Meet 2015 TX CATCH Champions Niselda De Leon and Julio Araiza
November 24, 2015 | By CATCH Global Foundation
As we mentioned last week, on December 3, we will be honoring some special CATCH Champions at the Texas Asssociation for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (TAHPERD) conference. Each week between now and then we will be profiling two […]
Read MoreMeet a CATCH Champion: Melissa Opsahl
November 19, 2015 | By CATCH Global Foundation
Tell me what attracted you to your job at YMCA. When I started working at the Y, honestly, it was just a part time job where I could bring my son with me. As things moved on, as I started […]
Read MoreMeet a CATCH Champion: Kim Duchene
November 5, 2015 | By CATCH Global Foundation
Tell me about your background. How did you end up at the YMCA? KIM: I’m the youth development director for the downtown Detroit Y. I worked at our summer camp – Camp Ohiyesa – and that’s how I got into […]
Read MoreCatch Program Highlighted in the Akron Musical Video
October 30, 2015 | By CATCH Global Foundation
Our friends at the Akron Area YMCA have shared with us this great musical video highlighting what they’ve learned from their CATCH program! Go, Slow, and Whoa foods, active playing, and more! Learn how they’ve involved AmeriCorps in their after-school program […]
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 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 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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