healthcorps.org – Empowering teens and communities to become health agents of change

HealthCorps’ http://www.healthcorps.org core mission is to empower teens and communities to become health agents of change and help the country reach the tipping point towards wellness now and for the future. As part of the organization’s mandate, the school program extends to the community through health festivals and liaisons with local health resources and non-profits who share HealthCorps’ goals.

HealthCorps is focused on three priorities – educating the student body; achieving community outreach through "Fit Town™" – an initiative to connect and activate citizens and organizations to bring about awareness and affect change through local projects and initiatives; and advocating for policy shifts across all levels of government that put health and physical education back into the core curriculum of the American education system. This mission of HealthCorps is also shared by First Lady Michelle Obama who launched the Let’s Move initiative last year to get youth moving and eating more nutritious foods.

The HealthCorps http://www.healthcorps.org Board of Directors includes such medical practitioners as Dr. Dean Ornish, Dr. David Katz (Yale), Dr. Michael Roizen (Cleveland Clinic), Dr. Brian Wansink (Cornell), Dr. John Ratey (Harvard), Dr. Laura Berman and many other renowned health experts.

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