The Partnership's ongoing activities include: monthly networking meetings, where community and organizational needs, services and accomplishments are shared, and opportunities for joint action are identified; coordinating shared funding and implementation of multi-partner projects like the Anderson Teen Center and Healthy Eating, Active Communities (HEAC) Collaborative; supporting and/or co-sponsorship of community events and activities such as the annual Family Fun Fest and Lean ‘n Green Day; providing workshops and activities for adults and youth that enhance life skills, personal development, leadership and health. Some of the major projects of the past decade include:

• Anderson Teen Center, 2001 – present
• Healthy Eating, Active Communities, (HEAC) 2004-present
• Partnership for the Public's Health, (PPH) 2000-2004
• California Healthy Cities and Communities, (CHCC) 1999-2002

Anderson Teen Center: established in 2001, provides a safe and positive environment for youth in the after-school hours. Initially supported by funding from CHCC and a local grant from the Health Improvement Partnership, the Teen Center has been a main focus of Partnership activities for the past 10 years. Between 2006 and 2007, the old Masonic Hall in which the teen center was originally located was torn down and a new facility was built to house the teen center and Public Health regional office, through a partnership of the City of Anderson and Shasta County Public Health. Under the close supervision of Teen Center staff and AmeriCorps Members, the Teen Center offers activities for youth in 7th – 12th grade including, drop-in recreational activities, leadership and community service opportunities, homework help and computer/Internet access, small group mentoring (Girls Circle, Boys Council). Offerings and schedule change frequently with youths' interests as well as funding changes.

Healthy Eating, Active Communities (HEAC) (2005-2011): The joint success of the Anderson Partnership and Shasta County Public Health under the PPH initiative, along with their longstanding relationships with area schools and other organizations, made the community a strong candidate for the California Endowments next initiative, Healthy Eating, Active Communities. HEAC focused on increasing access to healthy foods and physical activity through policy and environmental change. The resulting South Shasta HEAC Collaborative worked across diverse sectors of the community (health care, schools, after-school programs, neighborhoods, City and County planning) to help bring about policy and environmental changes to make our community a place where "the healthy choice is the easy choice."

These publications and videos describe the HEAC work in more detail:

South Shasta HEAC: Building Healthy Communities this Valley Post newspaper insert shows how various community sectors contributed to the project in their own ways.

School Lunch, It's Not Just Food (video): HEAC partners at Anderson Union High School District adopt dramatic changes to school food service, making it work with innovative funding strategies, youth input and lots of creativity.

Sowing Seeds of Healthy Living (video): Rural farmer and mother of eight Johanna Trenerry tells the story of how she helped form a farm trail to give people a taste of farm life firsthand. She also discusses how political advocacy is important for smarter farm policies that increase access to healthy produce, not only for city dwellers, but also the residents in her own town. (Video Funded by The California Endowment with Kaiser Permanente Community Benefit Program.)

HEAC youth activities; Visioning Project

Partnership for the Public's Health (PPH) 2000-2004: this multi-year initiative of the California Endowment funded both APHC and Shasta County Public Health to work together to identify and address community health needs. The jointly defined priorities of the project were: access to physical activity and good nutrition; positive youth development, and promotion of the "40 Developmental Assets" model; multicultural awareness; and community engagement. The "Local Partnership Action Plan" encouraged broad community participation and allowed the Partners to undertake innovative strategies, such as "mini-grants" to small community organizations to undertake projects of their own design that addressed one or more of the PPH priorities. Over $27,000 was re-granted to 18 local schools, clubs and community groups, in amounts ranging from $500 to $3,000 to support 25 local projects.

California Healthy Cities and Communities (CHCC) 1999-2002: this three year initiative of the Public Health Institute provided the opportunity for a broad community assessment and strategic planning process that led APHC to shift its focus to positive youth development and multi-cultural awareness.