Making the Healthy Choice the Easy Choice

Healthy eating and active living are essential parts of the everyday culture in the Lowcountry of South Carolina where we live, work, learn, pray and play.

Projects & Programs

Healthy Lifestyle Mentoring Program

Active and retired healthcare professionals mentoring students at Hilton Head Island and Bluffton Middle Schools to develop and foster healthy lifestyle behaviors with regards to healthy eating and active living.

Events

Start! Eating Healthy Day

Wednesday, November 3, 2010 is Start! Eating Healthy Day. Plan an event to promote Healthy Eating at your worksite for the AHA’s 2nd annual event to help us eat healthy—just in time for the holidays!

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News

  • Students Warming Up to Healthier Lunch Options

    Pizza and chicken nuggets -- the reigning king and queen of school lunch. It's true, confirms Larry Wilson, area manager of Sodexo, the Beaufort County School District's food service contractor: The kid's meal standards remain unsurprising favorites among students. But perhaps they no longer live up to their greasy, junk-food reputations. The pizza is made with whole-grain crust and low-fat, part-skim mozzarella cheese. The nuggets are covered in whole-grain breading and baked -- not fried.

  • From Local Farms to Local Schools

    Vegetables fresh from local farms will be a fixture in the cafeterias of Beaufort County's public schools this fall.

  • Mentoring Program

    Healthy Lifestyle Mentoring Program article from Island Packet Newspaper November 25, 2010
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