LBAFF Staff

Jennifer Ponce
LBAFF Coordinator
Director of Special Projects
The Children’s Clinic, Serving Children and Their Families
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Sonya Clark
Community Health Education Advocate
The Children’s Clinic, Serving Children and Their Families
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Long Beach Alliance for Food and Fitness (LBAFF)

What is LBAFF?

 The Long Beach Alliance for Food and Fitness (LBAFF), founded by TCC’s very own Dr. Elisa Nicholas, is made up of community members, non-profit agencies and public organizations who work together to bring quality, affordable healthy foods to Long Beach residents and create opportunities for them to be more physically active in a safe environment. The goal of LBAFF is to create systematic, comprehensive strategies that will in turn give rise to a healthier community in Long Beach.

Just a few of the projects TCC has worked on with LBAFF:

  • Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services worked with TCC on the Long Beach Healthy Food, Beverage and Vending Policy that promotes good nutrition and healthy environments within City facilities and City-sponsored meetings and events.
  • Jamie Oliver Food Foundation Mobile Teaching Kitchen coordinates with TCC to provide healthy cooking classes for over 500 community and agency partners.
  • Network for a Healthy California (California Department of Public Health) provided to the Champions for Change Training, which consists of nutrition education, physical activity and community empowerment tools that help community educators teach adults in underserved areas how to identify and discuss barriers to fruit and vegetable consumption and physical activity.

LBAFF is generously supported through The California Endowment’s Building Healthy Communities Initiative (BHC), a ten-year, comprehensive community initiative that aims to revolutionize the way Californians think about health in their communities. In 14 places across California, including Long Beach, residents are proving they have the power to make health happen in their own neighborhoods and schools. By focusing on wellness and prevention, they’re creating a brighter future for us all!

Check out our latest initiatives!

Choose Health LA Kids “Improving nutrition, Increasing Physical Activity and Reducing Obesity in LA County”


TCC School Farm Stand @ International Elementary School

LBAFF Collaborative Members

  • Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services (LBDHHS)
  • City of Long Beach Department of Parks, Recreation and Marine
  • Long Beach Unified School District (LBUSD)
  • Long Beach Building Healthy Communities
  • LBDHHS Healthy Active Long Beach
  • California State University of Long Beach
  • YMCA of Greater Long Beach
  • Families in Good Health at St. Mary’s Medical Center
  • Days of Taste Program
  • Long Beach Memorial Medical Center (LBMMC)
  • Community Partners Council
  • The Children’s Clinic, Serving Children and Their Families (TCC)