Active Generations
The OASIS Institute

“The OASIS Active Generations Program” is an intergenerational nutrition/activity program offered at two federally-funded, Learning Tree after school programs in San Antonio, Texas. Active Generations will partner older adults with children in grades 3-5 to implement CATCH (Coordinated Approach to Child Health) an evidence-based, nationally recognized school nutrition curriculum.  The intergenerational teams will also promote the implementation of environmental changes in their community by conducting walkability assessments in the neighborhoods surrounding the schools in partnership with the Metropolitan Planning Organization and a community action group.  The project will be piloted during an 18-month grant period by San Antonio OASIS and the Northside Independent School District (NISD) Learning Tree after-school program.

Program Coordinator:  Gloria Jennings, 210-256-2335, glojennings@oasis.net

FirstGarden
First Health of the Carolinas

The purpose of FirstGarden is to establish an organic community garden in Southern Pines, North Carolina. FirstGarden will be a joint project of at-risk children participating in after-school programs and older adults in the region, including Master Gardeners and Active for Life participants. Through on-site gardening and complementary, interactive education, emphasis will be placed on the benefits of gardening as exercise and consumption of fresh vegetables as part of a healthy diet.

Program Coordinator:  Melissa Watford, 910-715-4439, Mwatford@firsthealth.org

San Pablo Park Steps to Health
City of Berkeley

The San Pablo Park Steps to Health Project will create an environment that supports low-income African American and Latino youth ages 6-12 in eating healthy and being physically active at a city recreation center in a low income neighborhood of south Berkeley and by extension, the home environment for the youth.  We will utilize a strategy to create multiple environmental, policy and programmatic supports at this single recreation center and park.  This will result in a synergistic effect upon youth behaviors that we hope will combat the obesigenic environment they are living in. 

Program Coordinator:  Amy Ranger, 510-981-7710, ARanger@ci.berkeley.ca.us

School Health Advisory Council
The Hamilton County General Health District

The Hamilton County General Health District, in partnership with the Council on Aging of Southwestern Ohio and Mt. Healthy City School District, will develop a School Health Advisory Council (SHAC) within the Mt. Healthy City School District to assess, recommend, promote, implement, and evaluate expanded healthy eating and physical activity policies, environmental supports, and programs for students at Jane Hoop Elementary.  To maximize the success of the SHAC and create systems of ongoing support from the community, mid-life and older adults will be identified and recruited to provide consultation, mentoring, assessment, and resource identification expertise.  The SHAC, through this project, will be able to expand after school programming at Jane Hoop Elementary by offering the girls!CAN curriculum.     

Program Coordinator:  Susan Schaefer, 513-946-7812, susan.schaefer@hamilton-co.org