— Participating Educators Receive Access to Standards-Aligned Lesson Plans and Can Apply to Receive Up to $240,000 in Grants and Prizes to Empower Students to Establish Healthy Habits for Life —
— In Support of Active Duty Military, One Grand Prize Giveaway Will Be Awarded to a School Serving the Military Community —
“Silver Spring, Md. (September 7, 2016) – The Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation, a broad-based not-for-profit organization whose mission is to help reduce childhood obesity, and Discovery Education, the leading provider of digital content and professional development for K-12 classrooms, announced today the back-to-school launch of the Together Counts™ program for the 2016-2017 school year. Established in 2010, the Together Counts program is a comprehensive health and wellness initiative designed to encourage students, educators and families to live healthy lifestyles. Since the program’s launch, a total of more than $1.6M has been awarded to deserving schools across the country.
Available at no cost, the program offers educators and students nationwide standards-based curriculum, as well as the chance to win cash grants and equipment for their schools. Updated in 2016 to address overall wellness, lesson plans tailored to Pre-K, K-2 and 3-5 teach goal-planning skills and strategies for developing lifelong resilience. All lesson plans, family resources and incentive programs can be found at https://www.togethercounts.com/; follow @TogetherCounts on Twitter and Facebook.”
To read the full release and learn more about Playworld’s participation in the Health Playground Makeover Sweepstakes, click here.
