Glendale Healthy Kids, Glendale CA


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UPCOMING EVENTS

Kids Health & Fitness Expo
April 9, 2011
at Pacific Community Center

Taste of Glendale
May 11, 2011


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Welcome to Glendale Healthy Kids


	Message From The President!


It is with great excitement that I embark on the second “quarter” of my term! One of the changes made by the Board of Directors last year was changing officer terms to two years. And I am the 1st president who will be able to see projects to fruition, as we make changes to benefit our kids-in-need! Much has happened in the past 6 months; Executive Director Camille Levee and I have been participants in the Annenberg Foundation sponsored program “Alchemy+”, which has generated lots of new thoughts, ideas and inspiration. Our Advisory Council formed and hosted a reception, then hosted a second reception to focus on our Ruth Charles Legacy Society growth. “Popcorn, Pendants and Paltrow” was a rousing success thanks to the efforts of Paula Devine & her committee. The generous donations of Scarantino’s, Eagle Rock Bakery, Laura Friedman and Guillaume Lemoine and John Simpson’s wines added to the festivities. Planning continues for a bigger and better Kids Health & Fitness Expo under the leadership of Chair Julie Lister. I invite you all to come out and visit. ABC TV Food Coach Lori Corbin will open the event and provide us all with healthy snacking ideas. (It’s on twitter!) We have added a Health Fair at Clark Magnet School to happen in March. Corliss Andrade’s Committee has geared up for a spectacular Taste of Downtown Glendale. And the list goes on.. I can never emphasize this enough - it wouldn’t happen without the support of providers, volunteers, board members, and donors. Thanks to each of you for caring about our kids, and changing lives! The Board of Directors and I are excited as we begin to roll out a new fall event. All the details are still being decided, but this event will be different from the “Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner!” settings you have become familiar with over the last 12 years. There will still be opportunities for our fabulous hosts to provide more intimate “Fireside Dinners” (not dinner for 75!) at times convenient to them. I am so proud of the great folks who provide leadership as the Board of Directors! Truly our vision---a community in which every child has optimal health---will become a reality! Allyn Heck President, Glendale Healthy Kids


	UPCOMING EVENT



	Message From The Executive Director!
Glendale Healthy Kids is expanding our proactive, health education and screening components. Yes, we are still responding to the ever growing request for healthcare access as more parents lose their jobs and/or medical and dental insurance coverage. Our 3rd annual Kids Health and Fitness Expo will be Saturday, April 9, 2011. Yet, there might be kids who can’t get to that event with their parents. So we are partnering with local middle and high schools to provide these same types of resources: on campus, and adding components which have meaning for these kids. As an example: Hoover High School: 600 9th graders had the opportunity to have screening for vision & color blindness, dental and orthodontic screening, Body Mass Index testinginformation on bullying and cyber safety, youth employment opportunities, and safe driving techniques with the California Highway Patrol to name a few. No surprise 9% are obese and 25% overweight, and one young lady was referred for orthodontic evaluation. An “in school” assembly for 6th grade students provided nutritional information and showed us that 96% of students who had Dental Ed in the 1st grade take care of their teeth, and visited the dentist within the last 6 months. More of these same students tell us that dental health is important to overall health, that foods affect oral health and brush at least twice a day. Needless to say, of those who did not have Dental Ed in 1st grade, the numbers are much lower in the same areas. Thanks, Dental; Ed Volunteers, for continuing to make a difference into the future. So GHK will continue to grow all of these programs that will enable us to meet a need BEFORE it becomes a crisis. To accomplish this, volunteers are always needed, and of course, the dollars to provide these opportunities. Thank you all for making a difference today which will impact our kids far into the future! Thank you!!!! Camille Levee Executive Director P.S. If you are reading this for the first time, why not try out our easy online donation opportunity. Just click on"How You Can Help" page on this website.


	Nutritional pamphlet


About Us

Glendale Healthy Kids, in collaboration with volunteer healthcare professionals, community members and organizations, provides children of low-income underinsured families with access to healthcare and provides health education to the community. (READ More!)


HOW YOU CAN HELP!

The GHK Kids Health & Fitness Expo Committee receives CVS support..(READ More!)

Our generous volunteer professional providers donate their services to students referred to them; however, some medications and other items have to be purchased regularly by Glendale Healthy Kids. You can give a helping hand to children in need by becoming a regular sponsor of these items.(READ More!)


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