Brunswick 4-H youth teach children about good health practices

Recently 4-H Teens in Leadership Training youth volunteers delivered an Organ Wise Guys “Click on Your Sir Rebrum” healthy breakfast lesson to more than 100 Brunswick Interagency Program students.

The OWG program is a comprehensive curriculum built around a group of characters that personify major organs of the body to teach children (and adults) about the importance of eating well and being physically active. The BIP provides educational opportunities for adults with developmental disabilities, and the Brunswick County 4-HTiLT youth volunteers program trains youth volunteers age 12-18 to deliver in-school, after-school and summer programs that teach healthy living, good stewardship and environmental awareness of the resources in Brunswick County, N.C.

Joanne van der Kuijl, director of the BIP, thought the OWG program, taught by youth volunteers Alexis and Amelia Apple, Mary Francis Blanks, Reagan and Reilly Dumproff, Chris Gallup and Bobbi Jane Lawrence to after-school youth, would be a great fit and expand BIP’s overall goal to help students live healthier. BIP students have been focusing on the importance of water vs. soda, are offered fresh fruit at break time and lunch, and have been participating in a “biggest loser” program with the focus of an overall healthier lifestyle.

Blanks is pictured teaching students about “Luigi the Liver.”

To learn more about any of the programs, Angie Lawrence, 4-H program assistant, at angie_lawrence@ncsu.edu; call the Cooperative Extension office 910-253-2610; or visit http://brunswickco4h.shutterfly.com, www.facebook.com/brunswickcounty4h or http://instagram.com/brunsco4h.

This story was originally published April 10, 2015 at 8:00 AM with the headline "Brunswick 4-H youth teach children about good health practices."