Share your ideas, talents, passion, and energy to make The Dalles an even better place to live, work, learn, and play.

Please join the Blue Zones Project team and learn about The Dalles' well-being and how to make healthy choices easier for everyone.

Focus Group Schedule

Groups will meet at: 

The Civic Auditorium

323 E. 4th St., The Dalles, OR 97058

Registration opens 45 minutes before each group meeting and includes a brief Blue Zones Project overview presentation. 

 

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Tell us how to create policies that make it easier for residents to access healthy foods; create more trails, sidewalks, and gathering places; and use less tobacco. 

Monday, May 22 • 4:45 pm - 6:00 pm
Tuesday, May 23 • 8:15 am - 9:45 am
Tuesday, May 23  4:15 pm - 5:45 pm

 
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Talk about how workplaces can better encourage well-being, improve productivity, and inspire a happier workforce in The Dalles.

Monday, May 22 • 4:45 pm - 6:00 pm
Tuesday, May 23 • 8:15 am - 9:45 am
Tuesday, May 23  4:15 pm - 5:45 pm

 
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Share ideas on how schools can help The Dalles' youth learn lifelong health habits.

Monday, May 22 • 4:45 pm - 6:00 pm
Tuesday, May 23 • 8:15 am - 9:45 am
Wednesday, May 24 • 10:15 am - 11:45 am


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Chat about ways to get residents information, inspiration, and tools to live longer, better.

Monday, May 22 • 4:45 pm - 6:00 pm
Tuesday, May 23 • 8:15 am - 9:45 am
Wednesday, May 24 • 10:15 am - 11:45 am


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Explore ways faith organizations can contribute to the well-being of The Dalles.

Monday, May 22 • 4:45 pm - 6:00 pm
Tuesday, May 23 • 8:15 am - 9:45 am
Wednesday, May 24 • 10:15 am - 11:45 am

Join the Blue Zones Project staff for a Friends @ Five Community Celebration to learn about the Project and what to look forward to in the next few months.

Friends @ Five Community Celebration

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Monday - May 22, 2017

6:30 pm - 7:30 pm 

The Civic Auditorium

1323 E. 4th St., The Dalles, OR 97058

 


 

The secrets to living longer, better are all around us

Blue Zones Project helps people improve their well-being and the well-being of their friends, family, and neighborhood by making changes to the places where people spend the most time. We work with workplaces, schools, restaurants, grocery stores, faith-based and civic organizations, and local governments to make healthy choices easier.

Blue Zones Project is based on research from a fifteen-year longevity study coupled with findings documented in National Geographic explorer Dan Buettner's New York Times best-seller, The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer from the People Who’ve Lived the Longest. 

 

 

 

Where it all began

From Sardinia, Italy to Okinawa, Japan to Loma Linda, California, people are living vibrant, active lives well into their hundreds. Dan Buettner calls these areas Blue Zones, and they're the inspiration behind his book, The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer from the People Who've Lived the Longest. 

Check out Dan's TED Talk, where he shares the longevity secrets that spurred the creation of Blue Zones Project.

 

The proof is in the zones

Blue Zones Communities® have realized powerful well-being changes that save money, help people live healthier lives, and inspire community organizations to be more successful. Together with our sponsors, Blue Zones Project has touched more than 3 million lives in 42 communities and nine states to date.

 

Personal Stories

People across the country are seeing good things from Blue Zones Project every day. They are finding the power of purpose, moving naturally, eating wisely, and connecting with others.

 

 

Organization Transformations

Blue Zones Project works with schools, worksites, grocery stores, restaurants, faith-based & civic groups, and local governments to create lasting change that benefits individuals, organizations, and communities.

 

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