Project Fit America :: PROGRAM SUMMARY

We are celebrating our 22nd year of giving grants to schools across America.
From 1990-2012 we have donated to over 800 schools in 300 cities and 40 states!

PROGRAM SUMMARY

Bringing PFA to your community

We create exemplary schools of fitness in education. The total funding required to sponsor a pilot and model school program is $17,800. This is inclusive of the entire two-year program with absolutely no hidden or additional costs. Our goal and driving purpose is to create new opportunities for kids to be active, fit and healthy as part of the everyday school experience. This is accomplished through educational programs and equipment, that will allow the school to successfully teach fitness education year after year. PFA will provide and implement the following components at the selected school(s):

1.	State-of-the-art outdoor, above ground fitness equipment. UCLA specifically designed to address all the deficit areas where children fail fitness tests. The equipment becomes the permanent property of the school. Shipping to the school site is also provided.
2.	Indoor Mobile Fitness Equipment. Our Indoor fitness equipment is mobile as indoor facilities vary from school to school. Some have gyms, other use multipurpose rooms, and so on. Our indoor equipment is comprised of the following:
	1,000 Fitness Cups. These are fitness cups for explosive cardio, team work, challenge and cooperation with the kids. These cups are a PFA innovation and not for sale to the general public. A squad set of 3 lb weighted hoops. They are weighted, multicolored and feel like wetsuit material. Great for sustaining upper body strength training and cardio.
3.	Lesson Plan Support Materials:
	Pacer Cadence CD. This activity provides outstanding cardiovascular conditioning and training as kids shuttle run from 42-60 feet to a “beeped cadence” trying to get from one end of the measured run to the next before the beep goes off. The beeps progressively become faster and kids have a blast earning rewards to the number of up and back laps they could do. Even the students who hate to run, love this cardio challenging activity. 200 Food Models. Created by the National Dairy Council features photographs of food with nutrition labels on the back of the punch out card. Kids run in relay to collect the four food groups and then use their math and nutrition knowledge to do mock menu planning. Food Pyramid Poster. Cartoon poster of food pyramid for use with Nutrition Relay. 6 sets of Laminated Skeleton Bones. For use in one of our most popular Fitness Cup Lesson plans, $10.00 and a Bone. $250.00 in Play Money. For use with Fitness Cup lesson plan, $10.00 and a bone. PE Music CD. Favorite music that teachers and kids love which builds nicely into the “movement and dance” component of our program. Unlimited Certificates and Ribbons. We provide these reward and incentives to each PE Teacher so they can create motivating wall charts and hallway displays that get the kids super excited to participate in activities and have their name featured for all to see!
4.	Curriculum. The curriculum is not to replace any existing curriculum. We have two curricula. The first is the Broad Based ideal for classroom teachers and non phys ed teachers. Each teacher will receive a curriculum germane to the grade level students they teach. The second is our Core Curriculum. It was created by former Project Fit America grant recipients for future Project Fit America grant recipients. All curricula is the permanent property of the school. *NASPE* standards for each lesson are clearly identified. This book has also been approved by the Science Committee of the Alliance for a Healthier Generation, a partnership between the American Heart Association and the *William J. Clinton Foundation*.
5.	Teacher training at the school site with specialists from PFA. This will be an all day-eight hour session to commence the program in year one and a second all day booster session in year two. If needed, a substitute teacher fee is paid to the school to aid support to the PE teacher(s) on the day of the in-service.
6.	Testing and Evaluation. Our staff works directly with each school to assure the measurement component is fulfilled. Each school will pre and post test one class at 3 different grade levels and follow those students through the program. We will compute each classes data and compile reports to the school’s sponsor.
7.	Custom Grant Program for each Sponsor’s service area for school site selection.
	Unless a sponsor has an existing relationship with a school partner(s), we typically conduct a custom grant program for school site selection. The sponsor will give us the geographic area where they want this program implemented and we will invite all schools, grades K-8, to apply to be the school(s) selected as your exemplary partner and model for fitness in education. This is a competitive process that creates a level playing field and allows for each school to share their story. Each applicant will create an academic plan for incorporation for fitness in education, assure teacher buy in and school wide commitment to creating sustainable programming as the need to get kids fit is omni present each and every school year.
8.	Community Outreach. PFA will work with your sponsorship to create events and activities, which will engage the parents and community to focus on their own personal health and that of their children. This will include guest speakers at the school, a family lecture series on health topics, and support from media as well as civic and state leaders. Typically these events and activities include and highlight the sponsoring organization. We will host a community wide, opening day kick off and ribbon ceremony to dedicate the program and have the students provide a demonstration of their new found fitness skills and talents. Parents, teachers, civic and state leaders along with the media will take part in this host event.

PFA was established twenty one years ago and is unique in that all of our sponsors have been hospitals, healthcare agencies, and/or health conscious corporations.

The PFA program is designed to be a permanent program in each school developed, as the need to get children fit will never diminish. PFA will work with your sponsorship to fully train the teaching staff and fully integrate the program in the school curriculum. At the end of the program, the school will be able to run PFA without any outside intervention. Your school(s) will join the other 800+ PFA schools across the country that use PFA well beyond the two year sponsorship as part of their regular school day activities. Years from now, when you pass by the school(s), you will see PFA in action.