Teaching Youth about Nutrition

Starting second semester of this school year, over 19,000 Kindergarten through Grade 3 students from every public school district in Rock Island and Scott Counties have been exposed to a variety of brand new resource learning materials to help them learn more about proper nutrition and its effects on their overall health. This has been made possible with funding from the PICH Grant and a United Way grant which support the School Wellness Coordinator position along with the Community Foundation of the Great River Bend which provided over $58,000 from the Dorothy Jane Folwell Education and Health Care Fund to purchase curriculum materials. Materials purchased for the students range from colorful and informative visual aids to booklets of 5 minute activities to interactive games and stuffed vegetable and fruit toys. With the reality of tightened budgets and reduced staff, our schools are delighted to have the opportunity to purchase these materials and use them with their students.