Students Design Projects to Improve Health
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NWHF Staff
| Posted on: May 6th, 2011
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Students at Springwater Trail High School will expand their garden and use its fruits and vegetables for snacks
Oregon students recently received grants to promote health at school, including projects to track kids’ snacking habits and expand school gardens. A recent article in the Portland Tribune highlighted the grant program sponsored by FamilyCare, a Portland-based company that provides Medicare health plans and contracts with Oregon Medicaid to provide benefits.
As part of the Healthy Students, Healthy Oregon campaign, students submitted proposals and five schools were each awarded $20,000. From the article:
Eastwood Elementary School students will use games and activities to track their snacking and increase their exercise, and will start a walking club.
John Wetten Elementary School students will use the money to build a new salad bar and create after-school cooking classes.
Reynolds Middle School will install new water fountains and teach kids about the benefits of drinking water.
Springwater Trail High School will build an expanded garden and use its own fruits and vegetables for snacks.
And the Oregon School-Based Health Care Youth Advisory Council received funds for health education workshops that bring together students from different schools.
As FamilyCare CEO Jeff Heatherington says, “People talk about the high cost of health care. That’s only going to get worse if we raise a bunch of kids who don’t have good, healthy habits.”
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