Healthy Kids Day Observation

In Youth Core we spend a lot of time cooking meals for those staying at the Ronald McDonald house, which is a place for families to stay who have children at Children’s Mercy Hospital under long term care. These families always walk in with their faces down and bags weighing heavily under their eyes and when they walk in and see that a large dinner is already being served, a smile can be seen stretching across their face. For them to be able to come back to the house and not having to worry about dinner during such a stressful time really helps them. After dinner they always come up and make sure to thanks us for what we've done. Through Youth Core I have also helped with the many city events such as Breakfast with Santa, the Daddy-Daughter Dance, The Princess Party, City Garage Sale, and a Fishing Derby. These events have led to me getting to know many community members and getting to know a lot of people around the city, as well as building connections and feeling like I truly am helping my community. I know these events have helped children enjoy their time as youth. My favorite experience was helping a little girl make a craft that said “baby girl’s first Christmas” due to her mom being pregnant, and once she went back to her mom, her mom looked at me with a genuine smile and said thank you. Seeing other people happy truly makes me happy, even if it’s just over the smallest things. I’m there to help those who are making memories and knowing this has made me a happier

Catonsville emergency food ministries (CEFM), which provides food, and household supplies to the homeless and needy population, is where I did three hours of my service hours. All though this was not my first choice, as I thought I could not learn anything from it, and it would be boring and not engaging. I was wrong; I didn’t know the work and knowledge that went into planning, for the day to day operation of a food bank. The building itself was small, and lack adequate space for storage, and working. The week prior they lost all of their meat supplies due to a freezer malfunction, which left a slight death smell in the building. The volunteers were very nice and helpful in showing me around, and answering question. I was actually surprised that one of the volunteers was 16, and was doing it just to get out of the house.

This was a great experience I had and would love to do again in the community. I love working with kids and making their day. It’s always a great feeling knowing you helped a kid become better as a student or even as a person. I wished I had done this earlier because I had such a great time with my

I’ve dedicated Tuesdays and Fridays to mentoring 9th-graders about making their high school experience easier. My brother’s compassion leads me to mentor another class of special needs students. My passion for giving back to the less fortunate has led me to be a spokeswoman for the "Promise of Gwinnett" campaign and to speak in front of the GA Board of Education about my experiences with education. I made connections and strengthened my relationships with the underappreciated cafeteria staff and custodians through the Chick-Fil-A Leader Academy (CLA) as we threw them a celebration for their service. Every day I’ve been selling candy for CLA to raise money for a scholarship for those in need of financial aid. But my biggest success that triumphs in my heart is my dedication to Holiday

I remember my company had various volunteering activities for employees to volunteer there assistance in areas such as, the Meals on Wheels program or, helping at the local children’s hospital. I decided to volunteer my time and assistance at the “Meals on Wheels” program. “Meals on Wheels Association of American’ mission is to support senior with

I knew my transition from an ordinary visitor to a volunteer would be a new and exciting experience. My task in the Summer Reading Program was to register patrons, explain how the program works, and give out prizes at the end of each week. The number of children who registered for the program impressed me. I enjoyed working with these children, since I knew exactly where they got their excitement from. I would look forward to seeing the smiling faces of the children as they received their prizes. Their faces made me reminisce about the joyful moments I had as a child when I couldn't wait for the grand prize week of the Summer Reading Program.

For my third trimester service project, I provided help to my school. I went to daycare for two hours helping Mrs. Riley. I helped kindergarteners with their homework inside so that they wouldn’t have any homework to do when they got home. I also helped run a couple games and make sure everyone was making smart decisions on the playground. I then helped Ms. Maynes in the 5th grade classroom for two hours as well. I helped her with cleaning the students desks, I helped with correcting papers and putting them in numerical order, I finished coloring a Mary drawing to put on the bulletin board, and I also helped punch out some letters so she can use them in the classroom. Ms. Maynes was also kind enough to bring me down to the Kindergarten classroom

Fit Kids Healthy Kids, teaches kids about physical literacy and the fundamental skills that will allow a kid to thrive on sports. It seeks to inform children and adult about the basic movements in sports. This will allow them be confident when participating in physical activity. Fit Kids Healthy Kids (FKHK) uses a holistic approach to teach kids about the various skills and have programs that can help to implement the program. Although FKHK can teach the leaders on how to run their programs, they also offer some sections where FKHK can come to your place and run their program. They have four different programs that they offer for kids and soon top of that, they also provide training for leaders and people who want to run a similar program. With the variety of different programs they offer, there is always a variety of options to choose from. People can first attend a free play for kids, in which FKHK will run and supervise the entire process. If people are satisfied with their services, they can work with different organizations and do a drop in program, ranging from 45 minutes to 90 minutes. If the drop in sections is a success, they can work with the organizations and start working on long term goals of 8-12 weeks. Fit Kids Healthy Kids will work with the organizations staff members to ensure that in the future they can lead these programs and not have to rely entirely on FKHK staff to run these programs. At the end of the 8-12 week program, the organization will then

For my fourth quarter service project, I sold concessions at a children’s play performance. The elementary children performed the play “Aladdin” at Cynthia Mann on Saturday, April 22nd. I made and sold popcorn and candy to the audience members before, during, and in between the two performances for a total of 4 hours of service.

Agency Description: Action for Healthy Kids vision is to keep every kid healthy, active, and successful in school. Their mission is to help school workers, families and communities make healthier eating choices, participate in fun physical activity, and provide healthier schools where kids can grow. Action for Healthy Kids believes that school action plans, healthy programs, and community-school partnerships will develop healthy kids everywhere.

When I was first awoken before 8:00 a.m on a Monday morning in July, it is not hard to imagine how unamused I was. My mom had signed me up to volunteer for two weeks at the Munroe Meyer Institute at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Their summer camp for kids with special needs ages three and a half through twenty-one had become my home for the next week. This camp provides an summer camp experience for kids who would not otherwise have one. The campers are divided into groups with staff and volunteers as well. A volunteer at Camp Monroe has a new buddy every day they help their buddy with tasks, offer encouragement, and give simple direction when needed. The activities for the campers include: swimming, cooking, sports, creative

(Benjamin, G. C.,2008). This researcher stated that many children who live close to school are not walking to school or using their bicycle, instead they are relying on parents to take them to school. Parents are relying on automobiles to take their children to school. Benjamin Georges also stated that the lack of access to fresh foods has lead to childhood obesity and health disparities in low income communities. The American Public Health Association along with other partners are raising awareness on children's health and the relationship it has to the environment. The change they talk about is working together as a community in creating healthier environments.

In conclusion, the Healthy Children Program is a public policy involving a wide range of government and non-government actors in different processes in the complicated structure of health sector and government. The processes of policy are not considered to have influence of values and interests of different range of stakeholders but they are also complex in terms of internal and external factors. The influence of issues on the people specifically children and their families has become the complex concern as well as having nature as volatile and vague. The policy processes under consideration are concluded to evolve in more appropriate and adequate manner while addressing the relevant issues and consequences of obesity in children of age 5 to

As the president of the chapter, I have planned many community service activities. One of the most important events we have is our annual Thanksgiving food drive. We encourage all the classes in Ayala to turn in Thanksgiving-related canned food items and turkeys to us by creating a competition. The class that turned in the most items wins a root beer float party sponsored by our chapter. This food is then given to the House of Ruth, an organization dedicated to helping women and children victimized by domestic violence, for their Thanksgiving Meal. This food drive has allowed us to donated hundreds of canned food items along with many Turkeys to this organization and therefore help these victimized women and children enjoy their Thanksgiving

For my service learning I helped out the local Boy Scout troop in my town. Every year they do a roast beef dinner. This dinner helps raise money to help cut some off the cost for the boys so they can go on fun trips and go camping. What I did to help them out was I came out Friday night before the dinner and helped them prep all the vegetables, which included 165 lbs of potatoes peeled and chopped, 150 lbs of carrots, 90 lbs of mushrooms. Then on Saturday the day of the dinner, I worked in the kitchen with the other adults there and was part of the process to keep the food coming out smoothly. While we were in the kitchen, the boys went around sat people, and were also the waiters. They had a whole dish crew that was in another kitchen who made sure that there was always clean dishes coming out ready to go for the next people coming in. This dinner ending up serving 200lbs of roast beef and serving upwards of 300 people from 4:30 to 7. This number included people who ate in and tons of to go meals.