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Youth leaders from the Amarillo Activity Youth Center (AAYC) and the Amarillo Public Health Department are excited to announce the launch of a new healthy lifestyle program, available for free to kids ages 6-12. The 10 week Mind, Exercise, Nutrition, and Do it (MEND) program will be available starting in March 2015.
In a NewsChannel 10 report, Casie Stoughton, Director of the Public Health Department said that her department was collaborating with several community partners to make the program available to children.
“We will help provide families some training and hands on work to change some patterns into a more healthy lifestyle,” said Stoughton.
Families will attend two-hour sessions twice a week for ten weeks. The program is funded through the Harrington Cancer Foundation and is expect to impact at least 700 children in the area. Watch the video and hear more from youth leaders about why families should join MEND.
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