Last updated by oleary_shannon on Tue, 06/26/2007 - 12:07.
Activate Attleboro is a pre-existing community-wide initiative, under the leadership of the YMCA of Attleboro, to combat the epidemic of inactivity and poor nutrition among children. With more than 20 programs and activities continually running or in the preparation stages, Activate Attleboro requires a great amount of people power to be successful.
Wheaton College is a small, residential college in Norton, Massachusetts—a town served by the YMCA of Attleboro. Wheaton’s 1550 students come from nearly every state and more than 30 countries.
Last updated by omarfaruk on Mon, 06/25/2007 - 15:37.
The Action Network, Inc.
Last updated by Heather517 on Fri, 06/22/2007 - 14:37.
My brother Patrick was born with downsyndrome and because of this I would always volunteer with the local Special Olympic's basketball team that he played for. However, when I got there all the girls on the team were so impressed that I was a high-school cheerleader and told me how much they wanted to be on their school's squad but couldn't because of their disabilities. I then decided to start the first ever specail olympics cheerleading squad. I spent months teaching them basic cheers and jumps that they could then perform at half time of the basketball games.
Last updated by bweinstein on Wed, 08/15/2007 - 14:02.
The number one killer in The United States does not discriminate between the poor and the rich, does not care about ethnicity, nor the location of the victim. The New York Road Runners Organization in New York City believes in preventing obesity through the promotion of exercise. Getting people exited about exercising and improving themselves physically (we believe) is the cure for the national epidemic. Being able to measure physical improvement by watching mile splits gradually decrease creates an impetus to get healthier.
Last updated by Jasmine_ Warren on Wed, 08/15/2007 - 12:36.
Nutrition Fun Days is a project used to help raise awareness and fight against the obesity in children in Southwest Georgia, Dougherty County, East Albany Area. The East Albany area is limited to activities for the children living in certain area. Most of the families are way below poverty level and are single parents homes with fixed income. I would like for my program to bring these activities to the Jackson Height Subdivision to help assists the children become more physically active and the educate them on choosing a healthier lifestyle habit by eating healthy.
Last updated by ftml92 on Wed, 08/15/2007 - 11:19.
In cooperation with AYSO soccer, I raised the money and restored three AYSO youth soccer sheds. I reshingled, repainted, made a new door, resided, and many other projects to the sheds. I also repainted all the goal posts. With this I saved my AYSO district lots of money that they are using to revitalize their fields.
Last updated by nrg-Powered By ... on Thu, 08/02/2007 - 12:11.
www.poweredbychoice.org nrg also pronounced ENERGY (nr-j) n. 1. The ability or capacity to do work or to produce change. 2. An innovative cause campaign for teens (13-18) to lead change for nutrition and activity choices.nrg-Powered by Choice is about leading changes that support healthy eating and physical activity! nrg is designed for existing social networks in schools and communities to lead the cause for improved choices for healthy eating and physical activity.
Last updated by BRICK Winner on Tue, 08/14/2007 - 14:11.
Priya Haji co-founded and served as the executive director of Free at Last, an East Palo Alto, CA substance-abuse prevention and treatment center. The center's work has helped reduce drug trafficing, violence, and crime. In addition, the center has helped to reduce the number of HIV positive people in the area, and provides alternatives for teenagers who have dropped out of high school. Priya won a BRICK Award in 1996.
Last updated by BRICK Winner on Wed, 07/25/2007 - 14:07.
Today’s Rural Resources staff describes themselves as “a bunch of folks who love to eat!” Their awesome work for sustainable agriculture shows that they must also be firm believers in the “you are what you eat” mantra. For those of you that are scratching your heads right now, “sustainable agriculture” is farming that doesn’t cause long-term damage to the land or rural communities. The goal is to preserve the environment while maintaining productivity and supporting local farm families.
