Norwood Elementary in West Jefferson Awarded $20,000 PLAYMAKERS Grant from UnitedHealthcare
March 09 2017 - 12:15PM
Business Wire
- PLAYMAKERS encourages parents,
school officials and the public to promote physical activity and
active play in elementary schools throughout the Buckeye
state
Norwood Elementary today received a $20,000 grant to build a
climbing wall as part of PLAYMAKERS, a program from
UnitedHealthcare – with support from Ohio State IMG Sports
Marketing and 97.1 The Fan – to promote sports, physical activity
and active play at the school.
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UnitedHealthcare presented Norwood
Elementary with a $20,000 grant to build a climbing wall as part of
PLAYMAKERS, a program from UnitedHealthcare – with support from
Ohio State IMG Sports Marketing and 97.1 The Fan. PLAYMAKERS was
created to promote sports, physical activity and active play at
elementary schools across Ohio. (l to r) Dave Luby, executive
director, UnitedHealthcare; West Jefferson school board members
Jerry Garman and Jerry Doran; William Mullett, superintendent,
Jefferson Local School District; Tracy Davidson, CEO,
UnitedHealthcare Community Plan; and West Jefferson school board
member Dave Harper (Photo courtesy of UnitedHealthcare).
PLAYMAKERS is designed to improve young Buckeyes’ health and
happiness by enhancing access and resources for physical activity
at elementary schools (grades K through 6) across Ohio. According
to United Health Foundation’s America’s Health Rankings®, more than
30 percent of children in Ohio ages 10 to 17 are overweight or
obese, placing the state 28th nationally.
Each week during the 2016 Ohio State football season, people
across the state had the chance to enter and win an Ohio State
prize package that included autographed merchandise and the
opportunity to designate an Ohio elementary school to receive one
of 13 weekly $1,000 PLAYMAKERS grants from UnitedHealthcare.
Norwood Elementary won the $1,000 grant during week five of the
2016 season and is using that grant to support its morning fitness
club program. Upon conclusion of the football season, Norwood
Elementary and the other weekly finalist schools were entered for
the chance to win the $20,000 top-prize grant.
All schools receiving a PLAYMAKERS grant must commit to use the
funds in support of physical activity and active play at the
school. Norwood Elementary plans to use the $20,000 grant to build
a climbing wall that was announced during an assembly at the school
featuring former Ohio State and NFL players Bobby Carpenter and
Anthony Schlegel, and Ohio State mascot Brutus Buckeye.
“I applaud Ohio State and UnitedHealthcare for their PLAYMAKERS
program and encouraging physical activity at elementary schools
across the state,” said Susan Barte, principal at Norwood
Elementary. “We’ve already benefited from the first grant to our
morning fitness program, and we know this climbing wall will
encourage our students to be active.”
“UnitedHealthcare shares Ohio State’s commitment to improve the
health and wellness of children throughout Ohio,” said Kurt Lewis,
president and CEO, UnitedHealthcare of Ohio. “PLAYMAKERS provides
an opportunity for friends, families and the public to nominate
their favorite elementary school for a valuable donation that will
help enhance children’s health and well-being. We look forward to
another year of PLAYMAKERS in 2017.”
People nominated elementary schools by visiting
www.buckeyeplaymakers.com and entering the sweepstakes. Two
schools, Copopa Elementary in Strongsville and Tinora Elementary in
Defiance, each received the second-place prize, a $5,000 grant.
UnitedHealthcare serves more than 2 million Ohioans with a
network of 257 hospitals and more than 48,000 physicians and other
care providers statewide.
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