In Action! Blog > Two Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools Featured by Alliance for a Healthier Generation
The Alliance for a Healthier Generation featured two Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools on their Success Stories webpage.
The article about the “Caught Ya Eating Healthy” program at University Park Creative Arts Elementary tells how cafeteria monitors give out “Caught Ya Eating Healthy” tickets to students eating healthy lunches. Those students' names are entered in a weekly drawing for a non-edible prizes. You can read the article here.
A second article focuses on a reward program that has students eating more fruits and fresh vegetables at Collinswood Academy. Physical education teacher Dawn Brooks reports that students have increased their consumption of fruits and fresh vegetable by 400 percent! Want to find out how Collinswood Academy acheived this result? You can read the full article here.
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NCAAHPERD-SM is a 501(C)(3) not for profit organization of athletics, health, physical education, recreation, and dance professionals whose mission is "To provide advocacy, professional development, and unity for health, physical education, recreation, dance, and athletics professionals and students in order to enhance and promote the health of North Carolinians. Our vision is to be the leading organization promoting and supporting a healthier, more creative, and active North Carolina."
