Healthy Kids micro grant for Gainesville Middle School
Gainesville Middle School is one of seven public schools in Northern Virginia to receive a Healthy Kids grant from The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia. Grants up to $2,000 for the 2020-21 school year were awarded to support programs that promote healthy lifestyles through increased exercise and physical activity or healthy nutrition.
Gainesville Middle School received a $1,000 grant for a project to increase the physical activity in classes that are socially distanced for 6-8 grades. Plans include purchasing additional sports equipment to support socially distance sports for students.
The programs were chosen through a competitive grant application process and made possible by the Chin Family Charitable Fund and the J.O.Y. Fund.
“These microgrants will go a long way in supporting innovative ideas from individual teachers in our public-school system,” said Eileen Ellsworth, President and CEO at the Community Foundation for Northern Virginia.
The 2020-2021 school year is the tenth annual Healthy Kids Grants cycle. To-date, The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia has awarded nearly $150,000 in Healthy Kids grants.
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