CHILDREN'S POWER PLAY
The YMCA received funding & was selected through the Sonoma County Department of Health Services to be the lead agency in the Children's Power Play Campaign. This is a statewide public health initiative led by the California Department of Public Health. Its purpose is to empower California's children ages 9-11 yr-olds to eat 3 to 5 cups of fruits & veggies and get at least 60 minunts of physical activity per day.
The Power Play Campaign is funded by the USDA Food Stamp program to target children from food stamp eligible families. The YMCA will work with six counties through the Power Play Campaign to implement programs and activities in schools & after school recreation programs: Sonoma, Napa, Lake, Mendocino, Del Norte & Humboldt. Please welcome Deb Harris, who will be the Y's Project Coordinator for Power Play. Her phone is (707) 543-5810, extension 204 and her e-mail is dharris@scfymca.org.
NETWORK FOR A HEALTHY CALIFORNIA-Northcoast Region
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The Network for a Healthy California—Northcoast Region represents a statewide movement of local, state and national partners collectively working toward improving the health status of low-income Californians through increased fruit and vegetable consumption and daily physical activity.
The program goals of the Network include:
Increasing the consumption of fruits and vegetables
Promote daily physical activity
Provide information to improve the nutrition, physical activity and community resource issues and barriers facing the Food Stamp Eligible (FSNE) population including participation in Federal nutrition assistance programs, especially the Food Stamp Program.
To reach these goals, the Network coordinates and implements the following programs:
Physical Activity Integration Program
Region Retail Program
Children’s Power Play! Campaign
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