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One for Health's advancements, events, and outreach have been covered by several local media outlets. Below you'll find links to these stories. Take a look and learn more about who we are and what we do from our community's perspective!
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Press Releases
Updates on One for Health's initiatives, programs and efforts throughout the years can be found below. For additional information on any of the press releases seen below, or current undertakings, see our media contact section.
Press Release: September 2021 - Santa Monica, CA Boys & Girls Club Programs
We are pleased to announce the beginning of our BestSelf4Kids Program in conjunction with the Boys and Girls Club at the beginning of the school year in Santa Monica, CA. Led by Rana Kirkland, we are off to a great start at this creative and developmentally aggressive club.
After our first session, we heard this comment from a number of the students in attendance: "This is the best program that the Boys and Girls Club has ever had!"
We are pleased to announce the beginning of our BestSelf4Kids Program in conjunction with the Boys and Girls Club at the beginning of the school year in Santa Monica, CA. Led by Rana Kirkland, we are off to a great start at this creative and developmentally aggressive club.
After our first session, we heard this comment from a number of the students in attendance: "This is the best program that the Boys and Girls Club has ever had!"
Announcement: August 2021 – Rodman Ride for Kids Registration Is Open!
The 2020 Rodman Ride for Kids went virtual for the first time in Ride history and raised $3 million with 1500 participants. This year's ride will continue to build off the momentum from last year's successful virtual ride, while also offering an in-person ride option for no more than 500 participants.
Once again, One for Health and T.R. Miller are proud to be asked to participate as a partnering organization (Affiliated Charities - Rodman for Kids) and look forward to helping the Rodman Ride for Kids achieve its goals.
In the coming weeks, we will be providing more details on how you can help, contribute and/or participate to this annual exciting and beneficial program.
The 2020 Rodman Ride for Kids went virtual for the first time in Ride history and raised $3 million with 1500 participants. This year's ride will continue to build off the momentum from last year's successful virtual ride, while also offering an in-person ride option for no more than 500 participants.
Once again, One for Health and T.R. Miller are proud to be asked to participate as a partnering organization (Affiliated Charities - Rodman for Kids) and look forward to helping the Rodman Ride for Kids achieve its goals.
In the coming weeks, we will be providing more details on how you can help, contribute and/or participate to this annual exciting and beneficial program.
Press Release: November 2020 - BS4K Covid Program Alert
Consistent with our desire to meet the needs of underserved youth through-out the country, we are pleased to update you all on the progress we have made in helping Boys & Girls Clubs, particularly given the COVID situation and its many constraints relating to group activity.
One for Health (OFH) has been actively engaged with over 30 clubs in ten states the past few years. During the last six months we have transformed our wellness programs to fit the new needs of the clubs (adding online programs, using Zoom, employing hybrid models). Perhaps even more importantly, we have also added a critical new program to help kids get proper nutrition during and after the COVID pandemic.
We completed pilots of a new hybrid program model (combining onsite instruction, online videos, and Zoom) with eight clubs last Spring in Washington, D.C., which was extremely well-received We are doing the same this Fall with seven clubs in the Salt Lake City area. The program involves a combination of nutrition instruction, yoga, a special cooking series, and the distribution of emergency supplemental nutrition in the form of bars and shakes to kids.
Since the COVID situation arose, we have supplied over 40,000 meal replacements and nutritious shakes, along with the wellness programs the kids say they love. Everything has been done with no cost to the clubs.
Consistent with our desire to meet the needs of underserved youth through-out the country, we are pleased to update you all on the progress we have made in helping Boys & Girls Clubs, particularly given the COVID situation and its many constraints relating to group activity.
One for Health (OFH) has been actively engaged with over 30 clubs in ten states the past few years. During the last six months we have transformed our wellness programs to fit the new needs of the clubs (adding online programs, using Zoom, employing hybrid models). Perhaps even more importantly, we have also added a critical new program to help kids get proper nutrition during and after the COVID pandemic.
We completed pilots of a new hybrid program model (combining onsite instruction, online videos, and Zoom) with eight clubs last Spring in Washington, D.C., which was extremely well-received We are doing the same this Fall with seven clubs in the Salt Lake City area. The program involves a combination of nutrition instruction, yoga, a special cooking series, and the distribution of emergency supplemental nutrition in the form of bars and shakes to kids.
Since the COVID situation arose, we have supplied over 40,000 meal replacements and nutritious shakes, along with the wellness programs the kids say they love. Everything has been done with no cost to the clubs.
Press Release: August 2020 - Program Update
We continue to remain flexible and expand on our mission of ensuring the needs of kids in the United States are met. Social distancing, job loss and mask wearing are not the only changes we're seeing on the front line. COVID-related economic impacts are devastating our most vulnerable populations in our country and throughout the world. The Brookings Institution, The COVID Impact Survey, and The Hamilton Project/Future of the Middle Class Initiative Survey of Mothers with Young Children (based on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) food security questionnaire) all reported staggering statistics. The Hamilton Project's work showed that 40.9 percent of mothers with children ages 12 and under reported household food insecurity since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, as compared with 15.1 in a 2018 survey. Food insecurity for children under 12 is an escalating crisis with no end in sight.
We are responding to this shocking reality with a new pilot proposal focused on nutrition distribution, which is qualitatively different than food distribution. Our efforts will focus on organic, clean, whole food and nutrition support because there are plenty of pantries in local communities where vulnerable families can pick up a bag of grocery staples to stave off hunger for a short period. OFH aims to fill in the nutrition gaps inherent in this method by supplementing with premium nutrition.
We also added on-demand video cooking classes, which are being used by Boys and Girls Clubs amid this pandemic. They can also be viewed at home, giving parents and children a fun activity in preparing easy, healthy snacks and meals together. The reports we are getting back is that the children ask daily, “Is the cooking class on today?” We get very excited about that kind of feedback! This class will run for 6 weeks.
Like any non-profit, grant funding and donations keep our programs going. Please consider a donation today, and thanks for stopping by!
We continue to remain flexible and expand on our mission of ensuring the needs of kids in the United States are met. Social distancing, job loss and mask wearing are not the only changes we're seeing on the front line. COVID-related economic impacts are devastating our most vulnerable populations in our country and throughout the world. The Brookings Institution, The COVID Impact Survey, and The Hamilton Project/Future of the Middle Class Initiative Survey of Mothers with Young Children (based on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) food security questionnaire) all reported staggering statistics. The Hamilton Project's work showed that 40.9 percent of mothers with children ages 12 and under reported household food insecurity since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, as compared with 15.1 in a 2018 survey. Food insecurity for children under 12 is an escalating crisis with no end in sight.
We are responding to this shocking reality with a new pilot proposal focused on nutrition distribution, which is qualitatively different than food distribution. Our efforts will focus on organic, clean, whole food and nutrition support because there are plenty of pantries in local communities where vulnerable families can pick up a bag of grocery staples to stave off hunger for a short period. OFH aims to fill in the nutrition gaps inherent in this method by supplementing with premium nutrition.
We also added on-demand video cooking classes, which are being used by Boys and Girls Clubs amid this pandemic. They can also be viewed at home, giving parents and children a fun activity in preparing easy, healthy snacks and meals together. The reports we are getting back is that the children ask daily, “Is the cooking class on today?” We get very excited about that kind of feedback! This class will run for 6 weeks.
Like any non-profit, grant funding and donations keep our programs going. Please consider a donation today, and thanks for stopping by!
Press Release: July 2020 - Expanding the Mission and Building on the Vision
During this hectic summer with COVID-19, OFH has continued to make inroads bringing its successful and innovative "BestSelf4Kids" program to Boys and Girls Clubs throughout the U.S. and become an active participant in over 100 after-school programs. We invite you to learn more about our continuing focus on teaching and improving the nutrition and health awareness of underserved children in the U.S.. We need your help to keep up the good work for these kids! Please take a moment to watch our short video and learn more about the specifics of our BestSelf4Kids program: https://www.oneforhealth.org/bestself4kids.html
During this hectic summer with COVID-19, OFH has continued to make inroads bringing its successful and innovative "BestSelf4Kids" program to Boys and Girls Clubs throughout the U.S. and become an active participant in over 100 after-school programs. We invite you to learn more about our continuing focus on teaching and improving the nutrition and health awareness of underserved children in the U.S.. We need your help to keep up the good work for these kids! Please take a moment to watch our short video and learn more about the specifics of our BestSelf4Kids program: https://www.oneforhealth.org/bestself4kids.html
Press Release: May 2020 – First Quarter Update
One For Health is proud to be a part of a nationwide COVID-19 rapid response team. To date, we have partnered with Boys and Girls Clubs in eight states across the nation delivering healthy lifestyle programs and education funded by a grant from the ISA Foundation. The following outlines some of the strategies we have implemented to deal with the impacts of COVID-19 on our partners:
The global pandemic has disconnected our nation’s most vulnerable kids from vitally important nutrition support while sheltering in place. Many of these children's families are unemployed or living paycheck to paycheck, and have little to no resources during this health crisis. As a part of our rapid response, we have distributed 21,000 nutritious kids smoothies across the nation to members of our Boys and Girls Club partners, in addition to other nonprofits serving children. This nutrition support was generously provided by Isagenix and the ISA Foundation
In addition, we have been working together with BGC staff in Greater Washington to launch a virtual BestSelf4Kids Yoga and dance live streaming program, as well as on demand videos of youth-focused yoga.
As of April 21st, our Arizona Club partners have delivered on demand yoga instruction to 120 children ages seven to 14 years old! We continue to find new ways to produce quality on demand videos and live streaming to meet the challenges and needs of these kids at this difficult time.
One For Health is proud to be a part of a nationwide COVID-19 rapid response team. To date, we have partnered with Boys and Girls Clubs in eight states across the nation delivering healthy lifestyle programs and education funded by a grant from the ISA Foundation. The following outlines some of the strategies we have implemented to deal with the impacts of COVID-19 on our partners:
The global pandemic has disconnected our nation’s most vulnerable kids from vitally important nutrition support while sheltering in place. Many of these children's families are unemployed or living paycheck to paycheck, and have little to no resources during this health crisis. As a part of our rapid response, we have distributed 21,000 nutritious kids smoothies across the nation to members of our Boys and Girls Club partners, in addition to other nonprofits serving children. This nutrition support was generously provided by Isagenix and the ISA Foundation
In addition, we have been working together with BGC staff in Greater Washington to launch a virtual BestSelf4Kids Yoga and dance live streaming program, as well as on demand videos of youth-focused yoga.
As of April 21st, our Arizona Club partners have delivered on demand yoga instruction to 120 children ages seven to 14 years old! We continue to find new ways to produce quality on demand videos and live streaming to meet the challenges and needs of these kids at this difficult time.
Activity Update: January 2020
Happy New Year Everyone! This year is planned to be OFH’s largest expansion yet. We are very excited and will keep you updated as to our progress. Our sincerest thanks to all for your support!
One for Health Foundation has just been selected as an Isa(Isagenix) Foundation follow-on grant recipient for funds and products totaling $100,000. The funds will be applied toward expanding the OFH BestSelf4Kids Program and supporting OFH's work as a partner with Boys & Girls Clubs in eight states and growing!
OFH also successfully completed a $25,000 fundraising effort in association with the Boston-area Rodman Ride for Kids event. The Rodman Ride for Kids fundraiser is by invitation only and is the largest single-day fundraiser for children of need in the U.S..
Finally, welcome German! German Lam of Glam Foods has joined OFH as a member of the Advisory Board. German is the author of the book The Dragon Turns to Water. He worked at the Chatham Bars Inn and Harvard Club of Boston prior to becoming Master Chef at the Ritz Carlton. German is a cancer survivor and founder of not only Glam Foods, but also a wellness and lifestyle consultancy. He is also an instructor for One for Health’s BestSelf4Kids program. We are very pleased to have German join our team of creative and innovative professionals.
Happy New Year Everyone! This year is planned to be OFH’s largest expansion yet. We are very excited and will keep you updated as to our progress. Our sincerest thanks to all for your support!
One for Health Foundation has just been selected as an Isa(Isagenix) Foundation follow-on grant recipient for funds and products totaling $100,000. The funds will be applied toward expanding the OFH BestSelf4Kids Program and supporting OFH's work as a partner with Boys & Girls Clubs in eight states and growing!
OFH also successfully completed a $25,000 fundraising effort in association with the Boston-area Rodman Ride for Kids event. The Rodman Ride for Kids fundraiser is by invitation only and is the largest single-day fundraiser for children of need in the U.S..
Finally, welcome German! German Lam of Glam Foods has joined OFH as a member of the Advisory Board. German is the author of the book The Dragon Turns to Water. He worked at the Chatham Bars Inn and Harvard Club of Boston prior to becoming Master Chef at the Ritz Carlton. German is a cancer survivor and founder of not only Glam Foods, but also a wellness and lifestyle consultancy. He is also an instructor for One for Health’s BestSelf4Kids program. We are very pleased to have German join our team of creative and innovative professionals.
Press Release: January 2019
One for Health is pleased to announce that they have been designated as a $100,000 grant recipient from Isagenix in their first annual Legacy Foundation Grant Program. With this grant, OFH expects to expand their successful "BestSelf4Kids" pilot programs in Washington State, California, Florida, Utah and Massachusetts in 2019. Under the direction of Judy Froehlich, the programs are being implement through the national Boys & Girls Club network as well as select school districts. To learn more about this program model, the grant, and to get details on bringing the "BestSelf4Kids" pilot to your own community, click here: http://bit.ly/2Ing91T
One for Health is pleased to announce that they have been designated as a $100,000 grant recipient from Isagenix in their first annual Legacy Foundation Grant Program. With this grant, OFH expects to expand their successful "BestSelf4Kids" pilot programs in Washington State, California, Florida, Utah and Massachusetts in 2019. Under the direction of Judy Froehlich, the programs are being implement through the national Boys & Girls Club network as well as select school districts. To learn more about this program model, the grant, and to get details on bringing the "BestSelf4Kids" pilot to your own community, click here: http://bit.ly/2Ing91T
Media Contacts
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