Activate Omaha
A community wide initiative to encourage people to incorporate activity into daily living, Activate Omaha establishes innovative approaches to increase physical activity through community design, public policies and communication strategies, and supports active living by encouraging changes in urban design, land use and transportation policies.

Live Well Omaha Kids
A coalition of organizations whose focus is to systematically address the childhood obesity epidemic, Live Well Omaha Kids has identified strategies that will help Omaha children achieve measurable improvements in healthy living by the year 2011.

Top 10 in 10
By focusing on improving the health of employees in our community, Top 10 in 10 seeks to make Omaha one of the 10 healthiest communities in America within 10 years. The initiative identifies effective indicators of health and wellness based on employer workplace programs; endorses excellent health promotion, disease prevention and wellness programs; and supports and contributes to health and wellness policy formulation.

Pioneering Healthy Communities
An initiative set by the national YMCA’s Activate America, Pioneering Healthy Communities aims to raise visibility of lifestyle health issues. The organization supports local communities in developing more effective strategies to promote healthy lifestyles through physical activity and nutrition. Since its inception, 46 communities around the country have taken on this challenge.

Our member organizations have committed contractually to participate through the forum of Live Well Omaha. This unprecedented collaboration assures efficient use of resources through coordinated program implementation and unified evaluation and fundraising, and enhancing their collective impact on the community.

The list of our board of directors reads like a “who’s who” in the Omaha health and wellness arena. The members' efforts offer ongoing proof that well-informed people working together in an effective process can make a difference in a community.