General Mills Collaborates with the American Dietetic Association and President’s Council to Award $500,000 in Healthy Lifestyle Grants
General Mills Collaborates with the American Dietetic Association and President’s Council to Award $500,000 in Healthy Lifestyle Grants
NEWSROOM: General Mills
CONTENT: Press Release
(3BL Media / theCSRfeed) Minneapolis - May 26, 2011 - The General Mills Foundation, along with the American Dietetic Association Foundation and the President’s Council on Physical Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition today announced the 50 recipients of this year’s Champions for Healthy Kids grants, totaling $500,000. The grants are awarded to community-based organizations across the United States with dedicated programs that equip youth with the tools they need to live healthy, balanced and active lifestyles.
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Alabama Cooperative Extension First Years Count; Auburn, AL
The Alabama Cooperative Extension’s First Years Count program helps parents make healthy eating and physical activity part of their daily family life. Parents strengthen their knowledge of nutrition, learn the importance of physically active lifestyles, and gain insight into positive parenting techniques. Families learn how to grow and prepare foods that are healthy and tasty. The program reaches out to those living with limited finances to help them find affordable ways to strengthen their healthy eating and physical activity habits.
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Green Team Healthy Eating & Active Living; Denver, CO
The Groundwork Denver Green Team consists of 10 youth ages 14 to 18 who serve as ambassadors for healthy eating and active living in Denver's low-income communities. The youth have chosen to focus on biking and gardening as solutions to several issues in their community including access to fresh food and a safe place for physical activity. Ambassadors will engage other youth and the community in healthy eating through food and nutrition activities at community gardens. Youth ambassadors will also engage the community in bicycling by hosting biking events and bike repair workshops.
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Learn It, Grow It, Eat It; New York, NY
Learn It, Grow It, Eat It is a year-round health, nutrition, and environmental program that empowers 200 teens in the South Bronx to take control of their health. The program engages youth in vegetable gardening, youth-led community outreach, and a weekly farm-stand. Teens learn to see the link between personal health, healthy eating, and the environment. The project is an opportunity to prevent diet-related diseases and provide youth with basic cooking and meal planning skills.
The mission of the General Mills Foundation, celebrating 56 years of giving, is to nourish communities. In fiscal 2010, General Mills awarded more than $100 million to communities across the country. Of the total, the Foundation contributed $22 million in grants in the targeted areas of hunger and nutrition wellness, and K-12 education. In addition, 82 percent of U.S. employees volunteer in the communities where they live and work. More information is available at GeneralMills.com/Foundation