• BHC Counselor:Vanessa Maldonado, Marvin Mendosa and Jacqueline Rodriguez
• Students:Adina Belenko, Tomas Devalle, Emely Orozco, Cathy Robles, Alberto Sanchez, Luis Vivas, Anthony Vodopyanov, Tymiq Williams, Kevin Augustine, Dudona Rohmatova, Julian Cortina, Andre Figueroa, Deysi Rojas, David Vivas, Marlena Watorek, Rebekah Alegria, Niso K, Gariel Mandel, Shahronn Akram

• School Name:P.S. 225
• CBO/Program Name: Shorefront YM-YWHA
• Location:Brooklyn, New York
• Grades:5th – 8th

How was your year?

The students were engaged in fun engaging games that tested their knowledge of what they have learned in the BHC classes.  One example is an obstacle course relay race where at the end the students have to pick up a puzzle piece that is faced down.  Once they pick up the piece they have to attach it under the category in which it belongs.  Thurs they need to identify if it is a protein, vegetable or carbohydrate.

The students learned how to make healthy food choices, how to read labels, and understand what and how calories affect your weight.  Each week they prepared meals and learned how to substitute some of the ingredients to make them healthy.  For example, if the recipe called for mozzarella cheese they substituted it with part skim milk.  The participants in BHC had a great time learning how to convert their ethnic dishes into more healthy ones.  They created a cookbook and included creative drawings of foods in an artistic form.  At our culminating event this year the BHC program component had a display with information and pictures.  Al of the invited guests were treated to a berry smoothie.  We had 500 persons in attendance.  It has been a great year and we look forward to next years BHC class!
Special Thanks
We would like to thank BHC funders for providing us with such a fun interactive, engaging program.