Florida Blue Foundation Grants $10K To Girls Inc. Of Pinellas

Press release from Girls Inc. of Pinellas:

Nov. 20, 2021

Girls Inc of Pinellas has received a $10,000 grant from the Florida Blue Foundation to support implementation of the OrganWise Guys curriculum.

Florida Blue Foundation enables healthy communities by making grants, building coalitions, and rewarding best practices.

More than three million people in Florida have received direct health services because of grants made to nonprofit organizations since our founding in 2001.

Their programs are designed to:

impact food security to improve health, development, and well-being;

improve health equity to ensure access and opportunity for those disadvantaged by environmental, economic and social circumstances;

advance mental well-being to mitigate the stressors associated with issues that can impact families and communities, including loneliness and substance abuse;

and address systemic racism and resulting health disparities.

The OrganWise Guys program is designed to help Pinellas County girls in grades K-5th learn about nutrition and health in creative ways, allowing them to retain important information to take care of their bodies and reduce obesity and related diseases. This program will help address the health challenges girls in moderate and low socioeconomic families face growing up, such as poor nutrition, lack of physical activity and the poor health outcomes associated therewith. Girls Inc. takes an innovative and comprehensive approach to ensuring the social, emotional, mental, cognitive, behavioral, and physical health of all the girls we serve.

The OrganWise program will be a tool to focus on the physical and nutritional health of the girls we serve. The overall goal of the program is to create awareness of the impacts of healthy choices on students participating in the program to improve their knowledge, skills, and ability to successfully develop healthy habits related to physical activity, nutrition, general health, and safety.

To learn more about The Ounce of Prevention healthy initiatives programming, visit their website at https://www.ounce.org/find_initiatives.asp

“We are pleased to partner with Florida Blue to support the health and nutrition needs of the girls we serve,” shared Darla Otey, Executive Director of Girls Inc of Pinellas, “we understand that establishing healthy habits at a young age is crucial to long-term healthy outcomes.”

To register your daughter for Girls Inc. of Pinellas’ after-school enrichment program visit https://girlsincpinellas.org/after-school/.

Girls Inc. of Pinellas’s programming - in partnership with local schools and organizations - focuses on the development of the whole girl. A combination of long-lasting mentoring relationships, a pro-girl environment, and research-based programming equips girls to lead fulfilling and productive lives, break the cycle of poverty, and become role models in their community. Mission: Inspiring all girls to be strong, smart & bold.

This press release was produced by Girls Inc. of Pinellas. The views expressed here are the author's own.