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Programs to Help Youth Get Active

This searchable database includes national, regional and local outreach programs working to GET YOUTH ACTIVE. You can use this database to identify:

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Your search matched 16 programs.

California Adolescent Nutrition and Fitness (CANFit) Program
CANFit serves to engage communities and improve the nutrition and physical activity status of California's low-income minority youth.

California State Parks Foundation - FamCamp
FamCamp introduces camping to families in State Parks and provides all necessary equipment.

Camp Kieve
Camp Kieve is a residential camp and wilderness program for boys and girls aged 8-15 that offers a safe, adventurous environment.

CampFire USA Balcones Council
The Balcones Council serves 10 central Texas counties, providing youth opportunities to explore the natural world through their outdoor programs.

City Wild
cityWILD helps provide youth with experiential and outdoor opportunities that promote personal empowerment, leadership, and community participation.

Colorado Mountain Club (CMC) - Youth Education Program (YEP)
YEP! classes are designed to connect science, math, art, and literature to mountain recreation and conservation and to make learning FUN!

Concrete Safaris
Empowers inner city youth through holistic adventure fitness programs that enrich the mind, body, environment, and community.

Continental Divide Trail Alliance (CDTA) - Youth Corps
Youth ages 17-25 spend a season constructing and preserving parts of the Continental Divide Trail.

Cottonwood Institute
Cottonwood Institute inspires students to change the world through an exciting blend of adventure, wilderness survival, and environmental service.

National Programs

Camp Fire USA - Campfire Girls.
Camp Fire USA is one of the nation's leading not-for-profit youth development organizations.

Centers for Disease Control (CDC) - ACES
CDC's Active Community Environments Initiative (ACES) promotes walking, biking, and the development of accessible recreation facilities.

Centers for Disease Control (CDC) - Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity (DNPA)
DNPA addresses the role of nutrition and physical activity in improving the public's health and preventing and controlling chronic diseases.

Centers for Disease Control (CDC) - Healthy Youth Program
This campaign is a comprehensive communications approach to promote healthy lifestyles and displace unhealthy, risky behaviors among young people.

Centers for Disease Control, Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH) - Healthy Schools / Healthy Youth
DASH supports other organizations to help build and/or strengthen their capacity to improve child and adolescent health.

Centers for Disease Control, Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity - Kids Walk to School (KWS)
KWS is a community-based program that encourages children to walk to and from school in an effort to promote daily physical activity for youth.

Centers for Disease Control, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion; Centers for Disease Control - VERB
VERB is a National Multi-cultural social marketing campaign encouraging 'tweens' 9-13 to be active every day.