{"id":516,"date":"2015-12-02T10:45:19","date_gmt":"2015-12-02T17:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lowercolumbiaschoolgardens.org\/blog\/?p=516"},"modified":"2015-12-03T19:19:26","modified_gmt":"2015-12-04T02:19:26","slug":"grant-awarded-to-health-department-to-support-partnership-with-school-gardens-and-longview-and-kelso-school-districts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lowercolumbiaschoolgardens.org\/blog\/grant-awarded-to-health-department-to-support-partnership-with-school-gardens-and-longview-and-kelso-school-districts","title":{"rendered":"$250k Kaiser grant expands School Gardens for Longview and Kelso"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/p>\n<p>December 1, 2015<\/p>\n<p>Kaiser Permanente Northwest Awards Grant to Cowlitz County Health Department<br \/>\nCowlitz County Health Department\u2019s (CCHD) Office of Healthy Communities received $250,000 over<br \/>\nthe next three years to partner with <strong><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Lower Columbia School Gardens<\/span><\/strong> and the Longview and Kelso<br \/>\nSchool Districts to increase fruit and vegetable consumption for school-age children. This collaborative<br \/>\nproject will expand access to school garden activities and curricula for children and their families.<\/p>\n<p>This grant will allow Lower Columbia School Gardens to expand their capacity to serve more children in<br \/>\nour county through their 14 school-based gardens, and to integrate their programs and activities more<br \/>\nfully into the school environment. Longview and Kelso School Districts will be able to fully utilize school<br \/>\ngardens as an educational and community resource.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are grateful to Kaiser Permanente for this opportunity to engage even more kids in our school<br \/>\ngardens. We know that school gardens work; kids are more likely to eat and enjoy fruit and vegetables<br \/>\nthey grow themselves, and they get excited about healthy cooking and eating as they learn about<br \/>\nwhere real food comes from and how it\u2019s grown. We see that reality in our work every day, and this<br \/>\nnew partnership will allow us to share that experience with more children, teachers and families in our<br \/>\ncommunity,\u201d says Ian Thompson, Executive Director of Lower Columbia School Gardens.<\/p>\n<p>Kaiser Permanente Northwest is dedicated to improving the health of individuals and the communities<br \/>\nthey serve. Specifically, their work is focused on connecting low-income people to health care,<br \/>\neducating children and families about healthy eating and active living, creating and sharing<br \/>\ngroundbreaking research, strengthening health safety nets in communities, and supporting their employees\u2019 community engagement.<\/p>\n<p>CCHD provides broad-spectrum public health services to Cowlitz County residents aimed at improving<br \/>\nand protecting the health and well-being of individuals of all ages. To contact the Health Department,<br \/>\nplease call 360-414-5599.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/0ByyDWXMQ9U4ecTJNelh4d293Q0lhSlE4NW9wM3pJa0NXYW9B\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\">CCHD Official Press Release<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 1, 2015 Kaiser Permanente Northwest Awards Grant to Cowlitz County Health Department Cowlitz County Health Department\u2019s (CCHD) Office of Healthy Communities received $250,000 over the next three years to partner with Lower Columbia School Gardens and<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lowercolumbiaschoolgardens.org\/blog\/grant-awarded-to-health-department-to-support-partnership-with-school-gardens-and-longview-and-kelso-school-districts\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">$250k Kaiser grant expands School Gardens for Longview and Kelso<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,20,21,19,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grant-awards","category-kelso","category-longview","category-media","category-partnerships"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lowercolumbiaschoolgardens.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lowercolumbiaschoolgardens.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lowercolumbiaschoolgardens.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lowercolumbiaschoolgardens.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lowercolumbiaschoolgardens.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=516"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.lowercolumbiaschoolgardens.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":623,"href":"https:\/\/www.lowercolumbiaschoolgardens.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516\/revisions\/623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lowercolumbiaschoolgardens.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lowercolumbiaschoolgardens.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lowercolumbiaschoolgardens.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}