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GenMove's Health & Movement Education Initiative Sponsored By Local McDonalds Grows!
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Live 5 News Coverage Of The Initiative
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This month we launched the 2nd year of The Lowcountry Health & Movement Education Initative Partnership with Local McDonalds. The purpose of the local partnership with McDonald's is to provide Charleston, Berkeley, and Dorchester counties schools with extensive resources for teaching healthy living and physical activity from GenMove. We are excited to increase our local youth's opportunity to a healthy life by continuing this education initiative!
Congratulations to the following 5 elementary schools for being chosen to receive an award package of equipment, programming, and staff training designed to enhance their physical activity and health programs:
Laurel Hill Primary
James Simons Elementary
Angel Oak Elementary School
Sangaree Elementary School
Fort Dorchester Elementary School
Ronald McDonald & Local Kids Get Active At Kids Fair 2013! Thank You To Our Local McDonalds Owners For Your Continued Support In This Initiative!
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Special Olympics SC Launches GenMove's Young Athletes Program
Over the past year we have worked hard to develop a new Young Athletes Program with Special Olympics South Carolina. Last Month, we had the opportunity to present workshops on the new resources at the Special Olympics South Carolina State Conference.
Local areas
will now start implementing the GenMove Activities and Assessment Tools in their area games this month, and Project Unified Schools throughout the state are receiving equipment & programming packages to utilize in their schools! A big thank you to Barbara Oswald, Kara Harmon, & Kelly Garrick from SOSC for their continued work and support of this program! We are
honored to present this program and resources at the Special Olympics North America Conference coming up in July!
GenMove's Beth Wendt & Grant Scheffer Training Special Olympics Area Directors and Volunteers on Young Athletes Program Activities, Equipment & Assessment tools at the Special Olympics South Carolina State Conference.
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Partnering Up With SUDIA & GenYouth Foundation Through Fuel Up To Play 60 & Other Grants
GenMove has partnered up with The Southeast United Dairy Industry Association & GenYouth Foundation to help expand resources for schools to increase physical activity and healthy eating! GenMove has agreed to be a resource as a part of schools options for increasing physical activity during and out of school time. As a part of this partnership, GenMove will donate an additional 10% of any GenMove Package awarded through SUDIA grants to the GenYouth Foundation. We are excited to join GenYouth's mission in bringing leaders in health, education, government, and business together in a movement to reverse childhood obesity rates, and empower students to improve nutrition and physical activity with small steps to accelerate a lifetime of healthy changes.
Congratulations To The Following
Fuel Up To Play 60 Awardees Utilizing GenMove To Increase Physical Activity In Their Schools!
North Charleston Elementary
Westview Primary
Westview Elementary
Goose Creek Primary
Cainhoy Elementary
Berkeley Elementary
Sterling Elementary
College Park Middle
West Ashley High
For More Information On This Partnership or To Apply For an Upcoming SUDIA or Fuel Up To Play 60 Grant Contact: beth@genmoveusa.com
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Partnering With Select Health In South Carolina To Make A Difference In Our Communities Health
GenMove's John Lloyd conducting GenMove activities sponsored by Select Health South Carolina at
Black Expo in Charleston, SC.
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Meet GenMove's New Intern!
Meet Sam! Our newest intern at Genmove. We are so excited to have Sam on our team. Thank you to The College of Charleston
's REACH program for connecting us!
Keep on "Holdin It Down" for GenMove Sam, we are so excited to have you working with our team!
For more information on College of Charleston's Reach Program visit:
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Look For The GenMove Team At:
National Afterschool Association Annual Convention 2013
Indianapolis Convention Center
April 7-10th, 2013
AAHPERD National Convention
Charlotte, NC
April 23-27th, 2013
BOOST "Best Of Out Of School Time" Conference
Palm Springs Convention Center, CA
May 1-4 2013
Boys & Girls Club Of America National Conference
Orlando World Center Mariott
May 1-3, 2013
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Thank You To Everyone Who Attended A GenMove Professional Development Session In The Last 3 Months!
Brevard County
21st Century Community Learning Center School Age Care Staff
Brevard County, FL
Columbia Assosciation
School Age Services Staff
Columbia, MD
Foundations
Beyond School Hours Workshops
Charleston County Schools
McDonald's Sponsored GenMove Trainings
Berkley County Schools
Physical Education Teachers
East Knox PEP Program
Middle & High School Teachers & Staff
East Knox, Ohio
Select Health South Carolina
Special Events Staff
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