"If we're going to have any chance toreverse this epidemic and save our
kids' future, it is not enough to tell them to put down the Twinkies and
fries, turn off the TV and go play ball. It's going to take a lot more
than that. We are going to have to
-2006 Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, president of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, in her annual message quoted in
The Washington Post series of articles on Young Lives at Risk/Our Overweight Children. And
that is why when THEARC was built it was with active children in mind.
WHAT IS THE ARC?
Since its opening in 2005, Town Hall Education, Arts and Recreation
Campus-THEARC- has become a national prototype combining social,
cultural, and health services. It is a $27 million 110,000 square foot center on 16.5 acres of land in Southeast Washington, DC. THEARC provides a daily safe haven for the children it serves, with a wide range of arts, educational, recreational, health programs and services. In addition there is a 365-seat theatre (the only theatre east of the Anacostia River)
a regulation aize gymnasium, computer lab, art gallery, state-of-the art music and dance studios.
A Grandmother takes charge!
The Washington Post Young Lives At Risk/Our Overweight Children article tells how grandmother Vickie Doy-Scott learned that her granddaughter’s school Plummer Elementary in Southeast Washington did not have a PE program. Concerned about her granddaughter’s weight she decided to do something about it! By calling the mayor’s office and the Board of Education Plummer Elementary now has a PE class and
nutrition classes where her granddaughter learns about eating for health.
The nine non profit partners at THEARC have come together under one roof to help children like Mrs. Doy-Scott’s granddaughter. More information about THEARC is available on our website http://www.thearcdc.org or you may call 1-202-4-THEARC -1-202-484-3272).
The Washington Post Young Lives At Risk/Our Overweight Children article tells how grandmother Vickie Doy-Scott learned that her granddaughter’s school Plummer Elementary in Southeast Washington did not have a PE program. Concerned about her granddaughter’s weight she decided to do something about it! By calling the mayor’s office and the Board of Education Plummer Elementary now has a PE class and
nutrition classes where her granddaughter learns about eating for health.
The nine non profit partners at THEARC have come together under one roof to help children like Mrs. Doy-Scott’s granddaughter. More information about THEARC is available on our website http://www.thearcdc.org or you may call 1-202-4-THEARC -1-202-484-3272).
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