The Choose Health Action Teens (CHAT) program is a collaborative initiative of Cornell Cooperative Extension’s 4-H Youth Development Program and Cornell’s Division of Nutritional Sciences that integrates youth civic engagement with efforts to encourage healthy lifestyles by engaging teens in teaching healthy eating and active living to younger youth. CHAT trains interested teens to help teach the Choose Health: Food, Fun, and Fitness (CHFFF) curriculum to younger youth in after-school programs, summer camps, schools, and other settings. Teen educators are recruited and provided with a structured 12-hour training, as well as support and mentorship throughout the program.
Cost: Free
Times/Dates: Mondays, August 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, and 29th from 5:00-6:30pm
Location: Cornell Cooperative Extension of Jefferson County, 203 North Hamilton Street, Watertown, NY 13601
Upon registration, the teen and parent will be contacted by the coordinator to set up a brief interview to explain the program criteria and times. As a reminder, this is open to teens 13-17 who attend public school in one of the following districts: Watertown, Indian River, Gouverneur, Lyme, Alexandria Bay or LaFargeville.
Contact Information:
Greg Roslonowski
gcr63@cornell.edu
315-788-8450 ext. 262
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