Topics
- Food & Nutrition
- Health & Mental Health
- Sports & Fitness
Funding Type
- Private
Healthy Lifestyles Program promotes good nutrition and regular physical activity in order to address the nation's childhood obesity epidemic. PTAs can play an important role in increasing physical activity and improving nutrition in the school community by engaging families, teachers, administrators and students in programs and activities that encourage the school community to be active and to eat healthier foods.
Applicants must be a PTA in good standing. Priority is placed on funding programs and activities that are based in research and best practices in the following areas:
Activities should be more than one time events and ideally take place throughout the school year, involving families, students, schools and communities.