Dairy Health

The Idaho Dairy Council is giving 37 Idaho schools grants to support their Fuel Up to Play 60 initiatives this fall. The schools were selected from among hundreds across the country that applied for funding to help them jumpstart and sustain healthy nutrition and physical activity improvements. Grants awarded for this funding period totaled $96,043.

 

Crystal Wilson, senior director of health and wellness with the Idaho Dairy Council, says "The schools participating in Fuel Up To Play 60 have an incredible opportunity to receive funds that enrich their physical activity and nutrition programs,”. She continued: "We are thrilled to be able to award these grants and see how students and teachers are embracing the program."

 

This nationwide program offers schools up to $4,000 per school year to help them increase awareness of and access to nutrient-rich foods and physical-activity opportunities for students. The Idaho Dairy Council and America's dairy farm families fund this competitive program.