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Robert Wood Johnson – Healthy Kids Healthy Communities

Robert Wood Johnson – Healthy Kids Healthy Communities. Lake Worth, Palm Springs, Greenacres Erica Whitfield Project Coordinator. Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities. A National program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF)

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Robert Wood Johnson – Healthy Kids Healthy Communities

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  1. Robert Wood Johnson –Healthy Kids Healthy Communities Lake Worth, Palm Springs, Greenacres Erica Whitfield Project Coordinator

  2. Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities A National program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Primary goal is to implement healthy eating and active living policy- and environmental-change initiatives that can support healthier communities for children and families Special emphasis is placed on reaching children who are at highest risk for obesity on the basis of race/ethnicity, income and/or geographic location 4 year grant

  3. Goals of the Grant • Goal 1: Reduce obesity and increase access to fresh fruits and vegetables through the development of community/school gardens and orchards in Lake Worth, FL • In the works • Scottish Rite Masonic Center (In the ground!) • Highland Elementary • South Grade Elementary

  4. Vision for the Gardens Create a sense of place Destinations Play spaces Orchard Vegetables Herbs Butterfly gardens

  5. Goals for the Grant • Goal 2: Increase use of Joint/Mutual Use Agreements to expand service hours and access to the community's recreation facilities.

  6. Goals for the Grant • Goal 3: Develop and expand partnerships to focus on vending machine policy. • Palm Beach County Parks and Recreation • City of Lake Worth

  7. Goals for the Grant • Goal 4: Increase opportunities for physical activity at parks in Lake Worth, Palm Springs, Greenacres. • Spillway Park, Lake Worth

  8. Goals for the Grant • Goal 5: Improve children's ability to walk/bike to school through safe routes to school partnerships

  9. Long Term Sustainability • Community owners of the gardens • Sponsorship of plots • Partnerships with complementary organizations • Plans for financial viability • Adoption of policy

  10. Farm Your Backyard

  11. Scottish Rite Masonic Center Community Garden

  12. Eli Bolden, Deborah Morgan, Palm Beach Harvest; Erica Whitfield, School District; Mike Cribbet, Scottish-Rite Masonic Center; Mayor René Varela, Commissioner Scott Maxwell, City of Lake Worth

  13. Thank you to the over 80 volunteers who brought the dream to reality.

  14. PARTNERS for SRMC Garden Robert Wood Johnson Foundation The School District of Palm Beach County Quantum Foundation Palm Health Care Foundation UF/IFAS Cooperative Extension Scottish-Rite Masonic Center Palm Beach Harvest The Breakers “Green Team” City of Lake Worth Bridges at Highland Bass Nursery Lowes Resource Depot

  15. Thank you! Erica.Whitfield@palmbeach.k12.fl.us 561-969-5880

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