Harlem Children's Zone (HCZ): Healthy Harlem

Community Nutrition Shana Jackson

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Community Services Goal Funding

HCZ depends on donations and supporters
▪ Fitness classes “positively affect the health outcomes for
for most of their funding. You can choose
▪ Cooking classes Harlem Children’s Zone youth and families
from fixed prices as low as $50 and high as
▪ Wellness workshop series by changing the culture of the $1,000 or choose a specific amount you
▪ Harvest: free produce distribution community".” would like to donate. The website gives
▪ Fresh Food Box, in partnership with you an option to make a tribute gift in
Uptown Grand Central 3 Key Objectives honor, memory or support of someone or
give a recurring donation. You can donate
▪ Increase healthy eating, nutritional by mail, wire transfer, stock transfer or
Impact create an HCZ legacy through a will.
knowledge, and physical activity in
Rosalind and Eugene Glaser, Deshi and Neil
youth to prevent childhood obesity or 12,000
It s ta rted as a movement to transform central Harlem Singh and Abbey Frank are a few of the
from growi ng into the vi sion for breaking the cycl e of halt weight gain. participants in
supporters who donate to HCZ based on
i ntergenerational poverty a cross the world. HCZ proudly ▪ Provide targeted interventions for youth the Healthy
their contributions that impacted the
s erves more than 22,500 children and families annually. Harlem
who are overweight or obese. community.
Thei r i mpact has gained global a ttention. Partnering program
wi th organizations across the united s tates and over 200 ▪ Creating a culture of health and
countri es. wellness across Central Harlem.

Pounds of fresh
Healthy student
Youth participating produce
9,000 in Healthy Harlem
50,000 distributed
1.4 million meals prepared
by HCZ food
fitness and nutrition monthly to
services in 2019
community

Reference
Harlem Children's zone. Harlem Children's Zone. (n.d.). Retrieved March 18, 2022, from https://hcz.org/