We champion healthy habits and transform
environments where children
live, learn, and play,
and we envision a future when all children in Georgia are nourished and active.
See the impact from our mission at work in the last year.
All children deserve the opportunity to make positive choices for their health and well-being.
And yet, due to inequities that contribute to poor nutrition, limited opportunities for physical activity, and lack of resources:
Since 2000, HealthMPowers has been working to shift this paradigm by changing how we think about children’s nutrition and physical activity. In the last five years alone, we have reached more than 500,000 children in over 1,300 schools, child care sites, and out-of-school time sites.
For the next 25 years, our impact will grow based on one simple approach:
If we build knowledge and leadership capacity in young people and their champions,
then they will lead and inspire change in health behaviors
so that Georgia children and youth can realize their full potential.
“The work that HealthMPowers does every day is so inspiring because it recognizes that preventive health begins with children and youth – the cornerstone for building healthy communities.”
– Rohan Rajpurohit, Founding Chair, HealthMPowers Youth Advisory Board
HealthMPower’s program, Girls Empowering Movement (GEM) is on a mission to improve the health and wellbeing of middle school girls by empowering them to take the lead in developing physical activity programs designed by girls, for girls.
