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Cooking with C.H.O.I.C.E.S. family workshops are a series of free three-week workshops offered at the C.H.O.I.C.E.S Community Teaching Kitchen in northeast Atlanta that teach young people and their families how to prepare nutritious meals at home. The workshops provide families with strategies to stretch their limited food budgets through effective advance meal planning and smart shopping at farmers markets and grocery stores. The program also engages parents and other caregivers in addressing their own health and chronic disease issues through healthy eating choices.
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nd Place ($50,000): Miami, Mayor Francis Suarez
Six Cities Share $745,000 In Grants Through The 2021 Childhood Obesity Prevention and Environmental Health and Sustainability Awards
Partnership Invests $4.3 million overall in Mayors and Cities since 2012
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The United States Conference of Mayors (USCM) and the American Beverage Foundation for a Healthy America (ABFHA) announced today $745,000 in grants to nine U.S. cities that are the winners of the 2021 Childhood Obesity Prevention and Environmental Health and Sustainability Awards. The grants, which were awarded during USCM s 89
th Winter Meeting, go to mayors who initiate exceptional programs to enhance health, wellness and environmental quality of life in American cities in ways that help children and families thrive.