Work with Children's Council to help early childcare providers:

• Offer healthy food and drinks
• Keep kids active with fun play
• Limit screen time during the day

The free program includes a checklist, goal-setting, trainings, and coaching. It’s a fun, easy way to help little ones grow strong and healthy!

Read more about the Healthy Apple Program

• Support community gardens at Rec and Park sites across San Francisco by giving people tools, tips, and fun activities to help them grow their own food
• Learn about the community's needs and share lessons, recipes, and ideas for how to cook garden foods in healthy ways
• Help families, kids, and neighbors to learn, grow, and eat well together

• Lead fun and healthy activities at parks, schools, child care centers, and senior sites across San Francisco to celebrate National Nutrition Month
• Include tasty food demos, flavored water stations, exercise games, and simple lessons about eating well
• Our goal is to make it easier for everyone—kids, families, and older adults—to make healthy choices every day

Work with free grocery stores to offer food demos, flavored water, recipe cards, and cookbooks

Read more about D10 Community Market

Read more about the Goodr Grocery Store at MLK

Work with Healthy Retail SF to help corner stores offer better food and drink choices. Together, we’re making it easier to find healthy snacks and drinks in your neighborhood.

Read more about Healthy Retail SF

A free walking program that helps people with lower incomes get active and feel their best. We use an easy walking app and work with the community to make sure everyone feels welcome.

In partnership with:

• San Francisco Giants
• California Department of Public Health
• Local nonprofit organizations, including SF Civic Tech

Read more about Let's Walk

• Teach Pick a Better Snack lessons
• Help kids learn more about healthy eating, explore unfamiliar foods, and move more.
• Provide taste tests, food demos, flavored water
• Survey kids to measure changes in their eating and activity

Snacks, Play, and Recreation for Kids (SPARK) policy helps kids eat healthier and play more at summer camps and after-school programs in San Francisco Rec and Park sites. We create and roll out fun activities in four areas:

• Healthy Snacks – Kids try tasty fruits and veggies, make snack art, and learn about foods that fuel their bodies
• Joyful Play – Kids keep moving with games, nature walks, and garden time
• Water First – Water is the #1 drink! We make it fun with fruit, herbs, and spices
• Healthy Parties and Prizes – Parties include games, art, flavored water, and rewards that don’t involve food

Christopher Chau, DrPH, MPH, MS, RDN, CPT
Project Director
E-mail: christopher.chau@sfdph.org

Danielle Lundstrom, MPH, RDN
Project Lead
E-mail: danielle.lundstrom@sfdph.org

Luana Mears, RDN
Public Health Nutritionist
E-mail: luana.mears@sfdph.org

Rolando "Alex" Rodriguez
Project Assistant
E-mail: rolando.rodriguez@sfdph.org

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