April 13, 2022
Kids, families and communities in the northwest corner have benefitted greatly from the work of Fit Together for 10 years, and the future is bright for building on their success for many years to come.
Fit Together NWCT is a partnership created in 2011 by a group of community-based organizations and initially funded by a Sam’s Club grant through the YMCA of the USA. Their mission is to empower people to make healthy lifestyle choices – making the healthy choice the easy choice. Fit Together partners include Hartford HealthCare’s Charlotte Hungerford Hospital, NWCT YMCA, Torrington Area Health District, Friendly Hands Food Bank, Community Health and Wellness of Greater Torrington, New Opportunities, the City of Torrington and the Town of Winsted. This group began by supporting school gardens, promoting the importance of daily physical activity and getting their message out at community wellness fairs.
Within two years, Fit Together hired its first Coordinator and adopted Maine’s 5210 Let’s Go! model, a nationally recognized childhood obesity prevention program, that focuses on increasing opportunities for healthy eating and active living in a simple, easy to understand format: 5 servings of fruits and veggies, 2 healthy screen time habits, 1 hour of physical activity and 0 sugary drinks each day.
Using this model, Fit Together began by developing…
