Community Projects
Hilltop High School
The HeartBeets project at Hilltop High School engages teen mothers in nutrition-focused cooking classes designed to help them prepare delicious, affordable, and healthy meals for themselves and their children. During the 2011-2012 school year, HeartBeets will partner with 18 Reasons to offer these classes on a weekly basis. Our goal is to build a community of women strengthened and inspired by good food. |
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Exiting Homelessness
HeartBeets has piloted a series of cooking classes both at San Francisco's Medical Respite and Sobering Center, where homeless and marginally housed people recover after being discharged from SFGH, and at 149 Mason Street, a GLIDE housing initiative for the chronically homeless. HeartBeets has worked to design a curriculum that offers targeted guidance in how to prepare healthy, affordable, and satisfying meals. |
Alemany Farm
The HeartBeets project at Alemany Farm connects residents of the Alemany public housing project with healthful activities at the adjacent Alemany Farm. The low-income residents are primarily African American, Latino, and Samoan -- all groups at high risk for obesity. Alemany's four-acre farm offers abundant opportunities to engage residents of all ages in activities that help to reduce their incidence of obesity and inspire healthier choices. |
