Food Folks: Nutrition Education Program
The Food Folks nutrition education curriculum consists of 12 hands-on lessons. Geared towards children ages 5 to 12, each one-hour lesson includes information on basic nutrition concepts, the hands-on preparation of a healthy snack, a learning activity and physical activity that reinforce the nutrition concepts of the lesson.
At Children’s Hunger Alliance, the Food Folks program helps champion the mission of the agency to break the cycle of childhood hunger. AmeriCorps National Service Members teach the Food Folks curriculum to children attending after-school and summer programs locally in Montgomery County.
CATCH (Coordinated Approach To Childhood Health)
CATCH is designed for elementary to middle school-aged children. The program consists of 20 lessons, usually completed in 10 weeks at two (2) lessons per week. The activities involve everyone in the program, and there are “no winners or losers”.
The hour-long lesson consists of warm-up, physical fitness, physical activity, and cool down sessions. It is our goal to engage the kids for the entire hour, stressing to the kids that it is okay to move at their own pace.
This program is designed to assess the benefit of a school-based intervention to promote healthy behaviors in school children and reduce their subsequent risk of cardiovascular disease.
Volunteers help us make these programs a success in a variety of ways including: helping to prepare snacks, joining in on games and serving as good role models for the children.
Our programs are currently running from January 11, 2010 through March 31, 2010.
Melissa Monnin
St. Paul Global Outreach
2050 Germantown St.
Dayton, OH 45417
Hours: CATCH
Tuesdays and Fridays: 6:30-7:30 pm
Food Folks
Thursdays: 6:30-7:30 pm
Programs start Jan 19th!
Please contact Melissa at
MMonnin@ChildrensHungerAlliance.org or 937-534-0600 ext.312 if interested.
Kathryn Lecklider
Boys & Girls Club
1828 W. Stewart St.
Dayton, OH 45417
Hours: CATCH
Mondays and Tuesdays:5-6 pm
Food Folks
Wednesdays: 5-6 pm
Programs start Jan 11th!
*Site requires volunteers to bring own background check.*
Please contact Kathryn at
KLecklider@ChildrensHungerAlliance.org or 937-534-0600 ext. 312 if interested.
*You will be able to volunteer as little or as much time as you’d like and you don’t have to be committed to the entire 12 weeks. Basically there is no minimum or maximum time for your volunteering! If you have any farther questions, please don’t hesitate to call the office at 937-534-0600 ext 312 or email us at either
MMonnin@ChildrensHungerAlliance.org, or
KLecklider@ChildrensHungerAlliance.org
Thanks!
Contact information:
Melissa Monnin
Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities AmeriCorps Member
Children's Hunger Alliance
3077 Kettering Blvd, Suite 300
Dayton, Ohio 45439
Toll Free: (866) 534-0650 ext. 312
Phone: (937) 534-0600 ext. 312
Fax (937) 534-0613
MMonnin@ChildrensHungerAlliance.org
www.ChildrensHungerAlliance.org/VOLUNTEER/
