The purpose of the Healthy By Design Recognition is to encourage, recognize, educate and create a standard of excellence for promoting healthy lifestyles by encouraging active living and healthy choices that shape the future of the community. The Healthy Places Initiative goal for the Healthy By Design Recognition is to recognize events and activities in Yellowstone County that are taking progressive steps to promote healthy lifestyles. Recognized events and activities encourage active living and promote healthy choices. Recognition criteria are used as an educational tool to provide recommendations and guidance to event coordinators in an effort to create events/activities that enhance the health of the community. Events and activities are scored for Healthy By Design Recognition based on the following criteria:

• Safety
• Nutrition
• Environmental Stewardship
• Physical Activity
• Prevention and Overall Wellness

+ apply now with the Healthy By Design Recognition online application
+ download the traditional Healthy By Design Recognition application
+ download Healthy By Design brochure

For more information please contact:

Jennifer Pinnow
Jennifer.Pin@riverstonehealth.org
406.651.6541