Education
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Education
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Nutritional Education Programs
PHC's Nutritional Education Programs connect young people (grades K-5) with resources and education to promote their physical and emotional well-being through in-class interventions and active engagement. By providing nutritional education during young people's formative years, these programs impact students' life-long wellness. Healthy Schools Healthy Communities
Healthy Schools Healthy Communities provides a nutrition and physical education program that helps teachers transform their K-5th grade classrooms into health conscious environments through in-class interventions and leave-behind materials. Students play, learn, and make their own healthy snacks. MyGarden™
The MyGarden™ program uses garden-based learning to engage K-5th grade students in the science, work, and joy of growing fresh food. The MyGarden™ curriculum utilizes Math, Science, and English Language Arts lessons, as well as sense-based engagement, to introduce students to new foods, promoting healthy eating and physical activity. Healthy Schools Healthy Communities supports urban youth in a lifelong quest towards health and wellness.
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Hope Circles: www.hope-circles.org
Workplace Internship and Youth Leadership Program Helping Detroit’s underserved high school students become college or career ready is a unique aspect of PHC’s mission. By combining mentoring and workplace learning, students are inspired to envision their futures with hope, filled with possibilities. 100% of the Hope Circles scholars have graduated high school; 90% have gone on to attended college, with the remaining 10% entering the armed forces and the workforce. Scholars report:
Mentorship and workplace learning are combined to inspire the students to envision a future full of hope and possibility. |
Lester Family Summer Camp
The camp offers a wide variety of engaging activities, including swimming, dance, music, outdoors sports, arts & crafts, community gardening, nutrition education, social-emotional skill-building, and field trips to many Detroit gems, including local parks, the riverfront, the science center, and museums. |
Project Healthy Community (PHC) is a health and wellness nonprofit with the bold mission of promoting the well-being of persons of all ages within communities in need.
P.O. Box 252433
West Bloomfield, MI 48325 |
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