Healthy Kids Outreach Program
The Healthy Kids Outreach Program helps improve the basic health
of children in Douglas County in two ways:
Healthy Education - The Healthy Kids
Outreach Program provides comprehensive health education at
area schools, teaching kids how to stay healthy and make healthy
choices. Educating kids on the fundamentals of personal and
dental hygiene, communicable disease prevention, nutrition,
exercise and heart health, and character development ensure
a healhier community long into the future.
Connection to Care - The Healthy
Kids Outreach Program provides connection to appropriate community
health care resources for children and families right at school,
removing barriers that many of our families face. About half
of our Douglas County children and families live at or below
200% of the Federal Poverty Guideline, and about half of our
kids don't have health insurance. Many of our families face
transportation and financial barriers that HKOP helps overcome
in our rural school communities.
The Healthy Kids Outreach Program helps Douglas County kids be
at their very best; happy, healthy and productive citizens of
the future. The healthy attitudes and behaviors of kids have already
improved in the four short years HKOP has been in our schools.
 For
information please contact us at:
Mercy Foundation
2700 Stewart Parkway
Roseburg, OR 97471
(541) 677- 4818
info@mercygiving.org
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