The Health Education Council is dedicated to providing access, education, advocacy, and training to empower individuals towards a healthy life.
Recent News
Happy New Year! 2012 is the year of good health! In honor of January being Family Fit Lifestyle month, donate to the Health Education Council and in return we will send you, your employees, co-workers, or clients a crate of fruit from the Fruit Guys! Here's how it works: If you donate $75 to the Health Education Council you'll receive their STAPLE crate of fruit, which includes a basic mix of bananas, apples, and citrus. You can either choose to receive your Crate at home, at your business, or send it as a gift to someone else. If you donate $100 to HEC, you will receive two crates. For $500 you can send out 10 of these crates to your friends, colleagues, and clients! *The FruitGuys provides fresh seasonal fruit from local farms, when available, to thousands of American homes, schools, and businesses nationwide. Just click on this link: Fruit Guys Gift .Please put in the comments page the name, business name, and address of the recipient.
You can also call us at (916) 556-3344 or send an email: dkasama@healthedcouncil.org
On October 20, 2011 the Health Education Council celebrated 20 years of success! Read the story here.
Led by the Health Education Council, the Valley Hi neighborhood in South Sacramento will receive a $1 million grant from Kaiser Permanente. The grant is part of Kaiser's new three-year, $10 million Healthy Eating Active Living (HEAL) zone initiative. Read more!
Saturday July 24th was Community Health Day at Oak Park Market on 12th Avenue in Oak Park. The event, sponsored by the market, the Health Education Council, and the American Heart Association featured demonstrations of healthy cooking, dance and other activities, as well as information booths on high blood pressure, diabetes and stroke and free health screenings. Read the full story!
Yemanya Napue of the Health Education Council and Network for a Healthy California-African American Campaign served healthy fruits and vegetables.
First Lady Obama To Eat Alice Waters Healthy Meal In CA: HEAL program Chair member and filmaker, Robert Lee Grant had the opportunity to attend a breakfast with First Lady Michelle Obama this June. At the event in Oakland two central characters of his multi-award winning documentary film, Nourishing The Kids Of Katrina - The Edible Schoolyard, met over a meal that renown chef Alice Waters, a longtime champion of eating local organic foods, prepared for First Lady Michelle Obama, who is leading a national healthy eating campaign.
A film about kids learning to eat healthy through an "edible schoolyard", it has been screened as a statement of influence in many public schools and the national public health community.
Information about the film and a trailer is available at www.NourishingTheKids.com. A copy of the film is available to media outlets upon request.
Robert Lee Grant Filmmaker P.O. Box 189444 Sacramento, CA 95818 www.NourishingTheKids.com
