GENYOUth
GENYOUth is a youth health and wellness organization on a mission to create healthier school communities across the United States. Too many American youth are inactive, undernourished, and unconnected. Students spend 180 days per year at school – yet schools are under resourced.
GENYOUth is equipping, engaging and empowering youth to make a difference!
Why? Because every child deserves to be healthy, with access to nutritious food and physical activity, as well as the opportunity to be their personal best.
Through innovative public-private partnerships GENYOUth:
Gives Youth a Voice; Enhances Nutrition and Physical Activity in Schools; Nurtures Youth Leadership and Workforce Readiness.
Food insecurity, food access challenges and the crisis in physical inactivity keep children from achieving their full potential. GENYOUth addresses these challenges by collaborating with students, schools, communities, business partners and thought leaders to identify and implement solutions.
“As a physician, it has always been my highest priority to embrace and support the whole-child approach to education. I believe making this commitment is essential for our children’s overall well-being. GENYOUth’s laser focus on ensuring more and better opportunities for nutrition and physical activity in the school environment—along with empowering youth to prioritize their own physical, mental, and emotional health—couldn’t be more on target. A healthy, fully engaged next generation will continue to be the bedrock for social change and progress within our society.” Dr. Selwyn Vickers, MD, FACS, President and CEO of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center