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Wake to Wellness Contact: Lara Khalil, MPH, RD Project Director Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill This grant program provides fifteen, three-year $30,000 grants to support new standards for physical activity and improved nutrition in elementary schools in the Wake County system. The Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill evaluated applications for this program and will provide technical assistance and evaluation. Projects were funded at the following schools: Baucom, Comprehensive Wellness Trail, nutrition education and fitness stations Cedar Fork, Track with soccer goals, recess packs and teacher training in group games Conn Magnet, Active learning playground Lincoln Heights, Comprehensive Wellness program with students and community, after school fitness club, Healthy Living Education nights, Wellness library, Healthy Living teacher funding Olds, Physical fitness education and training program, playground improvements, physical activity program implementation Penny Road, More opportunities for physical education and health, new health and nutrition curriculum, wellness program for staff and community Vance, Get Healthy, Stay Healthy program: chef session, healthy snack bowls, fitness equipment and videos Baileywick, Recess toolkits, educational materials for teachers, in-service for parents and students, workshops for teachers, students and parents Farmington Woods, Goal-oriented fitness assessment, exercise laboratory, 15-a-day program, use of physical activity and food pyramids Middle Creek, Structured walking program Morrisville, Increase physical activity during and outside of school day, integrate lessons on health and nutrition into core subjects Olive Chapel, Walking school bus, WAY curriculum, recess kits, healthier food options, nutrition seminars, community wellness opportunities Washington, Outdoor and indoor equipment, new before/after school programs, energizers, mileage club, jump rope club, ballroom dance club, climbing wall, staff development on new school additions Yates Mill, Staff development for all classroom teachers, Drive 2 Fitness Training, climbing wall, equipment and modules sets for PE department, track area, recess kits, energizers Zebulon, Drive 2 Fitness, after-school clubs for physical activity, equipment for classroom and playground, exercise DVDs, walking logs and incentives, heart rate monitors, Poe Center field trips, cafeteria contests, newsletter nutrition and fitness info, health fair, walking club, staff trainings Overall Cost/Term: $450,000/August 2006-July 2010 (individual grants, July 2007-June 2010)