Healthy Living
Featured Alumni
Name:Joanne CaveProject: Ophelia's Voice
Age: 17
State: Canada
Year Awarded: 2006
Joanne is empowering girls to have the self-confidence to make their own decisions, voice their opinions, and make positive choices in regards to their personal safety, and self-esteem through weekly discussions and activities
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Name:Hannah SkaggsProject: No Screen Day
State: HI
Year Awarded: 2006
Hannah wants to create a more active generation of kids, so she organized a day when kids in Oahu turned off all devices with screens, enabling them to explore other options of entertainment such as riding a bike or playing a card game with friends.
see more grant alumniQuote of the Day: Kobe Bryant
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“The kids in China are brilliant and they continue to amaze me every time I’m here…My goal is to inspire these guys to work even harder to improve their skills and never give up their vision of becoming great players.”
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Featured Alumni
Name:Theresa YostProject: Get Moving/Get Healthy with Food and Fitness Ambassadors
Age: 27
State: NJ
Year Awarded: 2007
Theresa’s program is a series of 8 different hands-on lessons that focus on 3 areas – easy ways to get exercises, understanding MyPyramid, and portion sizes – with an aim to decrease childhood obesity in New Jersey
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Name:Sandie WalkerProject: Healthy Eating Program for Lady Bearcat Basketball
Age: 26
State: PA
Year Awarded: 2007
Sandie used her grant money to provide healthy snacks before and after practices for her basketball team, as well as to prepare healthy pre-game meals so the girls won’t have to play on an empty stomach
see more grant alumniH1N1: It's not over
Some people sighed in relief when the WHO (World Health Organization) announced July 16 that it would stop issuing global counts of confirmed cases of the H1N1 virus. Contrary to popular opinion, this did not mean that the disease has burned out.
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Featured Alumni
Name:Jacqueline RotmanProject: Everybody Dance Now!
Age: 17
State: CA
Year Awarded: 2007
Jacqueline offers free, on-site, year-round dance classes for Santa Barbara’s underprivileged youth. EDN! gives kids the chance for them to creatively express themselves and has already taught over 500 children at 16 different sites
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How many hours of sleep do teenagers need per night on average?
