the health of citizens will help counties by reducing costs for providing public health services; and WHEREAS former NCACC President Kenneth Edge, of Cumberland County, initiated the Healthy Living Presidential Taskforce in an effort to bring greater awareness to healthy living and wellness activities; and WHEREAS the NCACC has had a long history of promoting healthy living and wellness programs; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Directors of the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners that it does hereby express its support for the Healthy Together NC campaign; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution is sent to all 100 counties with encouragement for each county to become a healthy workplace. ADOPTED, this 13th day of January, 2016 by the Board of Directors of the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners: ' Nt'�r4 � Glen T. Webb 11, President