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4 people are interested
Organwise Guys at Fallon Park
ORGANIZATION: Virginia Cooperative Extension_Family Nutrition Program
Please visit the new page to apply.
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4 people are interested
Do you like to read to students in Elementary School? Do you have a passion for health and Nutrition? Volunteer to be a OrganWise Guys instructor at Fallon Park Elementary's 1st and 2nd grade classrooms. Volunteers are needed throughout the week to deliver 8 weekly lessons to the 11 teachers at Fallon Park Elementary. We only need you to commit one hour per week for 8 weeks (weeks may not be consecutive based on holiday and teacher work days).
What are the OrganWise guys?
OrganWise Guys is a fun, interactive, evidence-based program for grades K-2. Using puppets of different internal organs, kids learn about how what we eat and how we move affect our bodies, empowering kids to be "smart from the inside out."
As a bonus for the teachers who work with us, OrganWise Guys adheres to the Virginia Standards of Learning while helping to reduce childhood obesity. In Virginia, 9,000 children learned about healthy living from the OrganWise Guys program last year.
More opportunities with Virginia Cooperative Extension_Family Nutrition Program
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About Virginia Cooperative Extension_Family Nutrition Program
Location:
Feeding America Southwest, 1025 Electric Road, salem, VA 24153, US
Mission Statement
The Family Nutrition Program’s mission is to teach limited-resource families and youth how to make healthier food choices and become better managers of available food resources for optimal health and growth. Our programs focus on basic nutrition, physical activity, safe food handling, and thrifty food shopping. The Family Nutrition Program is offered through Virginia Cooperative Extension, an educational outreach partnership between Virginia Tech and Virginia State University. Our funding comes from the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) to offer the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) and from the USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) to offer Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education (SNAP-Ed) in Virginia.
Description
OrganWise Guys is a fun, interactive, evidence-based program for grades K-2. Using puppets of different internal organs, kids learn about how what we eat and how we move affect our bodies, empowering kids to be "smart from the inside out."
As a bonus for the teachers who work with us, OrganWise Guys adheres to the Virginia Standards of Learning while helping to reduce childhood obesity. In Virginia, 9,000 children learned about healthy living from the OrganWise Guys program last year.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
Fallon Park Elemetary502 Nineteenth Street, SERoanoke, VA 24013
DATE POSTED
April 5, 2016
SKILLS
- Youth Services
- Nutrition
- Teaching / Instruction
- Reading / Writing
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Driver's License Needed
- Background Check
- Must be at least 18
- Orientation or Training
- one hour per week for 10 weeks (school hours)
- you will need to attend a 30 minute training