Children's Museum of Phoenix Receives ... - Children Health Wizard

[February 10, 2012]

PHOENIX ?(Business Wire)?

The Children?s Museum of Phoenix has received a $150,000 grant from
UnitedHealthcare to fund an initiative focused on improving the health
habits of young children and their caregivers.

The grant will fund the UnitedHealthcare Healthy Children Program
at the Museum, which will include 150 health wellness workshops such
as hands-on projects and on-site training to health care professionals
and others who work with children.

?The Children?s Museum of Phoenix has an opportunity and responsibility
to influence the wellness of the youth who visit the Museum,? said Deb
Gilpin, President and CEO of the Children?s Museum of Phoenix. ?With
this support from UnitedHealthcare, we can help children establish
healthy habits through positive, fun experiences that empower them to
make good choices for their bodies and minds.?

The UnitedHealthcare Healthy Children Program will include:

• Hands-on activities about how the body works, how to create healthy
  habits at a young age, and optimal nutrition for brain and body
  function;
• Brain development training workshops for caregivers using
  best-practice curriculum develoed by New Directions Institute;
• Childhood obesity prevention workshops;
• Yoga and physical activity programs;
• Workshops delivered by Arizona State University nursing students in a
  range of health topics;
• Water, fire and other safety topics;
• Child development workshops for caregivers and educators

?Building this exhibit with the Children?s Museum is a great way to help
encourage Arizona?s youth to live healthful lives,? said Jeri Jones,
CEO, UnitedHealthcare Employer Individual of Arizona. ?Our
collaboration with the Children?s Museum is an example of working within
the community to make changes in how kids think about healthy living and
reducing childhood obesity in Arizona.?

About UnitedHealthcare

UnitedHealthcare is dedicated to helping people nationwide live
healthier lives by simplifying the health care experience, meeting
consumer health and wellness needs, and sustaining trusted relationships
with care providers. The company offers the full spectrum of health
benefit programs for individuals, employers and Medicare and Medicaid
beneficiaries, and contracts directly with more than 650,000 physicians
and care professionals and 5,000 hospitals nationwide. UnitedHealthcare
serves more than 38 million people and is one of the businesses of
UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH), a diversified Fortune 50 health and
well-being company.

The Children?s Museum of Phoenix is located in the historic
Monroe School Building at 215 N. 7^th Street in
downtown Phoenix. The Museum opened to the public on June 14, 2008 and
offers 45,000 square feet of hands-on, fun and educational activities
for children ages birth to 10. The mission of the Museum is to
engage the minds, muscles and imaginations of children and the grown-ups
who care about them. The Museum is open Tuesdays through Sundays, 9am to
4pm. Admission is $11 per person, children under the age of 1 are free.

AzTAP Department of Services for Persons with Disabilities conducted
an accessibility evaluation in August 2008 and summarized, ?the
Children?s Museum of Phoenix is the most exceptionally disability-aware
arts institution this evaluator has ever surveyed.?

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