Grantees

Create community-based initiatives to address nutrition and activity for elementary scool children, their families and friends.

To assist in supporting a meals program within the Center as well as promoting a physical movement program.

Parent Café – Healthy Lamoille Valley under the fiscal agency of the Lamoille Family Center would like to partner to create a series of parent cafes to address issues impacting youth in our region that contribute to substance abuse. This program would allow us to create a model of 8 parent cafes focused on providing parents of 5th -9th grade students the skills to have meaningful conversations around protective factors based on the Youth Thrives/Strengthening Families model to prevent substance abuse. Topics will include parental connections, NEAR Sciences and what it means for parents, youth brain development, youth resilience, youth relationships 101, local supports for parents of teens, substances 101 and stress management.

This program uses evidence-based strategies to work toward achieving the Healthy Vermonter 2020 goal of youth eating more fruits and vegetables and reduce consumption of sugared sweetened beverages in order to reduce the risk of obesity in elementary students.

Use evidence-based strategies to promote healthy eating to prevent youth obesity targeting youth in grades 4-6 in the greater Hartland, Sharon, Royalton and Tunbridge area.

Reducing isolation, building social connections, and developing parenting and healthy living skills are key strategies to strengthening families and reducing the risk of child abuse and neglect. The Family Center has a long history of implementing those strategies through a variety of individual and group based services. We will expand our services by adding three ongoing group based activities: •Monthly Food First: Healthy Eating group (focused on meal planning and cooking), •Monthly Self First: Healthy Living group (focused on self-care and wellness) and •Quarterly Parent Café (focused on developing leadership while addressing parenting and family issues).

Fund the start-up costs associated with launching an in-house food program for their early education programs, which operates one preschool and one toddler classroom. The program would provide nutritionally balanced lunches and snacks to all children and

For scholarships for girls not financially able to join the Girl Scouts.