Activities by Year

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Grant to United Way of Central Texas to host the Central Texas Public Transportation Summit. This gathering was the next step in the journey that started with the 2019 Bell County Transportation Summit, expanding the discussion to include Bell, Coryell, Hamilton, Lampasas, Milam, Mills and San Saba Counties. Representatives from 29 organizations gathered to Identify shared transportation needs, programs and plans that are working, and ways to better connect existing resources.

Grant to Temple College Foundation 

Temple College knows that students who are engaged on their campuses are often more successful in education and in life. The Student Ambassador program was created in partnership with ReInvent Healthy to drive student engagement, pride, and success. 

Each semester, student ambassadors work as members of the College’s Recruitment Team. The diverse group of Ambassadors work in a professional office and are part of a professional team. They engage in professional development activities, which include public speaking, networking and leadership opportunities. They interact with students, lead campus tours, help plan events, call prospective students, work as the College mascot, and staff campus activities, which include open houses, preview days, camps and College events. 

Click here to read one ambassador's story about why he chose Temple College for his educational journey. 

Grant to Salado Middle School to support schoolwide adoption of Orange Frog 2.0. resilience programming for staff, students and families. More than 50 school team members completed training on the program and supported over 500 students to implement the program. Activities were designed to spread joy, create social connection, and build skills to support long-term happiness and success.

We partnered with International Thought Leader Network to make training available to boost happiness and resilience:

• Sponsored two virtual offerings of The Orange Frog Workshop, one for a group of representatives from several Central Texas businesses and organizations and one for the staff of Salado Middle School. The school staff has brought the workshop to life in the school, spreading happiness to their team and students during a time when COVID-19 has placed new challenges on schools and families. 
• Sponsored free registrations to an online self-study program and Facebook Study Group for the book The Happiness Advantage by author Shawn Achor. Free registrations are available to those who participated in our workshops this year and to anyone else who would like to learn more about applying the science of happiness to day-to-day life! Free registration will continue to be available into 2021.

• Grant to United Way of Central Texas (http://uwct.org) to host the Bell County Transportation Forum. The forum addressed challenges presented by limited access to transportation and facilitated discussions on potential solutions.

• ReInvent Healthy Board members participated in the Forum as event facilitators and participants

• Launched our blog series on "What Healthy Means to Me" to explore diverse perspectives on the concept of health. Check out the insightful contributions of our guest bloggers. We are still looking for guest bloggers. Email us to contribute at ContactUs@ReInventHealthy.org