PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS
Let's Celebrate!
Achieving Blue Zones Project Approved™ status is a wonderful accomplishment. Congratulations to the following organizations who are helping to make the healthy choice, the easier choice in SWFL.
Organizations
“The Bears Den Childcare Center acknowledges and respects family as the foundation in each child’s life,” commented Faydra Eliopoulos, manager of childcare services at Bears Den Childcare Center. “Therefore, as family advocates we strongly support the family values of protecting and promoting children’s health and well-being. By being recognized as a Blue Zones Project organization, we are able to promote a healthy lifestyle and choices for children by incorporating healthy practices into a child’s daily life.”
Glenview at Pelican Bay became a tobacco-free homeowner’s association, they installed bike racks for their residents, hosted health fairs and guest speakers to promote well-being, and offered volunteer opportunities to encourage community involvement.
To become a Blue Zones Project recognized organizations Lifestyle Beverage Distributors, the distributors of the Mintanine organic beverage, began a walking Moai®, became a tobacco-free site, removed sugary beverages and replaced them with water, and stocked their breakroom with 10 inch plates to reduce portion sizes.
Restaurant
“Shula’s wants to empower our team members to live the best lives, not just here at work, but at home and within their community,” stated Jeff Jerome, director of marketing & sales of Shula’s Naples. “Our partnership with Blue Zones Project has provided numerous resources that help make Shula’s Naples a better place to work and enjoy.”
Schools
According to Gina Groch, principal of Saint Ann Catholic School, “Saint Ann Catholic Schoolbeng able to incorporate our 60 year school mission of excellence in the education of spirit, mind and body with a community initiative is an exciting and wonderful learning opportunity. Our theme for the 2018 school year is, “We Are One Body”. Though we are many with unique gifts and talents, we come together as one community to be the best we can be and serve one another. This theme also allowed us to focus on an aspect of our mission, education of the body. The Blue Zones Project initiative helped guide our emphasis on physical health and well-being. To incorporate healthy choices, we added more options to what we were already doing and did not need to take anything away.”
Pine Ridge Middle School became the second middle school in Collier County to earn Blue Zones Project approval! The school became Blue Zones Project Approved by implementing a school garden, which they hope to expand with a $2,000 grant from Whole Foods, offered healthy food options in the cafeteria and the staff even participated in triathlon to encourage healthy movement.
