Protecting Children's Health: 2003 Grants

Programs Funded by The HealthCare Foundation for Orange County

• Camp Fire USA Orange County Council ($15,002)
  www.campfireusaoc.org
  Partial funding My World, a program for skill-building and risk reduction including Smart Choices, Teen Scenes, and Gift of Giving in high-risk middle school students in Santa Ana. Funding for Camp Fire sites in Garden Grove and Costa Mesa has been provided by the Orange County Community Foundation.
• Children?s Hospital of Orange County/ Community Action Partnership of Orange County ($10,000)
  www.choc.org / www.capoc.org
  Collaboration of CHOC Foundation for Children and Community Action Partnership of Orange County to track and monitor physical health outcomes of students participating in Five a Day Power Play! at Family Resource Centers in El Modena and Anaheim Independencia.
• St. Joseph Hospital ($29,497)
  www.sjo.org
  "Living Smart" Nutrition and Exercise for the Family is a preventive model designed for the Latino population to lower the incidence of overweight and obesity in children and adolescents.
• YMCA of Anaheim ($12,000)
  www.anaheimymca.org
  Y BE HEALTHY Fitness & Nutrition Program will help systemize the daily delivery of sound fitness/ nutrition education and participation opportunities for the Anaheim Achieves Afterschool Program.

Programs Funded by the Orange County Community Foundation

• Boys and Girls Club of Buena Park ($20,000)
  "Project Sozo"
  www.boysandgirlsclubofbuenapark.org
  Funds will support the Club?s improvement of both fitness and nutrition programs for children ages 6-11.
• Boys and Girls Club ? Huntington Valley ($18,000)
  "Eat SMART"
  www.bghcv.com
  This program will offer hands-on instruction about nutrition and health to youth ages 5-18.
• Campfire USA Orange County Council ($7,501)
  "My World ? Comprehensive Asset Building"
  www.campfireusaoc.org
  This project will serve high-risk middle school students in Santa Ana, Garden Grove and Costa Mesa in proven Campfire programs that address developmental assets.
• Laguna Beach Community Clinic ($10,000)
  "Preventing High Risk Behaviors in Teens"
  www.lbclinic.org
  The clinic will work with local high schools to provide education and dialogue with teens regarding health and hygiene, teen pregnancy prevention, healthy self-care habits; drug, alcohol, and tobacco cessation.
• St. Jude Medical Center ($14,800)
  "Collaborative School-Based Fitness and Nutrition Program"
  www.stjudemedicalcenter.org The Center will collaborate with Project Fit American and Woodcrest Elementary School in Fullerton with the goal of addressing childhood obesity and improving physical fitness among the school?s children by introducing cardiovascular health education programs.
• VNA Home Health Systems ($11,880)
  "Operation Keeping Kids Safe"
  www.vnahhs.com This project will provide home safety assessments for injury prevention for families with children under the age of 5 years old who reside in motels or other types of low-income housing.