Grantees

Promotes physical health and gives girls new skills, self-esteem, team work skills and leadership through rope jumping

Junior Milers is a free, inclusive running program offered to kids between the ages of 10-18. They partner with local youth organizations including the King Street Youth Center, Boys and Girls Club, and Miller Center as well as local middle schools and high schools to find at risk youth in the community. They reduce barriers to participation by providing a new pair of running shoes, race entry fees, nutrition, and professional coaching. The program enhances kids physical fitness while exposing them to a positive social environment with peers, coaches, and mentors as they train for local running races, culminating in late May by participating in the Relay of the Vermont City Marathon.

NEK Kids on the Move aims to encourage lifelong healthy habits in the Northeast Kingdom youth through exposing them to a variety of seasonally appropriate, local activities.

Prevent Child Abuse Vermont (PCAV) will develop, pilot, and implement a new training entitled "Nurturing Healthy Sexual Development" with school staff, parents, and other adults. This training will cover children's healthy sexual development at each age, what adults can do to support healthy sexual development, how to answer children's questions, and how to respond to behaviors in ways that promote health. As a result of this training, adults who live and work with children will have more information on healthy development, be more prepared to promote healthy behaviors, and be able to respond to concerning situations to prevent harmful behaviors.

The Come Alive Outside Outdoor Passport program is a free, interactive booklet that encourages children and families to engage in hyper-local outdoor activities where they live, work, and play. Each Passport includes 25+ activities across four categories: Make Your Own Adventure, Investigate Local Parks, Discover Local Foods, and Explore Your Community. By completing activities, participants build stronger connections to nature, improve well-being, and engage with their communities. Successfully implemented in Rutland County for nine years, it will be piloted in Barre in summer 2025, prioritizing families facing the highest health inequities

Our school would like to have an open door pantry. Students can grab non-perishable food items to help with their families insecurities. This program is aimed at keeping the minds of students and families on education and on helping to maintain a positive experience from school to home. While feeding and offering food to our community/students will help improve our school climate. In our high school we currently have 34 homeless students. We have 1939 students Enrolled in the high school and out of those students we have over 1100 Economically Disadvantaged. Estimate 56%

Support the role of care coordinator for the population of children served by Health Hub, ages 3-21. It would also cover travel expenses for service delivery and educational materials.

To produce an award winning educational video designed for use in Vermont's High School health class.