Pioneering Healthier Communities – Marion (PHC Marion) recently launched a public awareness campaign regarding childhood obesity and how the Marion community can work together to ensure Marion’s youth grow up to be healthy adults. The focus of this campaign is acknowledging that one in three Marion County fifth graders is obese as measured by body […]
Healthier Activity
Being physically active in your daily life is a key ingredient to a healthy weight and overall health. We need both aerobic and muscle strengthening activities.
Summer Food Program – Free Lunches and More for Area Kids
A bite of a turkey sandwich, and 4-year-old Seth Breece was ready for a game of hide-and-seek with the new friend he met during the Ohio Summer Food Service Program at Garfield Park. Before he announced to his fellow game-player, “I’m Batman!” the son of Miranda Breece revealed that his favorite part of the program, […]