I would like to include students on the campus by helping them to become more active and health conscious. The goal is to for students to be active in helping themselves not only track their weight and eating, but encourage and show them benefits of a healthy lifestyle. By using the fitbits it will help students to track their walking and show how everyday life and walking can be beneficial to their health. I believe this will encourage students to build character, have self-accountability, and help them to become more proactive in the planning of their future. Through this program the students will learn skills that make them successful in eating healthy and living a healthy lifestyle.

I hope to encourage students by hosting a competition that students cannot only compete and challenge each other using fitbits, but share their knowledge with their family. Most people are not conscious about their health because they don't know how to live a healthy lifestyle. Some also may think that its too expensive to live healthy or go to the doctor and miss out on many services that are free to them. Students will receive beneficial exercise plans, and be encouraged to plan their meals. They will also be encouraged to research resources that may assist in helping them health wise.

The school I work at is a Title 1 school, which means that more than 80% of these students are below the poverty income level. They may or may not have access to things like this, but everyone deserves a chance and be educated about healthy living. I believe that they deserve this type of experience because health has never been more important than now. The CDC states "Childhood obesity has more than doubled in children and quadrupled in adolescents in the past 30 years. The percentage of children aged 6–11 years in the United States who were obese increased from 7% in 1980 to nearly 18% in 2012. Similarly, the percentage of adolescents aged 12–19 years who were obese increased from 5% to nearly 21% over the same period. In 2012, more than one third of children and adolescents were overweight or obese.^{" Its}    Children should be taught about important healthy eating and exercise is and how it affects them.

Once established this program will hopefully recur every year focusing on student wellness. The more students who get involved every year can be a guide for the next student increasing awareness and also hopefully taking what they learn home to their friends and families. Not every child can be the child who is in a club or on an athletic team so they may not know how to work out or the benefits of getting healthy. I believe that this program will help to motivate and make them to be more aware of how beneficial a healthy lifestyle can be.

At the end of the year I would like to host a health fair to get families active and motivated on to their own fitness goals. We will have different health organizations at the school, activities, and different people who can teach families about becoming more active together.

Please help me fund my goal to help the next wellness warriors of the future.

Item(s) Description/Cost(s):

Description                                                                           Cost               Quantity         Total

Fit Bit Zip                                                                            $59.95        x       75              = $4,496.25

Health Fair Items (Food, Health related giveaways)      $750           x           1               = $750.00

Total Requested = $5,246.25

Reference:

CDC- https://www.cdc.gov/healthyschools/obesity/facts.htm

Fit Bit Zip- https://www.fitbit.com/shop/zip

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