Youth-powered strategies that activate young people

Garden Mentorship Program

• Capacity-building model for school districts to train high school interns to lead garden-based health lessons for elementary school children.

Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR)

• Support for adult allies to guide youth-led action research projects aimed at creating food and physical activity policies, systems, and environmental changes in their communities. Visit the San Lorenzo Project EAT website.

For more information, visit the Project EAT website

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Youth-serving strategies that educate youth

Harvest of the Month

• An elementary school curriculum for the California Department of Public Health’s Harvest of the Month program that promotes fruit and vegetable consumption while integrating Common Core Standards.

Physical Education

• Curriculum, professional development, and equipment for participating schools; cooking classes for families; wellness policy support in collaboration with the Alliance for a Healthier Generation; after-school programming; and community engagement (Food & Fitness Festivals).

Agriculture Science Course

• ROP course at Tennyson High School

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Community Building

Community Gardens

• Support for the creation of two community gardens at Tennyson High School and Paradise Garden in San Lorenzo

Fresh Productions

• Intern-led enterprise for produce sales to area community members and businesses 

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Professional Development

Youth Development

• Building Healthy Communities, How to be a Strong Adult Ally, Youth Participatory Action Research

Physical Education

• After-school physical activity workshop, PE CDE compliance workshop
• Data Breakdown for 2015-2016

Gardening

• Garden educator and community garden workshops

Nutrition Education

• Healthy Celebrations, Food and Fitness Festivals, Harvest of the Month, Healthy Snack Attack Creative Cooking Challenge