The iaedp™ Foundation - Tucson Chapter has provided financial support to educational, research and other outreach opportunities that raise awareness of disordered eating, eating disorders and treatment issues related to eating disorders to the Tucson community.
2015 Grant Recipients
Tucson Village Farm
Tucson Village Farm (TVF) is a working urban farm providing “hands- on” opportunities for youth. A program of the University of Arizona College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and Pima County Cooperative Extension, TVF is a seed-to-table program designed to reconnect young people to a healthy food system, teach them how to grow and prepare fresh food, and empower them to make healthy life choices.
This year iaedp-Tucson is proud to provide a $1000 grant to TVF in support of their nationally recognized award winning efforts to reach teens in Tucson’s schools. Leza Carter, the founder and coordinator of TVF and Natalie Barnes Shepp, coordinator of the Healthy Living Ambassador program will attend The Body Positive training January 29th 2016. They will incorporate information and skills from the Be Body Positive Model during TVF’s advanced leadership adventure to the Grand Canyon. This training will involve fifty teens from twenty-five schools. The teens will be trained in team building and leadership skills supportive of healthy living and positive self-care. The ambassadors are, then, challenged to mentor and train other youth within their own schools as well as feeder schools, providing an immediate leadership role and opportunities to create positive change within and beyond their own communities.
www.tucsonvillagefarm.org
This year iaedp-Tucson is proud to provide a $1000 grant to TVF in support of their nationally recognized award winning efforts to reach teens in Tucson’s schools. Leza Carter, the founder and coordinator of TVF and Natalie Barnes Shepp, coordinator of the Healthy Living Ambassador program will attend The Body Positive training January 29th 2016. They will incorporate information and skills from the Be Body Positive Model during TVF’s advanced leadership adventure to the Grand Canyon. This training will involve fifty teens from twenty-five schools. The teens will be trained in team building and leadership skills supportive of healthy living and positive self-care. The ambassadors are, then, challenged to mentor and train other youth within their own schools as well as feeder schools, providing an immediate leadership role and opportunities to create positive change within and beyond their own communities.
www.tucsonvillagefarm.org
Pima County Schools
Schools in Pima County are committed to building a positive culture that supports social, emotional and behavioral needs of all their students. In 2015, 30 scholarships were given supporting educators, nurses, school psychologists, counselors, coaches and wellness coordinators to participate in The Body Positive training January 29th 2016. This training provides practical tools and leadership skills conveying messages of self-care, confidence and positive body image helping to prevent self-destructive behaviors and choices.
In addition, Elizabeth Scott, LCSW, co-founder of the Be Body Positive Model, consulted with key administrators to develop a Body Positive culture in the school system. The goal is to build strong healthy student communities.
http://www.schools.pima.gov
http://www.thebodypositive.org/
In addition, Elizabeth Scott, LCSW, co-founder of the Be Body Positive Model, consulted with key administrators to develop a Body Positive culture in the school system. The goal is to build strong healthy student communities.
http://www.schools.pima.gov
http://www.thebodypositive.org/
University of Arizona
During the past five years professionals at the University of Arizona's Campus Health Service have developed student-led programs that enhance self-worth and healthy body image, targeting problems that impact students, especially high-risk choices during this key developmental stage.
U of A has partnered with iaedp to offer The Body Positive training, specifically tailored for their students. U of A administrators, health providers, program staff, advisory personnel, and students from various campus departments, Greek communities, clubs, and organizations fulfill will have an opportunity to learn the steps for introducing the Be Body Positive Model on campus. Subsequently, interested students and staff will be invited to participate in a weekend training scheduled for August 2016. Freeing students from self-destructive behaviors is the mission of this compelling program, along with supporting students to their academic and personal potential.
http://bodysmart.arizona.edu/
U of A has partnered with iaedp to offer The Body Positive training, specifically tailored for their students. U of A administrators, health providers, program staff, advisory personnel, and students from various campus departments, Greek communities, clubs, and organizations fulfill will have an opportunity to learn the steps for introducing the Be Body Positive Model on campus. Subsequently, interested students and staff will be invited to participate in a weekend training scheduled for August 2016. Freeing students from self-destructive behaviors is the mission of this compelling program, along with supporting students to their academic and personal potential.
http://bodysmart.arizona.edu/
2014 Grant Recipients
Native Seeds
Native Seeds/SEARCH (NS/S) is a non-profit organization founded in 1983 with the ambitious mission of conserving and promoting the unique agricultural crops of the Southwest. These plant varieties, developed over 4,000 years of continuous agricultural management, hold unique genetic traits conferring resistance to drought and heat. They also host invaluable nutritional properties that are known to benefit diabetics and individuals suffering from obesity. From 1990 to 2000, Native Seeds/SEARCH ran an innovative program called “Desert Foods for Diabetes”, which educated Native Americans and others about the value of desert plant foods in controlling blood sugar levels. Today, NS/S recognizes the continued importance of this message reflected in the publications they produce. NS/S will revise, digitize, translate materials into Spanish, print, and distribute electronically the literature that has benefited many people in the past. Based on this successful history, NS/S is confident that their efforts will expand the outreach of their health-based message. IAEDP’s support enables NS/S to digitize, translate and post this material online, as well as to update the content to include discussion of the warning signs of diabetes and related disordered eating.
http://www.nativeseeds.org
http://www.nativeseeds.org
Kids Unlimited
www.Kids Unlimited (KU) is a non-profit (501c-3) organization which has provided a safe stage for the past 28 years where children and teens can build self-esteem and individualism. Fostering a sense of community through the performing arts promotes a lasting impression throughout the life span. KU accomplishes this through group trainings, classes, and performances throughout the community. KU performers provide entertainment at nursing homes, retirement communities, shelters, festivals, and hospitals. KU provides a platform for the practice of healthy body image and positive self-beliefs. Awareness and acceptance of diverse body sizes and styles is done through mentoring in the classrooms as well as through the costuming process.
With grant monies awarded by IAEDP-Tucson, Kid’s Unlimited can increase efforts, fostering these goals. In addition, KU will expand their website to include warning signs of eating disorders/disordered eating and supportive tips for parents responding to the needs of their children. Additional training for mentor-teachers will be provided including awareness and prevention of eating disorders in youth, while promoting self-worth and self-acceptance.
www.KUSTARS.com
Tucson Village Farm
Tucson Village Farm (TVF) is a working urban farm managed by and for youth. A program of the University of Arizona College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and Pima County Cooperative Extension, TVF is a seed-to-table program designed to reconnect young people to a healthy food system, teach them how to grow and prepare fresh food, and empower them to make healthy life choices. These healthy life choices include healthy body acceptance and avoidance of unhealthy eating practices.
The Tucson Village Farm requests grant monies to provide a one-day 4-H Healthy Living Ambassador Youth Summit at the 4-H High Ropes Course. This event will host one hundred teens from across Southern Arizona. Although one hundred teens will participate directly in the ropes course experience, these teens will, be better prepared to disseminate healthy living information to their peers through school-wide events, reaching an estimated 4,500 more youth.
With funding through the iaedp-Tucson Grant program, Tucson Village Farm was able to take a group of children on a vigorous hiking trip to the Grand Canyon. This was an exciting and meaningful adventure. Please read the news coverage by clicking here.
http://tucsonvillagefarm.arizona.edu/
The Tucson Village Farm requests grant monies to provide a one-day 4-H Healthy Living Ambassador Youth Summit at the 4-H High Ropes Course. This event will host one hundred teens from across Southern Arizona. Although one hundred teens will participate directly in the ropes course experience, these teens will, be better prepared to disseminate healthy living information to their peers through school-wide events, reaching an estimated 4,500 more youth.
With funding through the iaedp-Tucson Grant program, Tucson Village Farm was able to take a group of children on a vigorous hiking trip to the Grand Canyon. This was an exciting and meaningful adventure. Please read the news coverage by clicking here.
http://tucsonvillagefarm.arizona.edu/
