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15. blow will these grant funds help you to increase the number of meals/snacks served through your out-of-school time programs in 2017? If you do not currently have one, how will these grant funds help you start a meal program during your out- of-school time programming? This project's main focus will be on raising awareness of the benefits of good nutrition and adequate exercise. The target audience which is the community of Santa Ana is largely made up of families whose children receive the reduced and free lunches at their schools. As our community is an ethnically diverse one, we are sensitive to the fact that our materials need to be in three languages (English, Spanish and Vietnamese). The items we will produce consist of the following three programs/workshops: Poster Competition 1. Students will be encouraged to create posters that promote good nutrition and physical activity. These posters will be displayed in the Community Center. The winning poster will be framed, and will be used as a poster to promote all future nutrition and fitness workshops. Nutrition and f=itness 2. A four week program (two times a week) on diet and physical activity. This class will emphasize "We are what we eat". Children will see thatfood is a source of energy for their bodies and that some food has little nutritional value. Each activity related to nutrition will also have an activity related to physical health and well-being. The four week program will be divided into two one hour classes per week. Each class has a 30 minute nutrition segment and a 30 minute physical activity segment. The main emphasis in the program is that children see the correlation between nutrition and exercise. Children will have opportunities to learn about their diets and the value of food. From the Garden to the Table 3. Children will visit a local community garden on a regular basis and learn about gardening and harvesting at home. Upon returning to the community center they will learn how to create a small vegetable garden, and see how they can enjoy eating their own crops. In our experience, children do not appreciate fruit and vegetables because they do not know their value. We believe that children will attempt to eat more fruit and vegetables when they participate in its cultivation. Each child will learn how to grow a mini vegetable garden and how to care for it. The vegetables that they grow will be theirs to take home. 8. Section IV. Nutrition Literacy Implementation 16. Please describe your agency's experience and interest In implementing a nutrition literacy program. In our effort to better serve our city's youth and the need for better access to nutrition and physical education, we obtained the Coordinated Approach To Child Health (CATCH) Kids Club Curriculum in December of 2016. Being that other neighboring cities like Garden Grove who serve youth of similar demographics had also purchased the curriculum and had experienced positive results with the curriculum, we decided to look into the CATCH approach. The CATCH Kids Club Curriculum's approach is to unite multiple players in a child's life to create a community of health. CATCH strives to prevent childhood obesity and is supported by 25 years of research. The program aims to i mpact the messaging a child receives in physical education, the classroom, the home, and in our case, the afterschool program and the Summer Day Camp, to form an effective resource that impacts a child's choices outside of school. CATCH is designed to impact children's lives by enabling them to identify healthy foods, and by increasing the amount of moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) children engage in each day. The CATCH aciivitles and trainings provides staff with the tools needed to increase students' MVPA, and the curriculum provides staff with simple suggestions of how to incorporate physical and nutrition activities into their lessons. 17. If your agency does not have 10 out-of-school time sites, you may still apply for a grant. If you have fewer than 10 sites, at how many sites will you implement the nutrition literacy curriculum? 6.