Thank you for supporting Women in Action this year!  Stay tuned for our year 2 grant announcements the week of June 24, 2013.

Engage, Educate and Expand Opportunities

Launched in the fall of 2011, Women in Action (WIA) engages people in the community through educational events and generates resources for innovative local programs. In its first year, WIA awarded four first-time grants. The goal this year is to raise $30,000 by April 30, 2013 for new grants to local solutions addressing WIA’s mission.

Mission

Women in Action's mission is to support programs that promote healthy eating, sound nutrition and physical activities for children and families.

Goals

To address childhood obesity by promoting healthy eating, sound nutrition and physical activities for youth and their families in an integrated manner. To reach children and families in key places: school, home and child care centers, where people live, learn, work and play.

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FIRST YEAR WIA GRANTS!

Cape Ann Farmers’ Market, Backyard Growers Program:  $10,000

Grant supports Backyard Growers (BYG) Program for low- to moderate-income Gloucester residents with children from infant through age 13.  BYG will work with families to build and maintain sustainable backyard vegetable gardens, and will provide raised beds, compost, garden installation, seeds, seedlings, training, and mentoring to families.  The grant also provides
resources to the BYG mapping project that will document and bring alive the integration of the gardens into the lives of the community of families in the Backyard Growers Program. 

The Food Project, Passport to Fitness Program (in collaboration with  CitySprouts, YMCA, Open Door and Addison Gilbert Hospital):  $10,000

Grant supports the Passport to Fitness Program, a multi-pronged approach at Veteran’s Memorial Elementary School that engages students at Veteran’s in the cultivation, preparation, and sampling of healthy foods through
curricula paired with structured, collaborative physical fitness activities .  

Beverly Children’s Learning Center, Kid-Fit Program:  $9,276

Grant enables Beverly Children’s Learning Center to implement the nationally acclaimed Kid-Fit program for their pre-school age children.  The
program includes twice weekly exercise classes that teach children about movement and nutrition.  Grant also provides a healthy snack and
workshops/materials for parents around exercise & nutrition.

  

Beverly Farmers’ Market, Marketing/SNAP Incentive:  $1,200
The grant will allow Beverly Farmers’ Market to increase their marketing and visibility to encourage and incentivize low-income individuals and families to use their  SNAP (food stamps) to purchase healthy, fresh locally grown foods.


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"Thanks to the support of North Shore United Way's Women in Action, kids at the Veterans' School in Gloucester are learning how to grow, prepare, and eat fresh healthy food everyday."

James Harrison, North Shore Regional Director, The Food Project

 

"In the 2012 season, a WIA grant allowed Beverly Farmers' Market to offer a substantial incentive to all market goers using food stamps (SNAP) to shop, increasing SNAP buying power by 50% and enabling families to buy more fresh produce."

Estelle Rand, Manager, Beverly Farmers' Market