Detroit YMCAS to Implement CATCH Kids Club – After School Program Curriculum
October 13, 2015 | By CATCH Global Foundation
Project brings scientifically proven physical activity and nutrition education to 1,200 children in an area where youth overweight and obesity are 39% higher than the rest of the country. The YMCA of Metropolitan Detroit today announced that it will collaborate […]
Read MoreBig Summer of Trainings with CATCH!
September 30, 2015 | By CATCH Global Foundation
As we say goodbye to summer, CATCH wants to celebrate one of our most successful training seasons to date! In order to get communities ready for the 2015-2016 school year, we did 40 summertime trainings in 17 states (Utah, New York, California, […]
Read MoreCATCH Family Fun Nights
September 28, 2015 | By CATCH Global Foundation
School is back in session, and you might be looking for the best way to engage parents and community in CATCH’s message. CATCH Family Fun nights are a part of our curriculum, and schools are constantly finding new, fun, innovative […]
Read MoreCATCH in Ecuador!
September 17, 2015 | By CATCH Global Foundation
The week of September 7th, a team consisting of CATCH Global Foundation Executive Director Duncan Van Dusen, Program Director Peter Cribb, and CATCH researcher/eloquent speaker of Spanish Dr. Andrew Springer traveled to Cuenca, Ecuador to implement our first full Spanish […]
Read MoreRay and the Sunbeatables™ Summer Wrap Up
September 17, 2015 | By CATCH Global Foundation
With the summer coming to a close, the initial roll-out of the Sunbeatables™ program is coming to an end, but that doesn’t mean sun protection stops! Ray and the Sunbeatables™: A Sun Safety Curriculum for Preschoolers debuted this summer for preschoolers […]
Read MoreCATCH in action in El Paso schools!
September 8, 2015 | By CATCH Global Foundation
El Paso, TX’s ABC-7 visited Ysleta ISD’s Cadwallader Elementary School this week, where teachers were utilizing CATCH games as part of their new district-wide CATCH implementation in partnership with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas. Below is video from the school, […]
Read MoreCATCH in Charlottesville, VA: Healthwise Report
August 27, 2015 | By CATCH Global Foundation
The Promise Neighborhood Initiative in Charlottesville, Virginia intends to improve educational and developmental outcomes of children in underserved neighborhoods. This program recently adopted CATCH to keep kids healthy, and community members are enthusiastic about training, and about maintaining the program. Check […]
Read MoreEl Paso Welcomes CATCH: See us on KFOX and Univision
August 21, 2015 | By CATCH Global Foundation
CATCH Global Foundation kicked off a partnership with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas to bring the CATCH program to 14 schools in Ysleta ISD. Below is video from both the English and Spanish news stations in El Paso, with […]
Read MoreHelping preschoolers deploy ‘superpowers’ against sunburn
August 13, 2015 | By CATCH Global Foundation
Below is an excerpt from a story published by The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. The full story can be viewed on MD Anderson’s website. Five globe-trotting, sun-blocking superheroes teach preschoolers about lifelong sun safety in a new curriculum […]
Read MoreCATCH to impact lives in Ysleta ISD
August 13, 2015 | By CATCH Global Foundation
Austin, TX (8/6/15) The CATCH Global Foundation is proud to announce a partnership with 14 Ysleta ISD elementary schools in El Paso, Texas to deploy the highly effective, evidence-based CATCH (Coordinated Approach To Child Health) program during the coming school […]
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