KEEPING CHILDREN HEALTHY FOR A LIFETIME

Obesity and the chronic associated diseases is one of the most significant medical challenges facing us today. One of the groups most affected by this challenge is children.

Today one out of three children is overweight and/or obese in this country. This will not only continue in the future, its impact will only magnify, if we don’t begin to take swift, immediate action. This is why Progress California was initiated late last year.

Progress California is a 501c3 Public Benefit non-profit corporation, founded with the expressed intent to help keep children healthy for a lifetime. Our aim is to create and support educational programs, activities and other strategies that promote good nutrition and an active lifestyle for our youth. This is done through outreach to youth, their parents along with the staff who serve our youth through schools as well as community centers and parks.

We do this by educational programs to those inner-city districts and communities such as 52nd Assembly District, which are at greatest risk.

Programs include health, nutrition and physical fitness festivals including local schools and community facilities, classroom-based educational components for local pre-school, elementary school and junior high school focusing on healthy lifestyles, as well as training programs for parents and youth service personnel such as teachers regarding understanding and imparting the characteristics of a healthy lifestyle.

Progress California was the brainchild of the Honorable Isadore Hall, III, Assemblymember representing the 52nd Assembly District, because of his life-long passion to improve the health and welfare of children.

Throughout his political career whether as a School Board President with the Compton Unified School District, Mayor Pro tempore in the City of Compton or in his current capacity as Assemblymember he has dedicated himself to enhancing the quality of life for youth whether through improving access to healthy foods, professional health services, exercise programs and/or recreation facilities, a healthy and safe school environment as well as to highest quality educational opportunities Mr. Hall is the Chairman of this important altruistic organization.

For further information about the mission of Progress California as well as to learn about the issue that we are facing with childhood obesity and the associated medical challenges such as diabetes and heart diseases as well as how to become a part of the effort to eradicate this medical scourge to our youth please go to www.progress-california.com.