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Morning Stars
Who are we?
Before/after school program
Focus on fitness/nutrition
Grades K-8 (Ages 5-14)
5 days per week
Averaging 50 children
Morning Stars
Mission: The purpose of Morning Stars is to maximize the
fitness and health of Grand Rapids youth through
building healthy habits and providing guided physical
activity.
Vision: The vision of Morning Stars is to promote an
active lifestyle for children through physical activity and
health promotion
Morning Stars
Philosophy: Morning Stars believes that physical fitness
is the cornerstone of healthy development for schoolaged children. We believe that encouraging physical
activity will promote healthy habits and prevent
complications of a sedentary lifestyle.
Goals
To minimize childhood obesity in Grand Rapids
o To decrease the obesity rates in the children attending Morning
Stars by 5% by year 2020.
o Initial BMI assessments and quarterly BMI assessments for all
children attending Morning Stars as well as attendance
tracking.
Goals
To instill healthy habits in regard to nutrition and
physical fitness.
o The objective is for each child to identify three exercises and
three healthy snacks by the end of the first month of Morning
Stars
o This objective is achieved by providing the students with a
healthy morning snack and thirty minutes of physical fitness
fun each day.
Goals
To provide a positive environment where children can
build encouraging friendships
o For all students to have befriended one new friend by the end
of the first month.
o Each morning, children will be put into encouragement pairs
while participating in activities.
Organization
Director of
Morning
Stars
Human
Resources
Public
Relations
Childcare
Manager
Nurse
Advisor
Financial
Advisor
Assistant
Supervisor
Childcare
Supervisor
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Childcare
Supervisor
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Recruiting
Director
Human Resources
Public Relations
Childcare Manager
Nurse Advisor
Recruiting
Financial Advisor
Assistant Supervisor
Childcare Supervisors
Volunteers
Marketing
Job Fairs
Billboards
Radio
Television/Local news
LinkedIn
Facebook Ads
Sample Advertisement
Budget
Salary Budget
Funding
The Richard and Helen DeVos Foundation
Love Your Veggies
Lets Move! By Michelle Obama
Questions?