Wayne County Health Coalition Inc

“Description AmountDAAD EXPENSES 9,245KIDS NOW EXPENSE 61,360PIPC EXPENSE 54WAYNE CO HEALTH EXPENSE 1,090BACKPACK EXPENSE 8,178”

“The backpack program provides food to school aged children. The food is sent home each friday in a backpack to assist in meeting nutritional needs throughout the weekend. This program benefits approx 180 children. The growing healthy kids coalition focuses on the overall health of local youth. The coalition has raised funding to purchase the hopsports training system which allows young people to enjoy a state of the art physical education program when used under the direction of their pe teacher. They are also working toward a 5 mile hiking / biking trail in the local park. This program has benefited every child in the school systems who have pe classes. The yen (youth empowerment network) program is a group of local people who are interested in empowering the young people in wayne county to become successful during the adolescent and teen years. Numerous young people benefit from this program. The wayne county health councils goals are to assess the community health needs, communicate the findings, locate partners to help address the needs and gaps in health services for wayne county. This program will benefit many people in the community. Wayne county feeding the hungry is a community group that reaches out to those in need of hot meals through the soup kitchen. Elf (english literacy) is a group that assists with teaching english as a second language to adults.”