The Foundation's
CEO/President, Melissa Hanson, signed on to be a beta tester for
Microsoft's Office 2010 software. Microsoft liked her work so much that
they invited her to tell her story for the media. Here are some of the
links to those works:
Recreation Management Magazine looks at the great work being done by afterschool programs, and how the Wise Kids programs help them.
Recreation Magazine
published an article by Foundation CEO/President Melissa Hanson on the
power of just a small amount of education in helping a child develop a
healthy lifestyle.
NRPA's
blog provided us the opportunity to talk in detail about our Wise Kids Outdoors
program and why getting kids outdoors is so important.
Shape Up the Nation
discusses the need for fitness and nutrition education and names the
Foundation as a recommended source.
Milwaukee Recreation was one of the recipients of the 200 NRPA grant
program. The Wise Kids program proved so successful there that
subsequent funding was granted from Northwestern Mutual Life to expand
the program to eight centers in 2010. The Milwaukee
Courier reports on the fantastic work being done in Milwaukee.
As part of the NRPA/NRF grant program in the summer of 2009, the
community of San Juan Island, WA, received funding to run the Wise Kids
Outdoors program. Read about their success with the program in the Island
Guardian.
The Wise Kids® Outdoors program was run in the summer of 2009 in Corpus Christi, TX. The January 2010 issue of Recreation Management magazine profiled the program and the city. Read about the exciting progress made by Corpus Christi's program in conjunction with the Säjai® Foundation. It's wonderful to see such enthusiastic participation and exciting progress!
