AFL Rocks After School Program
Athletes for Life Foundation (AFL), is a small, successful non-profit service provider of after-school programs and life skills camps. Each year we serve more than 1,000 at-risk and low-income students throughout Southern California. Our goal is to help students achieve their full potential.
Our after school program, AFL ROCKS (Recreation On Campus for Kids Success) provides a safe and nurturing environment for students to learn and grow. Our talented staff gives homework assistance, educational enrichment, physical activities and nutrition awareness. Together with parents, teachers, school administrators, and volunteers, AFL ROCKS helps less fortunate students interact in enriching ways with their peers while in the presence of positive role models.
AFL’s after school program seeks to reduce the health issues in students by teaching the importance of proper nutrition, diets with less sugar and fatty foods and daily exercise. A healthy snack is distributed to each student and educational modules are presented each day to increase awareness and to explain diet choices. Physical activity is part of the daily schedule and every student is required to participate.
In many school districts, which AFL serves it is comprised of a large percentage of Hispanic or Latino, African American, American Indians, many of which are from single parent low income families. A large percentage of these kids are home alone and unsupervised after school. They are unable to make educated decisions regarding healthy food choices and adequate exercise. Consequently, they choose a sedentary lifestyle, void of physical exercise and good nutrition. The combination results in high rates of obesity, diabetes and other health related issues.
With the Hispanic or Latino community being among the group with the highest rate of obesity and diabetes, the San Bernardino County youth are at great risk in the future. AFL feels it is a priority to educate the students as young as possible. The earlier we can reach the children the greater the chance will be in slowing the rate of increasing health issues.
AFL currently collaborates with several organizations to effectively achieve its goal. We work directly with the School District nutrition department, where our after school program are held. Constant correspondence with principles, superintendents and coaches is required.
The main outcome for which we seek support is to better educate today’s youth and tomorrow’s adults on the importance of a proper diet accompanied with adequate exercise and the health risks associated with genetic makeup if neglected. Healthier students with lower rates of obesity and diabetes would define success. The most important activities to achieving these outcomes will be a) the nutrition/health education modules in the after school program which will occur five days per week and b) the organized health and fitness programs, which will occur daily, six days per week.
The main outcome for which we seek support is to better educate today’s youth and tomorrow’s adults on the importance of a proper diet accompanied with adequate exercise and the health risks associated with genetic makeup if neglected. Healthier students with lower rates of obesity and diabetes would define success.
We will evaluate our work by measuring year-to-year results from the California Physical Fitness report. Based on State Accountability Reports, here are the students in Healthy Fitness Zone, HFZ, (As of 2009):
Hopefully with proper education on nutrition and daily physical activity, we will see measureable results in overall fitness levels, a decline in obesity, and fewer youths developing diabetes.
AFL is a public foundation that reaches out to corporations for funding. Presently, corporations such as National Football League and its Foundation, Burrtec Enterprise, Coca Cola, Matich Foundation, Zwick Foundation, SEBINS, San Bernardino County Sheriff, Rialto Police Department and the Lewis Homes Foundation have kindly supported us, in the past.
AFL would like you to consider our efforts worthy of your support, please take a moment to review the information within our sponsorship pack. Thank you for this opportunity to present our request.
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