Pack-A-Snack

The Gerald J Ryan Outreach Center has an after school and summer program for underprivilege kids from its surrounding communities. This year I have started a program at their summer camp called "Lets Move Healthy & Fit". A new vegetable garden is being created and planted by the summer camp children. I have collected more than 200 outdoor activity items such as balls and relay race supplies for daily activity; and signed up as the Presidential Challenge Advocate. At the end of the 6 weeks camp, the children who participate in the camp will be rewarded with a certificate from the President. What an honor! I have also reached out to a local sports facility, Sportime, to host a day of sports at their camp for these underprivileged kids at no cost. This will give the kids an opportunity to play at a professional facility that they may otherwise never have the opportunity to do so. Each day the kids will have a lesson on health and fitness and harvest vegetables from their garden for lunch or snack. My project will bring a deeper knowledge of how important health and fitness is in our everyday lives through education and activity. I want to give the families of these children the supplies they need to include a healthy snack in their everyday lives after summer camp. The $500 grant will go to purchase small storage containers for each child to pack fruit or vegetables for their school snack or lunch. A large storage container per family will also be purchased so that parent can pre-prepare their child's snack for the week to make it easier for a busy parent to do.