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Ann Arbor YMCA launches new programs to better engage Ypsi-area youth

Sarah Rigg

August 07, 2019 |

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Response Location: United States, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Troubling statistics and stories about children of color not getting the necessary physical fitness needed to be healthy is what lead the Ann Arbor YMCA to launch a new program targeted at this population of kids. "It's about keeping kids active and engaged but also about disease prevention," says Y on the Fly director Tess Jackson. "We're teaching them to stay active and eat healthy, and we instill the value of good character to help strengthen them in both a mental and physical way."

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Hunger takes no summer break: When school's out, the challenge is how to feed more kids

Erik Ortiz

July 10, 2019 |

NBC News |

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Response Location: United States, East Orange, New Jersey

Mobile delivery increases the accessibility of summer meal programs for children who rely on food assistance during the school year. Across the country, multiple initiatives by local governments, schools, nonprofits, and faith-based organizations are working to extend participation in summer meal programs. Many of these programs receive support from the USDA, but additional grants have allowed organizations to extend their range of delivery, as have partnerships with food trucks and transportation services.

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Food it Forward

Jason Wilson

July 01, 2019 |

The Philadelphia Citizen |

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Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

In the United States, millions of people lack reliable access to food while hundreds of thousands of pounds of leftover food is thrown away. Fooding Forward is one of several non-profits in Philadelphia working directly against in order to donate food waste to "groups who can get that food to people in need."

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Appetites: Food truck helps keep Minnesota kids fed when school is out

Megan Burks

June 20, 2019 |

MPR News |

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3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, St. Paul, Minnesota

Food trucks have taken much of the United States by storm, but now the concept is being applied to helping keep children well nourished during summer months when school is out. Funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, trucks are now roaming the streets in St. Paul, Minnesota serving nutritional meals to children in the local school district.

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School's out, but lunch is still served in Ignacio

Mary Shinn

June 14, 2019 |

Durango Herald |

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Response Location: United States, Durango, Colorado

Funded by a grant from the Colorado Health Foundation, several nonprofits are working to fill the summer food security gap for children who rely on school meals. Several groups, including Pine River Shares and Friends with Food, have partnered with the Education Literacy Health and Inspiration Community Center to provide free lunches to needy schoolchildren. When the school district ceased operating the meal program, ELHI took over the operations, serving the children of families who already come to the center for other activities.

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School turns old buses into mobile cafes for students

Kumasi Aaron

June 07, 2019 |

KMGH-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

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Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

Across America, there is a food insecurity problem that increasingly impacts children as they head into summer breaks from school. To address the gap that is created during this time, a school district in Denver, Colorado has turned to recycling out-of-use school buses into mobile cafes that are open to all students during lunchtime, regardless of the district they live in.

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Everyone Knows the Benefits of Meal-Sharing. Here's How to Actually Do It

Yasmeen Wafai

June 06, 2019 |

Yes! Magazine |

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Response Location: United States, Cambridge, Massachusetts

As family and community style dinners become increasingly less commonplace, studies are showing that communication, academics and nutrition may suffer, but The Family Dinner Project is working to change this by offering a toolkit to make group dinners easier. The resources offered in the toolkit include "games to play at the table, conversation starters, and tips to prevent conflict," all with the goal of creating community around the dinners again.

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Moving Care Upstream: Appalachian Community Health Workers Take on Diabetes. And Get Results.

Anna Patrick

June 05, 2019 |

100 Days in Appalachia |

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Response Location: United States, Huntington, West Virginia

In West Virginia, a community health worker program trains community members to act as local health supporters. The program, which targets high-risk residents "in rural areas throughout Appalachia," eliminates the need for doctor visits for issues such as diabetes that are better treated at home with lifestyle changes.

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Prescription: More Broccoli, Fewer Carbs. How Some Doctors Are Looking To Food To Treat Illness

Karen Weintraub

June 04, 2019 |

WBUR |

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Response Location: United States, Belmont, Massachusetts

Food is not just linked to physical well-being but also mental health as well, and some doctors are now prescribing a change in diet to address psychiatric concerns. Although not necessarily a cure-all, this approach has shown success in studies and with actual patients.

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Childhood Hunger Rampant in Parts of Western North Carolina

Emily Weaver

June 03, 2019 |

Carolina Public Press |

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Response Location: United States, Cherokee, North Carolina

Individuals, churches, and nonprofits are joining together in North Carolina's food deserts to help address childhood hunger throughout the state. In one particularly food-insecure county, an alliance between three community churches as well as pop-up markets has helped to more equitably distribute produce to neighborhoods and communities where resources are scarce.

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