Kansas Health Foundation Grant

Healthy Kids Challenge Receives Recognition Grant from the Kansas Health Foundation

May 14, 2004

Recognition Grants support grassroots organizations across the state promoting health in Kansas. The Kansas Health Foundation awards grants in three major funding categories: children’s health, leadership, and public health.

Healthy Kids Challenge plans to establish a Kansas state model school with exemplary fitness and nutrition education for children and their families. This will be accomplished by the joint organizations of Healthy Kids Challenge (HKC), based in Kansas, a nonprofit organization dedicated to guiding schools and community programs in taking action steps to make healthy living a habit; and Project Fit America (PFA), a nonprofit organization that administers academic programs to schools to develop cardiovascular health and lifetime fitness education.

This is the first time that two national nonprofit organizations such as HKC and PFA have collaborated in such a way to further the potential outcomes of health benefits for kids and families. The program will be implemented at Scott City Elementary, Scott City, Kansas. The unique design will address such issues as self-esteem, positive body image, healthy eating, fitness as fun, and utilize state of the art fitness/playground equipment; as well as healthy changes in message and policy for physical activity and healthy eating within the school environment.