6 Epic Ways to Start a Neighborhood Health Revolution

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Neighborhood conditions can have major health effects.

WATCH and VOTE for new Salud America! #SaludHeroes who made neighborhoods healthier places to live, learn, and play—and be entered in a random drawing to win a FREE T-shirt and jump rope!

#SaludHeroes in the neighborhood are:

How to Make a Walkable Neighborhood. Urban designers Nicolas Rivard and Allison Hu mobilized neighbors to request walkable streetscapes in San Antonio.

Rescuing Unwanted Fruit. Sarah Ramirez increased healthy food access in Tulare County, Calif., by picking unused produce from yards and donating it to the food bank.

Greenway to Health. Erica Whitfield and other health advocates redeveloped an abandoned alley in Lake Worth, Fla., into an attractive greenway to increase walkability and connectivity.

Soccer Fields for All. Soccer enthusiasts Shawn Levy and Ricki Ruiz helped fix and build new soccer fields in needy areas of Oregon, with the help of the Portland Timbers team and fans.

How Hospitals Help Schools. RJ Manchester and Erica Asti of the Florida Hospital for Children started a free, in-school, hospital-led preventive health program to teach healthy living to kids.

Lean & Green Menus. Penny Parham started a menu branding campaign to boost awareness and consumption of fruits/veggies at schools in Miami-Dade County, Fla.

The #SaludHeroes with the most votes from June 8-22, 2016, will be announced in an email and a social media messages from Salud America! by June 29, 2016.

Go here to vote, enter the random drawing, and see contest rules.

Salud America!, a Latino childhood obesity prevention network funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and led by the Institute for Health Promotion Research at the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio, runs a periodic video voting contest.