Please go check out this article... click on the picture of Kevin above to go to the Afterschool Alliance: Afterschool Snacks article about Kevin Sorbo he is recognized as a national advocate for healthy afterschool programs!! His no profit organization A World Fit For Kids is a wonderful program! The following text is directly from their website which you should also check out and find a way to help out as so many of us Kevin Sorbo fans do... I couldn't say anything about A World Fit For Kids then is already written on their site... so I borrowed it to add here.... I think this is a Wonderful program and well worth supporting...
About A World Fit For Kids!
A World Fit For Kids! (WFIT) is the leading nonprofit provider of after school physical activity and youth development programs for children and teens.Our mission is to prepare young people for fit and fulfilling lives!
For the past fifteen years, WFIT has served more than 130,000 students - successfully getting kids moving and motivated! They have become healthy role models in some of the most economically challenged communities of Los Angeles.
It’s working!
Our results are impressive – from improved fitness and higher grades for elementary school students to reduced dropout rates and employment for high school students.
WFIT uses physical activity, nutrition and mentoring as the hooks to create meaningful experiences that encourage each individual’s understanding of both themselves and the world they live in.
Now more than ever, improving students’ fitness levels and overall health is critically important to combat the epidemic of childhood obesity and type 2 diabetes as well as the massive economic and social issues that overweight and inactivity place on our communities.
WFIT addresses several social issues at once.
For teens and college students:
For teens and college students:
- Fitness,
- Personal development,
- School graduation rates
- Job skills
- Job readiness
- Mentoring
For younger children:
- Fitness
- Homework assistance
- School connectedness
- Mentoring
WFIT is successful because it intentionally develops emotional, mental and physical fitness, and keeps elementary through high school youth actively engaged in positive and productive after school activities.
The goal for each student is a simple but vitally important one.
To gain the knowledge and skills necessary to make healthy lifestyle choices that will last a lifetime.
Last year, WFIT was honored with the prestigious Spotlight Award Gold Medal from the California Governor’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports as the 2007 “outstanding organization that positively impacts physical activity and fitness levels of California’s children and youth.”
Click on this photo also borrowed from A World Fit For Kids Website to go to their site... learn more and do all you can to make This World a much better place for our children our future!
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