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Having access to clean drinkable water and healthy fresh foods is vital in ensuring children grow up to be a healthy weight.
New funds from the state’s congressional delegation recently announced that $2.1 million in funds will go to help position new AmeriCorps members into volunteer services for the state.
One organization called the Washington County Youth Service Bureau Boys and Girls Club, will help to ensure children of veteran and military families grow up to be a healthy weight.
They will receive $325,000 for 26 volunteers, that will help to implement initiatives to help prevent childhood obesity in the state.
More funds will also be used to help position AmeriCorps members in addressing problems in affordable housing, water quality, and veteran affairs.
To learn more about this change, click here.
By The Numbers
1
Supermarket
for every Latino neighborhood, compared to 3 for every non-Latino neighborhood
