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Great tips from #WalkandRollLongBeach!

Today is National World Health Day (and day 3 of National Public Health Week)! Remember to eat healthy and get your active play every day for better health!

Las verduras SÍ pueden ser los snacks perfectos. ¿Crujientes? Sí. ¿Sabrosas? También. ¿Nutritivas? Definitivamente. Encuentra la receta de tu siguiente snack favorito en: http://bit.ly/3evO07h

Caltrans District 7 Los Angeles is developing an Active Transportation Plan and we need your help! Place pins on our online survey to let us know places where... walking, biking and public transit access can be improved on, along or across the State Highway System. Go to survey.catplan.org and click District 7 to take the survey by the end of April. See more

HAPPENING TOMORROW! Free Drive-Thru Food Distribution (no walk-ups). Saturday, March 27, from 9am-12pm at 1650 W. 9th Street Long Beach, CA 90813. There are no pre- registration or eligibility requirements. Distribución gratuita de alimentos en el vehículo (no se permiten visitas sin vehiculo). Sábado, 27 de marzo, de 9am a 12pm en 1650 W. 9th Street Long Beach, CA 90813. No se requiere cita ni requisitos de elegibilidad.

Come out this Thursday, February 25th, at Jordan High School for a Free Food Drive Thru Distribution. The event will start at 9am at the Jordan High School Staf...f Parking Lot, located on Atlantic Ave. Thank you to the office of Supervisor Janice Hahn for organizing this event in our Uptown Community. _______________ Venga a la escuela Jordan High School este Jueves, 25 de febrero, para una despensa de comida. El evento comienza a las 9am en el estacionamiento de facultad, ubicado en la Atlantic Ave. Gracias a la oficina de la Supervisor Janice Hahn por organizar este evento en nuestra comunidad Uptown.

Our Long Beach Department of Health & Human Services (LBDHHS) has awarded 16 organizations to provide food and nutrition-related services and support to populations experiencing high levels of food insecurity and/or barriers to healthy food access as a result of the #COVID19 pandemic.

Mark your calendar! Food distribution event happening this Saturday, Feb. 20, from 9 a.m. to noon in Long Beach, 1650 W 9th St., Long Beach 90813. Hosted by Port of Long Beach, Los Angeles Regional Food Bank, and Labor Community Services All #COVID19 safety precautions will be taken. Please #WearAMask.

If you ride a bicycle or travel by foot, sign up for a free online bicycle and pedestrian safety education class to learn ways to move safely in Long Beach. Register for a class by visiting: tinyurl.com/37hxwbaoto. We hope to see you virtually! #walkandrolllongbeach #bicyclesafety #pedestriansafety #gosafely

Free Nutrition Classes in February! To register, visit: https://tinyurl.com/yyoejh6j ¡Clases gratuitas de nutrición en febrero! Para registrarse, visite: https://tinyurl.com/yyoejh6j

From our friends at Parks, Recreation, and Marine.... Hey Long Beach, It’s Official! We’re launching a new campaign to update our Parks, Recreation, and Marine Strategic Plan, guiding how we Prioritize Work, Organize Staff, and Decide Where to Invest over the next 10 years. ... We want to hear from YOU! Learn more & take our short survey: https://bit.ly/3n70owa Be sure to share with your friends and family! ¡Hola, Long Beach, es oficial! Estamos lanzando una nueva campaña para actualizar nuestro Plan Estratégico de Parques, Recreación y Marina, guiando cómo priorizamos el trabajo, organizamos al personal y decidimos dónde invertir durante los próximos 10 años. ¡Queremos escuchar de ti! Obtenga más información y responda nuestra breve encuesta: https://bit.ly/3n70owa ¡Asegúrate de compartirlo con tus amigos y familiares!

Hey There! Are you looking for a healthy and tasty TREAT to nourish your Goblins and Ghosts this Halloween? Follow along with us as Sharon shows us how to make Roasted Pumpkin Seed Snack Mix! It's a great way to use up those pumpkin seeds after you've finished carving your pumpkins!

We will offer free early childhood developmental kits for children from birth to five years, to support early development while at home.

Do you know a 3rd, 4th, or 5th grader who wants to make a difference? Encourage them to get creative and enter the Can the Trash! Clean Beach Poster Contest.... To enter, draw a picture with a message about how we can keep our oceans and beaches pollution-free and healthy. Contest winners and their artwork could be featured on LA County beach trash barrels next summer! For more information and to enter, please visit: https://beaches.lacounty.gov/postercontest

Today is International Walk to School Day! While Walk to School Day may look different this year, safety is always top-of-mind. We encourage you to celebrate today and any day this month by walking safely around your neighborhood. Always remember to look left-right-left and look again before the crossing the street. Make sure to make eye contact with a driver before entering the crosswalk. Let’s continue to work together to create a safe environment for our students to w...alk to and from school! #WalkToSchoolDay #LBWalkToSchoolDay #GoActiveToSchool Long Beach Department of Health & Human Services (LBDHHS) California Office of Traffic Safety CalFresh Healthy Living

Great tips from our friends City of Long Beach WIC Program

Hey kids! If you're in the neighborhood, come join us for some active play! We'll be popping up around Long Beach this week with Long Beach Parks, Recreation & Marine to provide physical activities, arts & crafts, health education, and more! ¡Hola, chicos! Si estás en el barrio, ven y unite a nosotros para jugar activamente! ¡Esta semana estaremos apareciendo en Long Beach con Long Beach Parks, Recreation & Marine para proportional actividades físicas, artes y artesanías, educación para la salud y más!

The City of Long Beach is at 66.9% - and we only have 2 more weeks to be counted! If you haven't already completed the Census please take a few minutes to complete it today - and if you have, please remind your family and friends.

In need of food? Come on down this Thursday morning to receive free food and nutrition education resources! Please make sure your trunk is cleaned out and has room for the volunteers to place the food boxes inside. No walk-ups (sorry), cars should enter Shoreline Drive off Ocean Blvd to line up starting at 8:30 am.

Being counted on the #2020Census helps your community get the political representation it deserves. Get counted to amplify your voices! #LBCounts2020 Respond by September 30th at my2020census.gov or 1-844-330-2020.

Join us as Maritza shares some simple stretches we can all do at home to Power Up Your Summer with no special equipment needed! #PowerUpYourSummerLB

Today at 3:00 PM, we will be streaming a video to share some simple ways you can Power Up Your Summer! Join us as Maritza shares with us some great stretches and shows us how to make a fun and refreshing water recipe! We hope you'll join us! #PowerUpYourSummerLB

The 2020 Census closes on September 30! Make sure that you and your family are counted by visiting: http://ow.ly/66OW50BoFGk Your count matters!

Use your CalFresh (SNAP EBT) benefits to receive $10 off produce boxes! At Downtown Long Beach Farmers Market Find this market and others in LB, with links to produce box pre-orders, on our friends Long Beach Fresh site! ... http://lbfresh.org/eaters/find-local-food/farmers-markets/ Goodveg.org