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Nearly $45,000 from the Blue Grass Community Foundation and Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky is being invested in three projects that target childhood obesity. The recipients are Seedleaf and East 7th Street Center ($19,998); the YMCA of Central Kentucky ($15,000); and the Girl Scouts of Kentucky's Wilderness Road ($10,000).
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- 50,000 Students To Get More Fruit, Vegetables During The School Day
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- 128 Kentucky Schools Get Money For Fresh Fruits And Veggies
More than 50,000 students in 128 Kentucky elementary schools will be served fresh fruits and vegetables in the coming school years as part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program. The program ensures children are...
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Nearly $45,000 awarded to three projects that help combat childhood obesity
Nearly $45,000 from the Blue Grass Community Foundation and Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky is being invested in three projects that target childhood obesity. The recipients are Seedleaf and East 7th Street Center ($19,998); the YMCA of Central Kentucky ($15,000); and the Girl Scouts of Kentucky's Wilderness Road ($10,000).
The S.E.E.D.S. Project will get 12- and 13-year-old students growing and selling fresh fruits and vegetables in the Williams Wells Brown neighborhood in Lexington, which is otherwise short on available fresh produce. The goal is to teach the students about healthy eating, as well as educate them about social entrepreneurship. The project runs from March to November.
YMCA of Central Kentucky, which has three locations in Lexington, will use its funding to launch "Take 10," a school-based physical activity program designed for kindergarten to fifth-grade students. The goal of the program is to integrate 10 minutes of physical activity with academic exercises. The program will be piloted in Picadome Elementary in Fayette County and Southside Elementary in Woodford County. Eventually, the Y hopes to expand the program in all 14 schools where it has an after-school program.
The Girl Scouts funds will be used to engage 100 girls from low-economic backgrounds to participate in health and wellness activities. The girls will train for the Thin Mint Sprint 5K, which is in May.
This is the second time the Blue Grass Community Foundation and the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky have partnered to invest in community projects. "These three projects offer exciting examples of ways communities can help overcome childhood obesity by creating environments that support healthy eating and active living," said Susan Zepeda, president and CEO of the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky. (Read more)
- Students In Poor Louisville Neighborhoods Learn Healthful Behaviors In Farm To Family Initiative
A program to fight childhood obesity and foster healthy habits in Louisville?s under-served youth has seen positive results since its launch in October 2013, says KentuckyOne Health. Results include: 41 percent of students now eat at least five servings...
- Covington Schools Show 'fitness Rocks' By Lowering Body Mass, Lifting The Bars Of Nutrition, Wellness And Academic Achievement
Sparks are flying in Covington Independent Schools. The schools' Fitness Rocks program, which combines fitness and wellness activities in an after-school program four or five days a week to create a healthier community for students, is the reported...
- 50,000 Students To Get More Fruit, Vegetables During The School Day
More than 50,000 students in 125 Kentucky elementary schools will be able to eat fresh fruit and vegetables in the coming school year. The nutritious snacks will be provided as part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fresh Fruit and Vegetable...
- Combating Childhood Obesity Reinvigorates Barren County Chamber Of Commerce Health Committee
Combating childhood obesity has become the focus of the health-care committee of the Glasgow-Barren County Chamber of Commerce, a panel that had otherwise lost its drive. The committee has started using the "We Can" childhood obesity prevention...
- 128 Kentucky Schools Get Money For Fresh Fruits And Veggies
More than 50,000 students in 128 Kentucky elementary schools will be served fresh fruits and vegetables in the coming school years as part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program. The program ensures children are...