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2003 Annual Report: Youth Development
Giving kids a safe place to go afterschool
where they can receive good food, and fun, educational programming.
- Fed over 1,000 children 120,102 meals
at 34 afterschool sites
in Franklin County.
- Reached 2,408 children with 1,004 hands-on
nutrition education
lessons in more than 90 classrooms, afterschool and summer
sites in
 Cuyahoga,
Franklin, Montgomery and Lorain counties through the AmeriCorps
Food Folk program.
- Pilot tested CATCH,
a nationally recognized physical fitness program, at afterschool
programs in Franklin County. Through this program, funded
by Aetna,
children increased their cardiovascular endurance and the
amount of time spent engaged in enjoyable fitness activities.
- Enabled more than 500 children to attend
a holiday party at the
Columbus Zoo, a Chiller Ice
Skating event, and an educational
adventure on the Muskingum and Ohio Rivers.
- Expanded the Huntington
Impact Program to include 27 faith-based afterschool
sites receiving training, mentoring and technical assistance.
- Supported Children’s Hunger Alliance
efforts through the AmeriCorps
and AmeriCorps*VISTA "domestic
Peace Corps" program with 20 members serving statewide.
For more information, call 614-341-7700 or e-mail.
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leadership
and dedication to expanding access to food, nutrition education and quality child
care. To achieve this, Children's Hunger Alliance must break the cycle of hunger
through education, leadership, advocacy and service. That is our mission.
