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................................................................................................ Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Program Offered at Walton Educational Campus and MS 391, our adolescent pregnancy prevention program was designed to teach students how to make informed decisions that will lead them to a positive and healthy lifestyle from adolescence through adulthood. The program provides:
· Workshops ................................................................................................ CHCF is dedicated to providing safe and developmentally appropriate after-school care at four school sites in the Bronx (PS/MS 279, PS 59, PS 306, and PS 333/335) for approximately 650 children. The program is conducted on school grounds and provides the following:
................................................................................................ By incorporating the tradition of oral storytelling into literacy development, parent-student teams in our innovative program work together to write and illustrate their own original storybooks and present them at a variety of public readings. A study of family literacy programs in several states found that parents who participated took their children to the library twice as often (compared to their pre-program habits). They also purchased or borrowed books for their children 40% more often. In the same study, children in the program asked their parents to read to them 20% more often as well as read books and magazines 40% more often.(7) Studies have also shown that family literacy programs improve parent-child communication and parent involvement in their children’s education (i.e., talking to teachers, asking children about school, helping with homework, volunteering at school, attending school events).(8) CHCF offers this enhancement to its after-school programs only when funds are available. To make a donation to support this valuable component of our work with children and families, please click here. Be sure to enter "Family Literacy" under Designation! Family Literacy Program Books: Our Summer Trip to Mexico by Victoria Saldana ................................................................................................ Obesity is a major problem for Latinos. It raises the risk of many serious health complications, including diabetes, heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, depression, and even cancer. In New York City, childhood obesity has reached 24%, a rate that reflects a disproportionate number of Latinos: 31% of Latino children, compared with 23% of black and 15% of white and Asian children. In the Central Bronx, where the Healthy Living Summer Program will be offered, more than 25% of adults are obese. CHCF is happy to announce that it will offer the Healthy Living ummer Program at two of its current Youth Development Program sites in the Bronx: MS 391 funded by Aetna, and PS 333/335 funded by Unilever. This program will combine nutrition, exercise, and stress-relief techniques to equip Latino families with skills and tools they can use to prevent or combat obesity. Studies show that interventions that involve the whole family and/or community are effective at improving obesity rates. CHCF will offer the following services to Latino families from PS 333/335 and MS 391:
Thank you, Aetna and Unilever! ................................................................................................
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(1) National Center for Educational Statistics: "Status and Trends
in the Education of Hispanics." NCES http://www.nces.ed.gov/pubs2003/2003008.pdf |
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