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Walmart Assists The NRPA in Granting Access to Healthy Foods In Parks
Editor's Note: This news item was retrieved and first published through The National Recreation and Park Association's website.
ASHBURN, Va. - Walmart Foundation funds the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) with $1.5 Million to 27 local park and recreation agencies to help increase the access to healthy foods and nutrition education within Parks and Recreation around the US. In 2019, NRPA can now provide grant funding to 27 agencies in two cohorts. A cohort of 17 park and recreation agencies across the country will implement strategies designed to increase access to healthy foods through innovative models.
According to a press release, "Park and recreation agencies must provide meals and snacks through the federal nutrition programs and must introduce evidence-based nutrition education to these programs." NRPA and the Walmart Foundation’s continued partnership will focus on three main goals: