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Beach Elementary WISERCISE!

Beach Elementary in Pascagoula, Mississippi is one of eight elementary schools that received an OrganWise Guys Core Kit thanks to the Thriving Communities, Thriving Children project funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. (more…)

Thriving Communities, Thriving Children – Welcome New Foodservice!

A huge thank you to the W.K. Kellogg Foundation for funding the new project called Thriving Communities, Thriving Children (TC2)! This fall, we had a blast kicking off The OrganWise Guys programming with early childcare/Head Start centers and elementary schools in Louisiana and Mississippi.

A warm OrganWise welcome to the cafeteria staff at the new elementary schools who are now using their Foods of the Month Kits! And a huge THANK YOU to Foodservice Directors Ms. Janet Sanderson in New Orleans and Ms. Ashley Harris and Ms. Sarah Steinberger in Pascagoula! We are so thankful for their hard work and can’t wait to share all the great things they are doing with these educational kits.

Ms. Laurent, cafeteria manager at St. Peter Claver, shows off her Foods of the Month newsletters on display in the cafeteria!

Ms. Laurent, cafeteria manager at St. Peter Claver, shows off her Foods of the Month newsletters on display in the cafeteria!

 

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Foodservice Managers in Pascagoula, MS are trained on the Foods of the Month Kit

Thriving Communities, Thriving Children – Welcome New Schools!

A huge thank you to the W.K. Kellogg Foundation for funding a new project called Thriving Communities, Thriving Children (TC2)! This fall, we had a blast kicking off The OrganWise Guys programming with early childcare/Head Start centers and elementary schools in Louisiana and Mississippi.

A warm OrganWise welcome to the new elementary school sites who are having fun using their OrganWise Guys Core Kits. The following locations have received their materials and training thanks to the three-year TC2 grant:

Arlington Elementary – Pascagoula, MS
Beach Elementary – Pascagoula, MS
Cherokee Elementary – Pascagoula, MS
Central Elementary – Pascagoula, MS
Martin Bluff Elementary – Pascagoula, MS
Lake Elementary – Pascagoula, MS
College Park Elementary – Pascagoula, MS
Gautier Elementary – Pascagoula, MS
St. Alphonsus Catholic School – New Orleans, LA
St. Peter Claver Catholic School – New Orleans, LA

A school training in Pascagoula, MS

A school training in Pascagoula, MS

School staff being trained at St. Peter Claver in New Orleans

School staff being trained at St. Peter Claver in New Orleans

 

Exploring the Mississippi Body Walk

Today we feature guest blogger and Mississippi Body Walk Coordinator, Katie Bouchillon. She has been with Body Walk for over five years criss-crossing the state to bring the message of ‘being smart from the inside out’ to the K-5th graders all across Mississippi.

The Mississippi Body Walk is a larger-than-life walk through exhibit. At each of Body Walk’s ten stations, a volunteer presenter engages the students in a five-minute lesson with a hands-on activity focused on healthy choices.

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