The “Let’s Grow” project, initiated by the Leadership Pensacola class (LeaP) of 2011, is a program that provides children an opportunity to cultivate healthy foods through school gardens and gain real world knowledge about nutrition to achieve greater health and wellness.
The group so far has raised over $30,000 in funds to support its project. These funds have gone to create gardens in five area schools. The group’s goal is to have all of gardens built by the end of March 2011.
With childhood obesity at 37 percent in Escambia County (a figure that is 20 percent higher than the national average), this challenge is a perfect fit for the current LeaP class. Research on the growing problem of obesity sprouted into a project with a mission to foster the growth of Fit Kids through the nutritional side of a fundamental health equation, Good Health = Regular Exercise Plus Good Nutrition.
Leadership Pensacola is committed to breaking new ground in the fight against childhood obesity through school gardening projects. The goal is to feed our children’s hunger with knowledge and opportunity to grow with good nutrition and plant healthy roots for their future health and wellness. Our children are looking to us for guidance in making responsible choices, saying “Let Us Grow.”
If you need information about Leadership Pensacola, give us a call or look us up on Facebook.
If you’d like to help with this very worthy cause, please become a fan of our Let’s Grow page on Facebook or contact Andre Hall at 850-206-6678.
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