W-W Rec Gets State Grant To Address Obesity Your Health Journal ...

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New after school programs and summer day camps aimed at getting local youngsters more physically active will kicking off in January thanks to a state grant.

The Wayne-Westland Parks and Recreation Department has received a $95,000 grant from the Michigan Department of Community Health in a pilot program to help address childhood obesity ? one of 10 agencies to receive funding.

?We?re waiting for contracts and talking about winter-spring after school programs,? said Wayne-Westland Parks and Recreation Director Nathan Adams.

Along with physical activities, the grant is funding a community garden that will be established adjoining the closed Lincoln Elementary School and $8,000 for engineered wood fiber chips to be installed around the playscape at Attwood Park in Wayne.

That will be the second community garden ? the existing garden located further west on Dorsey was set up by the Norwayne Community Citizens Council. Citizens council president Henry Johnson wrote a letter in support of the grant, as did Westland Community Development Director Joanne Campbell.

?What is grown will go to the families who live in the area. Westland Youth Assistance will oversee the garden,? said Adams. ?Wayne Youth Assistance does the garden in Wayne.?

Additionally, the grant also provides funding for local youngsters to visit and participate in the Wayne and Westland Farmers Markets.

?We will also be holding a family health expo in August 2013 with free screenings of blood pressure, glucose and cholesterol,? said Adams. ?We don?t have a location yet.?

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