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Congratulations to our 2015 CATCH Living Legacy, Pam Tevis!
November 30, 2015  | By CATCH Global Foundation

For the past three weeks, we have brought you information on our Texas 2015 CATCH Champions, who CATCH will be honoring at the Texas Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance Conference next week in Dallas. Today, we present […]

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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 […]

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Meet 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 […]

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Meet 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 […]

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Catch 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 […]

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CATCH 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 […]

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CATCH 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 […]

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CATCH 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, […]

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CATCH 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 […]

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El 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 […]

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