Education
​Programs

Our guiding wellness principle is that a healthy mind, body, and spirit are the result of good nutrition and education. 

Poverty is the driver of poor health and education outcomes for minority children and their families. PHC provides underserved students the tools to overcome these obstacles in their early years with a multi-prong evidence-based approach. 

Healthy Schools, Healthy Communities

PHC works in partnership with the Detroit Public School Community District to infuse neighborhoods with high quality education programs, creating an evidence-based model for improving community health and vitality. 

PE-Nut™ (Physical Education and Nutrition Working Together) and Linking Lessons are programs developed by the Michigan Fitness Foundation and are implemented by trained Project Healthy Community nutrition educators. These programs align with SNAP-Ed messaging to empower students, educators, and families to eat better and move more where they learn, eat, play, and work. Programming is available at four levels:

• PE-Nut: Lower Elementary
• PE-Nut: Upper Elementary
• Linking Lessons: Middle School (8th grade)

PE-Nut™
PE-Nut™ is a program developed by the Michigan Fitness Foundation and is implemented by trained PHC educators. It is a nutrition and physical education program that uses a whole-school approach to motivate students, parents, and educators to be physically active and eat healthier within the elementary school setting. Carefully linked to the Michigan Grade Level Content Expectations, PE-Nut™ provides a pathway to infuse nutrition and physical education while covering the specific material required by the state.
The program incorporates a planned curriculum, food sampling, structured physical activity, books, daily health messages, and even school-wide events. PHC is currently funded by the Michigan Fitness Foundation to offer PE-Nut™ to eligible schools in Detroit.

Health through Literacy™
Participating classrooms receive a grade-specific bag of 5-6 books with nutrition or  physical activity messages.

FitBits™
FitBits™ are 7-10 minute physical activity breaks that teach nutrition concepts or physical and social skills. Participating classrooms receive grade-specific booklets with 30-40 activities.

EPEC™ (Exemplary Physical Education Curriculum™)
EPEC™ is an easy-to-use, award-winning physical education curriculum designed for students in kindergarten through fifth grade. EPEC™ teaches students the knowledge and skills and fosters the competence and confidence they need to enjoy physical activity for a lifetime.

Building School Leadership 
School administrators can reinforce nutrition messages through provided morning announcements and by including nutrition and physical activity information on school websites or newsletters.

PE-Nut™ supports urban youth in a lifelong quest towards health and wellness.

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Linking Lessons - Schools™  
LL-S (Linking lessons-schools) is an interactive, behavior focused lesson series that integrates with core subjects for middle school and high school students. It features 10 short healthy eating and physical activity lessons consistent with the 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans to generate discussions about how and why to make healthy behavior changes. Topics include: MyPlate, healthy snacking, drink healthy, fruits and veggies, fast food facts, healthy breakfast, eat local-eat smart, and energy balance.
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Each lesson provides key facts and recommended actions, engages students, checks for understanding, provides a tasting experience, prompt students to think about ways they can be empowered to move toward behavior change. 

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​. 

​Summer Camp
Over six weeks, the camp offers a wide variety of engaging activities to Detroit students. The program highlights nutrition education through garden-based learning and physical fitness through structured outdoor activities.  Camp features the two programs described below:

Growing Healthy Habits
The Growing Healthy Habits (GHH) is a  SNAP-Ed program for integrating nutrition through gardening. The GHH’s curriculum uses gardening as a tool for encouraging K-5 grade students to consume more fruits and vegetables and whole grains and increase physical activity.

Rec-Connect™
Rec‐Connect™: A Physical Activity Demonstration is a community-based direct education intervention designed to foster partnerships and increase SNAP-eligible participants’ access to physical activity (PA). It connects our campers to a program that supports making physical activity a part of their daily lives. 
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Click the link to register your child for summer camp 2023 today!