According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, two of the leading preventable causes of premature death and disability in the U.S. are obesity and tobacco use. The Association of American Indian Physicians (AAIP) is a national non-profit organization that supports communities who are putting obesity prevention to work. Hoonah City School applied for the AAIP Healthy Active Native Communities Grant that was created to fund 10 lucky communities in implementing healthy, sustainable, obesity prevention strategies. The AAIP received over 130 applications and of 10 grants awarded, Hoonah’s School Garden project was chosen!
In the upcoming weeks I will be keeping a garden log on my blog. Gardening is a trial and error process so keeping track of information, dates, failures, and successes will be useful in the future and possibly inspire other classes to start growing vegetables of their own!
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