Woodridge Park District Gets Grant to Fight Childhood Obesity
The Park District will purchase equipment and provide incentives for healthy after-school programs that could impact 150 children.
The Woodridge Park District received a mini-grant of $3,400 from FORWARD (Fighting Obesity to Reach healthy Weight Among Residents of DuPage) to reduce the obesity trend in DuPage County. The funds, awarded this month, will be used to purchase equipment and provide incentives for a new after-school healthy living program for the Kidz Squad. The estimated impact is 150 children. Funding for the grants was provided by Action for Healthy Kids, Cadence Health System, the DCHD and Edward Hospital. FORWARD awarded 19 mini-grants totaling $65,000 to groups that have identified strategies to create healthier environments within their communities to bring about a reversal of childhood obesity in DuPage County. Through a broad-based network of …
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Len Saunders
3:47 pm on Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Childhood Obesity is a real concern. We don't want this generation of children to have a shorter life expectancy than their parents. Len Saunders www.lensaunders.com more ›