Healthy Living Mini-Grant Awardees
Congratulations to past awardees. Click on the organizations’ names to learn about their projects and get ideas for your projects!
Active Living (Physical Activity)
River Oaks Elementary School- Pflugerville ISD
Project Name: Let’s Get Active, Roadrunners! Wellness Activities, Sports and Games for River Oaks Elementary School
Providing equipment for each grade level at the school that offers engaging activities that promote community, social interaction, problem solving skills, and school spirit all while improving their physical and emotional well-being.
St. James Missionary Baptist Church
Project Name: Silver Connections
Providing older adults with seated ellipticals that improve flexibility, increase physical activity, improve balance, relax the mind, and encourage a positive mindset to stride into health.
Tomorrow’s Promise Foundation
Project Name: Bro’s And Yoga
Purchasing trailer to support their Bro’s and Yoga program that helps Black and Brown men learn to regulate their breathing as a means of achieving improved self-control and mental health in a safe place. Through Mindfulness and relaxation they hope to reduce stress, enhance mind-body connection and build a strong support system.
Breastfeeding Support
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Project Name: Preparing for future leaders
Creating a lactation (breastfeeding) room to provide future little leaders a space to grow healthy. In addition, they will develop a leadership manual and training for its new incoming church leaders, increasing sustainability of the
health ministry programs.
Community Gardens
Alliance for African American Health in Central Texas
Project Name: Youth and Church Garden Project
Enhancing Intergenerational Gardening Soul to Soul program by providing supplies for youth to have a garden at their home and reviving the vegetable garden at Eastside Baptist Church.
NYOS Charter School. Inc.
Project Name: Not Your Ordinary School Garden
Establishing a multi-faceted gardening program for students with 12 raised garden beds that will provide opportunities for students’ hands-on learning, inquiry, observation and experimentation.
Healthy Eating
El Buen Samaritano
Project Name: Comiendo Sauldable (Healthy Eating)
Purchasing meal kit ingredients for participants to practice their new skills at home and provide their families with nutritious meals through their nutrition, healthy literacy, and cooking lessons.
Partners for Education, Agriculture, & Sustainability (PEAS)
Project Name: PEAS Community Cooking Series
Leading a 4 session community cooking series at partner schools and community class offering fundamental cooking skills, share diverse cuisines, and the recipes that focus on whole foods.
Healthy Food Access
Our Shared Kitchen, Inc.
Project Name: H.A.M.M. – Healthy Accessible Mobile Meals
Purchase packaging for partnering program meals to prepare and deliver hot, nutritious meals to individuals experiencing homelessness and food insecurity in Austin.
Overall Wellness
Communication Service for the Deaf, Inc.
Project Name: Suicide Prevention Awareness and Knowledge in American Sign Language (ASL) for the Deaf Community
Creating and sharing videos of culturally and linguistically accessible information that focus on equipping Deaf individuals with knowledge and available resources needed to prevent suicide.
East Travis Gateway Library District
Project Name: Bilingual Yoga and Nutrition Classes
Providing accessible and inclusive bilingual yoga classes and nutrition classes that cater to a diverse range of community members that will help increase participants holistic well-being.
St. James Missionary Baptist Church
Project Name: Silver Connections
Providing older adults with seated ellipticals that improve flexibility, increase physical activity, improve balance, relax the mind, and encourage a positive mindset to stride into health.
We’re All Neighbors, Inc.
Project Name: Mental Wellness at Walnut Creek Elementary
Creating “Calm Down Kits” and gathering supplies for “Calm Down Corners” for the 36 classrooms at Walnut Creek Elementary and providing trauma-informed training for teachers on mental health, emotional regulation, and how to use the Calm Down Kits within the classroom.
