Youth fitness grants available.The General Mills  This article or section may contain a proseline.Please help [ convert this timeline] into prose or, if necessary, a . Youth Nutrition and Fitness Champions Grants are available to nonprofit A corporation or an association that conducts business for the benefit of the general public without shareholders and without a profit motive. Nonprofits are also called not-for-profit corporations. Nonprofit corporations are created according to state law. , community-based groups that develop creative ways to help young people improve their eating and physical activity patterns. Fifty grants of $10,000 each will be awarded in the spring of 2004. Proposal applications must be received by Feb. 2, 2004. The 50 grants are part of the General Mills Champions Program, a joint initiative among The American Dietetic Association The American Dietetic Association (ADA) is the United States' largest organization of food and nutrition professionals, with nearly 65,000 members. Approximately 75 % of ADA's members are registered dietitians and about 4 % are dietetic technicians, registered. Foundation, The General Mills Foundation and the President's Challenge to improve youth nutrition and fitness across the U.S. The goal of the grants is to support organizations that work with their communities to encourage young people, ages 2-20, to improve their eating and physical activity patterns. Grants will be awarded to nonprofit organizations Nonprofit Organization An association that is given tax-free status. Donations to a non-profit organization are often tax deductible as well. Notes: Examples of non-profit organizations are charities, hospitals and schools. for innovative programs that demonstrate the greatest need and likelihood of sustainable impact on young people's nutrition and activity levels. Grant proposals should include at least one physical activity behavioral behavioral pertaining to behavior. behavioral disorders see vice. behavioral seizure see psychomotor seizure. objective and at least one nutrition behavioral objective. For more detailed information regarding the General Mills Youth and Fitness Champions Grants, grant applications, background and resource information, see www.general mills.com/foundation. |
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