The Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City (HCF) has announced a $72,000 grant to University of Missouri Extension in Lafayette County to pilot the Active & Healthy School Program at Leslie Bell Elementary School in Lexington.
“Since our inception, the Health Care Foundation has been dedicated to promoting healthy behaviors around well-known risks like physical inactivity, poor nutrition and tobacco use by providing grants to agencies that help people develop the skills and motivation to translate knowledge into action,” said Larry Blankenship, Chairman of the HCF Board of Directors. “We are proud to award these grants to agencies that help advance our vision of Healthy People in Healthy Communities.”
Lafayette County Extension and its partners will use the funds over two years to implement the nationally recognized Active and Healthy Schools Program (AHS) at Leslie Bell Elementary School in Lexington, Missouri. The AHS Program includes strategies to change the school environment, naturally encouraging students to increase their physical activity and make healthy nutrition choices. Funding will provide training, equipment, and technical support for school personnel.
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