The Find Your Balance Challenge is designed to engage K-5 students in creating practical, long-term improvements in nutrition and physical activity at their school. A teacher/mentor works with a class of students to identify authentic needs on both the nutrition side and the physical activity side of the Energy Balance scale, to write a goal statement to address those needs, and to create a simple action plan to meet those goals.
Deadline: Application due January 31, 2014
Eligibility:
- A Teacher/Mentor who is a U.S. resident over the age of 21, supervising a class of students enrolled in kindergarten through 5th grade at a public, private, or parochial school located in the United States at the time of the entry. Together, the Teacher/Mentor and the class comprise a team
Award Amount: $30,000 Grand Prize Grant. One Second Place winning class will receive a $10,000 grant. One Third Place school will receive a $5,000 grant.
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