• BHC Counselor:
• Students
  Third grade:
  Jonnathan Almonte, Benita Campos, Julio Carreto, Marlon Colon, Carolay Cruz, Yarvis Cruz, Tatyana Davis, Emily Falcon, Hilda Fuentes, Phanida Jittasanee, Bryan Martinez, Janelle McNeil, Christian Montan, Thi Nguyen, Lissari Rivas, Jovany Sierra, Jose Luis Tapia, Nahyomi Tejeda, Rosnedy Vargas, Jonathan Heredia,
  Fourth grade:
  Kelvin Ayala, Vlora Bajrushi, Alexander Barina, Scarlette de Leon, Efrain Doval, Data Durden, Mahmoud Fadika, Dung Ja, Edwin Henriquez, Riordan Hernandez, Herlene Jorge, Harington Perez, Phanor Ramirez, Timothy Ramirez, Kiara Romero, Jaebien Rosario, Emerson Salgado, Michael Soler, Nalonja Spearman-Cherry, Lizette Torres, Justin Valentin, Veronica Yann
  

• School Name:P.S. 246
• CBO/Program Name:Good Shepherd Services
• Location:Bronx, New York
• Grades:Third grade and Fourth grade

How was your year?
This year with Building Healthy Communities involved actively engaging the students in thinking critically about what they put in their bodies and how it affects their health. The staff highlighted nutrition as their focus as well as expressing a need to serve and better the community. The fourth graders spent a day outside in the neighborhood surveying people in their community about what they think the community needs are. We also took part in the Global Youth Service Day with BHC at Jackie Robinson Park. My staff took advantage of the PASE Children Nutrition workshop training in order to develop their own knowledge of this area. Our final project was titled Street Fighters: Fighting for A Healthy Life. The idea behind this event is that it would be a day to promote exercise and healthy eating for all participants. There were seven different games happening throughout the day: Flag football, Relay Races, Obstacle Course, Volleyball, Water Toss, Kickball, and Softball. Each game promoted team building and group cooperation. At the food stations students made fruit cups (watermelons, honeydew, grapes, and cherries), monkeysicles (bananas, cherrios and peanut butter), trail mix (popcorn, pretzels, chex mix) and pear wheels (pears and low fat cream cheese). A total of 86 children attended from 2nd-6th grades. The day was a huge success!

Community Partners
Corinna Morales, Program Director Benjamin Ramos, Assistant Site Coordinator

Special Thanks
Good Shepherd Services Bronx Community Programs for providing tables for our Street Fighters: Fighting for a Healthy Life event! Edward Torres for driving the supplies (tables, food, etc) to and from the Street Fighters: Fighting for a Healthy Life event!