Bowdoin Street Health Center Healthy Champions "Community Gardening"
By: Jen french
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In an exciting initiative to engage youth in our mission to increase healthy food access in the Bowdoin/Geneva neighborhood, Bowdoin Street Health Center is happy to announce the launch of the “Community Gardening” project of the Healthy Champions Program.
Beginning in April 2010, hand-selected youth will become caretakers for their own plot of land at the Stonehurst/Norton Community Garden, located down the street from the Health Center. “Community Gardening” participants will plan, grow, and harvest their own produce, and will sell their produce at the Bowdoin Street Farmers Market. Youth will be able to explore the vast benefits of incorporating healthy and affordable foods into their daily lives. And they will help educate their peers in how these foods will serve to reduce prevalent health issues such as Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes, and Asthma in their neighborhood.
The Community Gardening Project will be a collaborative effort between youth, staff, The Food Project and BNAN, all of who are dedicated to promoting positive lifestyle changes through diet and exercise.
For more information on the Community Gardening Project, please contact Jen French at (617) 754-0027 or jlfrench@bidmc.harvard.edu.
