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Programme:
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Urban Indigenous Healthy Kids
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Adresse postale:
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74 Queen St
Dryden, ON
P8N 1A4
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Carte
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Point géographique:
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Located on the corner of Queen St and Van Horne Ave
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Notes sur l'accessibilité:
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Partially Accessible - Parking -- No designated spaces available; Entrance -- Accessible with automatic push button; Washroom -- Accessible with grab bar
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Description des services:
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Administers programs and services focused on improving the quality of life for Indigenous people living in an urban environment
Provides education on healthy eating and increasing physical fitness levels for urban Indigenous children and familiesImplements culture-based activities to enhance the well-being and traditional knowledge of urban Indigenous children and familiesPrograms components:- Promotion and provision of healthy nutrition
- hands-on and interactive workshops to introduce food choices
- supplying nutrition snacks, meals and food for children and family programming
- providing healthy meal preparation tools and instruction
- relaying nutrition information
- Promotion of physical activity
- structured, fun, interactive activities and games to increase physical activity rates and maintain an active lifestyle
- Promotion of healthy lifestyles
- youth-focused messaging and activities around living commercial tobacco free
- living a substance-free lifestyle
- having a healthy mind
- everyday good living
- Promotion and sharing of local culture, traditions and ceremonies that will instill a strong sense of identity and self-esteem at an early age
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Admissibilité / population desservie:
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Indigenous children 7 to 12 years of age and their families
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