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.

 

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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