ING U.S. today announced that it has awarded 59 schools from 26 states across the U.S. with up to $2,500 grants to help students combat childhood obesity by getting them more active through school-based running programs. Through its ING Run For Something Better(R) School Awards Program, retirement, investment and insurance leader ING U.S., in partnership with the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD), is helping to introduce kindergarten through eighth-grade students across the country to the benefits of running and making healthy lifestyle choices.
The chosen schools will receive up to $2,500 in funding to support a minimum of an eight-week running program that will conclude with a culminating running event in celebration of the students’ achievements.
Below is a partial list of winners.
School City State -------------------------------------------- ------------------ ----- Tuscaloosa Magnet School Tuscaloosa AL -------------------------------------------- ------------------ ----- Bluff Park Elementary School Hoover AL -------------------------------------------- ------------------ ----- AEA Middle School San Diego CA -------------------------------------------- ------------------ ----- Oak Knoll Elementary School Menlo Park CA -------------------------------------------- ------------------ ----- Loma Vista Middle School Riverside CA -------------------------------------------- ------------------ ----- Conejo Elementary School Thousand Oaks CA -------------------------------------------- ------------------ ----- Etna Elementary School Etna CA -------------------------------------------- ------------------ ----- Canfield Avenue Elementary School Los Angeles CA -------------------------------------------- ------------------ ----- Foothill Oak Elementary School Vista CA -------------------------------------------- ------------------ ----- Trailblazers Academy Stamford CT -------------------------------------------- ------------------ ----- Forbes School Torrington CT -------------------------------------------- ------------------ ----- Partin Settlement Elementary School Kissimmee FL -------------------------------------------- ------------------ ----- Kea'au Elementary School Kea'au HI -------------------------------------------- ------------------ ----- Fern Elementary School Honolulu HI -------------------------------------------- ------------------ ----- Kinsey Elementary School Sioux Center IA -------------------------------------------- ------------------ ----- Moscow Middle School Moscow ID -------------------------------------------- ------------------ ----- Talman Elementary School Chicago IL -------------------------------------------- ------------------ ----- Pecatonica Elementary School Pecatonica IL -------------------------------------------- ------------------ ----- Tabernacle Christian Academy Chicago IL -------------------------------------------- ------------------ ----- SUPER School at Frederick Douglass School 19 Indianapolis IN -------------------------------------------- ------------------ ----- South Haven Elementary School Valparaiso IN
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