REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
COORDINATED SCHOOL HEALTH MODEL
DUE DATE: 12:00 Noon, Friday, June 6, 2008
Over the past three decades, the prevalence of overweight among children
has more than doubled for those children ages 2-5 and
adolescents ages 12-19, and has more than tripled for
children 6-11 years of age. Overweight children and youth have a very high
probability of becoming overweight adults. This places them on a fast
track towards prematurely developing chronic diseases
of old age such as heart disease and type 2 diabetes,
as well as, increased rates of loneliness, depression, being teased or bullied,
smoking and alcohol consumption.
The Welborn Baptist Foundation, Inc. (WBF, Inc.) recognizes that schools are
uniquely positioned to influence the development of
lifelong healthy habits and to help prevent overweight
and obesity in children thus aiding in the prevention of chronic health
diseases. To this end, the WBF, Inc. would like to announce their support
of a new program to back schools’ efforts along those
lines.
To view the complete request
for proposal document, please click here to download in
PDF format.
If you have questions, please contact
Rhonda Meade, at
rmeade@welbornfdn.org or by phone at Welborn Baptist Foundation,
Inc. 812-437-8260 (cell: 812-746-6792)