From AOL Patch?..
Combating childhood obesity is rapidly becoming one of the nation?s biggest problems.
OASIS, and BJ Hospital are working on healthy eating and wellness programs with youth in the community. Once a week, this group works with the after-school program for children at Old Bonhomme School. Case worker Shelby Schroeder, MSW is the CATCH healthy coordinator for St. Louis. This is what she had to say about this intergenerational program catching on in St. Louis:
Patch.com: We are definitely interested in learning more about the good work you are doing in the community.
Shelby Schroeder: We have five St. Louis OASIS offices, one at the Center of Clayton, one at the Forest Park Visitors Center, a building downtown, I am based at Christian Hospital Northeast and our newest office is in O?Fallon (MO).
For the CATCH Healthy Habits Living Program, we focus on improving nutrition and physical activity for kids in Kindergarten through 5th grade.
Patch: Exactly what is CATCH.
Schroeder: CATCH is an anancronism for a coordinated program to healthy children. This is the part that brings in the adults.
Patch: We are interested in your partnership in particular with Old Bonhomme School in Olivette. How did that come about.
Schroeder: We are partnering with them again.We did that last spring. We had anywhere from 25-30 kids each week and we had a team of three to four volunteers.
Patch: How did Old Bonhomme School find you.
Schroeder: Connie Jander, the P.E. teacher actually called me or sent me an email about a year ago and said she wanted to learn more about what we did.
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