Past Community Outreach


Mount Sinai Hospital -- Social Services

Mt. Sinai sponsors a number of community programs to improve the fitness and nutrition of local children. Some examples of programs include:

A Central Park event is aimed at getting children and families to incorporate more physical activity and better eating choices into their lives. This three-hour program includes exercise-based games, nutrition instruction with food based games and making healthy snacks. The event finale is getting to enjoy the healthy soda, veggie dip with peanut butter and low-fat cream cheese, and whole grain, nut and fruit mix.

While summer programs have as their goal to provide a fitness and nutrition for children, they especially identifying children with Body Mass Indexes in the 85th percentile or above and then target them with specific physical activity and nutrition recommendations. The medical parameters of the program are set for the Social Services Department by the Mt. Sinai medical staff.


God's Love We Deliver

Nutrifitness has served in the past as nutrition department volunteer, responsible for food safety procedures in the preparation facility and during deliveries, as well as assisting the nutrition staff and chef with menu development.

"God's Love We Deliver's mission is to improve the health and well-being of men, women and children living with HIV/AID, cancer and other serious illnesses by alleviating hunger and malnutrition. We prepare and deliver nutritious, high-quality meals to people who, because of their illness, are unable to provide or prepare meals for themselves." (Quoted from the God's Love We Deliver Web site.) They offer and a range of volunteer opportunities, including service as kitchen volunteers, van assistants, and neighborhood meal distribution volunteers.

Please fill out our volunteer form, or if you would like to go directly to the organization, visit their web site at: godslovewedeliver.org


Anche Chesed CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) Program

CSA is designed to save local farms by providing farmers a livable wage, protect our environment and ensure the safety and security of our local food supply. On a weekly basis, the organization provides locally grown farm products to city-dwellers who buy shares in the farm's output.
Nutrifitness has taken on seasonal duties registering members and has been involved with planning, education development, farm tours, weekly staffing and as an intermediate between the farm staff and the customer base.

There are day-volunteering opportunities on the farm and ongoing volunteer opportunities here in the city in administration and food distribution.

Please fill out our volunteer form, or if you would like to go directly to the organization, visit their web site at: gardenofevefarm.com


Center for Social and Emotional Education

We developed a high school-wide health fair program. The program consisted of educating the program team on healthy living practices and then helping them develop the agenda, educational materials and interactive lectures they would present to the full student body. Educational themes included increasing fruit and vegetable intake, increasing physical activity and improving hygiene. Such programs are always in need of additional volunteers to work with school staff and children.

"Our (CSEE's) goal is to promote positive and sustained school climate: a safe, supportive environment that nurtures social and emotional, ethical, and academic skills. CSEE is an organization that helps schools integrate crucial social and emotional learning with academic instruction. In doing so, we enhance student performance, prevent drop outs, reduce physical violence, bullying, and develop healthy and positively engaged adults." (Quoted from the CSEE Web site.)

Please fill out our volunteer form, or if you would like to go directly to the organization, visit their web site at: schoolclimate.org



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