Summer Precautions for Parents and Kids 

When summer approaches, we always worry about these three-summertime health and safety issues for our kids and teens.

1. Over exposure to the sun leading to severe sunburns and potential skin cancer.   

2. Swimming and other water related accidents, including dehydration.

3. Safety, in our neighborhoods and other areas.

At the Oliver Foundation, we have documented that summertime inactivity, unstructured days, and increased unhealthy snacking can lead to excessive summer weight gain. We know this from our work with Baylor College of Medicine in Houston area elementary and middle schools.

Parents, this summer, also consider health issues and make sure your kids and teens follow these three pointers.

1.Less screen time which means getting lots of physical activity - for many, this needs preplanning. Get out and move!

2.Regular meal times. Plus no snacking between meals, like you do at school.

3. More fruits and vegetables at meals and snacks. Have healthy snack options at home. Make snacks the rainbow of fruits and veggies: red, yellow, green, orange, and purple.

Oliver Foundation Healthy Choices Grant

Next Deadline July 15, 2024

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2024 Seniors Awards

The graduating seniors were honored at the May 5, 2024

Teen Advisory Board Meeting

We wish them the best as they begin a new adventure.

Shepherd Hirtz

Millsaps College, Else School of Management

Lily Trevino

University of Alabama, College of Human Environmental Sciences

Jenna Chuan

University of Texas, College of Natural Science

Reagan Miller

University of Oklahoma, Price College of Business

Sophia Chon

Brown University

Rebecca Somavarapu

Texas A & M University

Mani Maram

Columbia University and Trinity College Dublin, Dual BA Program

Teen Board Recipe

Reagan Miller

Co-Event Coordinator

Watermelon Smoothie

Ingredients:

-       2 cups fresh strawberries, halved

-       1 banana, quartered and frozen

-       1/2 cup Greek yogurt

-       1/2 cup milk

Directions:

1. Add all ingredients to a high-powered blender and blend until smooth.
2. Pour into a glass and serve cold.
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