BC Healthy Living Alliance Report: Healthy Living Initiatives 2007 to 2010 October 2010 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The BC Healthy Living Alliance gratefully acknowledges the Thanks also go to the staff and managers of the initiatives for generous support of the BC Government, including the their dedication and hard work implementing BCHLA’s healthy Ministry of Healthy Living and Sport, ActNow BC and the liv [...] These initiatives reached across the province of BC, impacting 233 communities – from the far northern community of Daylu Dena Council near Lower Post to Sooke in the southwest to Sparwood in the southeast of the province. [...] The BC Government recognized a common desire to improve the health of each Health Authority, including the Provincial Health Services British Columbians and responded to The Winning Legacy Authority, as members of the Coordinating Committee who by providing a one-time grant of $25.2 million to BCHLA were involved in planning and reviewing this work. [...] As stewards of the $25.2 million one- of the funds and work on the initiatives, strengthening time grant, the Coordinating Committee of BCHLA includes the ability of the Alliance to work effectively towards their the heads of the nine voting-member organizations, and common chronic disease prevention goals. [...] The investment has been amplified by the reporting mechanism ensured a high level of accountability in-kind contributions of the organizations and communities by the voting members themselves and to the government involved with BCHLA, and their many volunteers – from the representatives on the committee.