Committees are divided in a way that allows partners to participate in an area of interest and skill set. The work they do is tied to their long-term action plans. Each committee has a chair that schedules and leads meetings and reports recent committee activity at Leadership Committee meetings.

Check out re:TH!NK's calendar if you're interested in when each committee meets, visit the meeting minutes page to learn more about the work that each committee is currently engaged in, or contact the Committee Chair through email.

Addressing Alcohol Committee
Committee Chair: Dan Hinton dhinton @ co.winnebago.wi.us
Focuses on preventing underage and binge drinking in the community by reducing access and availability of alcohol to minors, supporting local and statewide policy changes, educating the community about the dangers of underage and binge drinking, and changing the social acceptability of underage and binge drinking.

Drug Prevention Committee
Committee Chair:
Currently this committee is focused on community education and local policy efforts regarding prescription drug abuse prevention but plans to expand its work to include marijuana and other drugs.

Healthy Lifestyles Committee
Committee Chair: Kristen Biese kristen.biese @ ppwi.org
A broad range of community partners working on strategies to increase access to all dimensions of wellness that are needed for residents to live a healthy lifestyle including dental access, mental health services, safe sexual practices and injury prevention.

Healthy Recreation Opportunities Committee
Committee Chair: Mike Kading mkading @ town-menasha.com
Educating residents on the benefits of biking and walking as active modes of transportation. The group plans to promote and enhance active recreation opportunities for all County residents.

Nutrition/Obesity/Type II Diabetes Committee
Committee Chair: Sarah Wright stwright @ new.rr.com
By identifying and implementing specific measures to increase access to healthier and nutritious food options, this committee's work will reduce the incidence of obesity and Type II Diabetes in Winnebago County. This committee also plans to identify, support, and pursue policies and ordinances that will help the public make informed decisions when choosing food purchases.

Physical Activity Committee
Committee Chair: Kim Biedermann kbiedermann @ omro-wi.com
This committee is working on increasing the amount of physical activity community residents participate in by parntering with local employers, organizations, groups and individuals. They are developing resources, promotional materials, and tools and educating decision-makers on physical activity-related policy change opportunities.

Tobacco Prevention and Control Committee
Committee Chair: Emily Dieringer edieringer @ co.winnebago.wi.us
Priority areas include educating the community about other tobacco products (OTPs), promoting compliance with the statewide smoke-free air law, supporting sustainability of the tobacco prevention and control program, engaging youth in FACT (Fight Against Corporate Tobacco), reducing acceptance and use among youth, conducting tobacco compliance checks, and supporting tobacco control policy changes.

Advocacy/Legislative Committee
Committee Chair: Joe Yana jyana1 @ charter.net
Researches current laws, ordinances and policies locally and state-wide, educates community members and state/local lawmakers, advocates for policy changes that are inline with re:TH!NK goals and objectives, and mobilizes coalition partners, groups, organizations and the community to create policy change.

Media/Communications Committee
Committee Chair: Lisa Brown lbrown @ co.winnebago.wi.us
Supports and promotes the messages of all re:TH!NK committees in a collaborative and timely manner. The committee responds to the community's current informational needs and issues regarding healthy lifestyles.

Sustainability Committee
Committee Chair: Dawn Gohlke dawn @ bestfriendsnm.org
re:TH!NK's staff and activities are funded by state and federal grant dollars. This committee works to secure resources (both human and financial) to continue the work of the coalition in the community in the future.

Leadership Committee
The Leadership Committee is formed from the Chairs of all committees and works with the coalition staff (coordinators) to help develop and direct its activities. Visit the Leadership Committee page for more information.

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