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o <br />6: <br />Energize Your Vending! <br />Background <br />In 2006, Community Choices and the Steps to a Healthier Clark County <br />initiative convened a group of employers, school districts and vending <br />operators in Clark County, Washington who shared the common goal of <br />increasing access to healthy food in area vending machines. Together, <br />this team researched nutrition criteria, labeling options, products and their <br />placement in machines, as well as marketing and promotion concepts. In <br />2007, the team adopted the Fit PickT"' labeling system and organized their <br />work into this Guide to Planning and Implementation, a Fit Pick"' website <br />and Fit PickTM promotional materials to support other communities, <br />worksites, schools and organizations that wish to pursue the some vision. <br />In 2007, the National Automated Merchandising Association (NAMA) <br />launched Fit Pick TM, a system of stickers and clings for vending machines <br />that identify nutrient - controlled products. The nationwide availability of an <br />attractive identification system, supported by a professional organization <br />of vending operators, had the potential to complement the work of <br />Community Choices and the Steps to a Healthier Clark County Initiative. <br />The Clark County team adopted the Fit PickTm system and began to work <br />with NAMA to augment the resources that vending sites need to ensure Fit <br />PickTM's success. The use of Fit PickTm within this Guide and associated <br />collateral materials is with the express permission of NAMA. <br />21 <br />