GREATER RICHMOND FIT4KIDS INC

FIT4KIDS PRIMARY PROGRAMS ARE WELLNESS INTEGRATION, LEARNING GARDENS, GAME ON, GIRL!, PROMOTING PHYSICAL ACTIVITY WITH HIGH SCHOOLERS, SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOLS (SRTS), AND INFLUENCING POLICY THROUGH OUR COALITION.FIT4KIDS WELLNESS INTEGRATION PROGRAM INFUSES SCHOOLS WITH A CULTURE OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND NUTRITION AND SERVED ROUGHLY 3,177 STUDENTS IN THREE SCHOOL DIVISIONS DURING FY25.FIT4KIDS LEARNING GARDENS ENGAGE CHILDREN IN PLANTING, GROWING, HARVESTING, AND BEST OF ALL, TASTING FRESH, FLAVORFUL FOOD.CHANGING THE WAY CHILDREN FEEL ABOUT VEGETABLES. DURING FY25, MORE THAN 6,606 STUDENTS BENEFITED FROM FIT4KIDS GARDEN LESSONS, A 24% INCREASE FROM THE PRIOR YEAR.GAME ON, GIRL! EMPOWERS MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS TO BE PHYSICALLY ACTIVE, NUTRITIONALLY FIT, AND LEADERS IN THEIR COMMUNITY. THE PROGRAM REACHED 167 GIRLS.THE SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROGRAM WORKS TO PROMOTE SAFE WALKING AND BIKING TO SCHOOL. THE SRTS PROGRAM HOSTED BIKE TO SCHOOL EVENTS AT 10 PARTNER RPS SCHOOLS. MORE THAN 100 CROSSING GUARDS WERE TRAINED AND IN PLACE AT PARTNER RICHMOND SCHOOLS. FIT4KIDS ALSO LAUNCHED "LEARN TO RIDE" CLASSES AT TWO RICHMOND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS REACHING MORE THAN 1,128 CHILDREN.FIT4KIDS NEW HIGH SCHOOL OFFERING WAS FLAG FOOTBALL AT 8 RICHMOND PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS REACHING 113 STUDENTS. THIS WAS THE FIRST SPORT THAT WAS OFFERED DISTRICTWIDE AT EVERY RPS HIGH SCHOOL!FIT4KIDS ALSO CONVENES THE GREATER RICHMOND COALITION FOR HEALTHY CHILDREN, A REGIONAL COALITION WORKING TO ADVANCE PROGRAMS AND POLICIES TO IMPROVE CHILDREN'S WELLNESS. DURING FY25, THE POLICY PRIORITIES INCLUDED PARTNERING WITH SCHOOL NUTRITION SERVICES TO AMPLIFY STUDENT VOICE IN SCHOOL LUNCH, MAKING THE MOST OF RECESS, AND PROMOTING HEALTHY HYDRATION IN RICHMOND.