About Us Projects & Research Publications Policies News Donations Contact Us Home
Institute of Community Health banner
Projects

  *  Healthy Weight
  *  Physical Activity Promotion
  *  Child Mental Health in Cambridge
  *  Child Mental Health in Somerville
  *  Growing Healthy
  *  Healthy Children Task Force
  *  Service Learning Opportunities
  *  Healthy Tomorrows
  *  BRFSS Project
  *  Integrated Health Care

Growing Healthy
Timeline of Activities

Spring/Summer 2003

  • Baseline data collection
  • Food service staff training
  • Gardening at schools with existing gardens and planning/development of gardens at other schools

School year 2003-2004

  • Weekly Growing Healthy menu in Somerville
  • Recipe development for food service
  • Gardening at intervention schools
  • Monthly taste-testing of fruit and vegetable of month
  • Follow-up data collection
  • Continuation of food service and gardening components

Summer/Fall 2004

  • Focus on sustainability of Growing Healthy in intervention schools
  • Efforts to expand Growing Healthy to additional Cambridge and Somerville schools

Back to Growing Healthy

Cambridge Health Alliance
Mt. Auburn Hospital
Partners Healthcare
About Us  Projects  Publications  Policies  News  Donations  Contact Us  Home