UnitedHealth HEROES program

Posted by on August 13, 2010

United Health HEROES combat child obesity

The UnitedHealth HEROES program is a service-learning, health literacy initiative developed by UnitedHealth Group and Youth Service America.

The program awards grants of up to $1,000 to help young people create and implement local, hands-on programs to fight childhood obesity.  Each grant engages participating youth in service-learning, an effective teaching and learning strategy that supports student learning, academic achievement and workplace readiness.

The grants encourage semester-long projects that launch on Martin Luther King Day of Service in January and culminate on Global Youth Service Day, April 15-17, 2011.

Schools, service-learning coordinators, nonprofits, and students in the health professions are eligible to apply.

The application will be available August 2nd here.

Deadline: October 22, 2010

http://www.ysa.org/grants/programs/unitedhealth-heroes


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