Spirit of the North Healthcare Foundation, the Prince George Cougars, and Northern Health announced the winning school for the Healthy Kids program.
Springwood Elementary held a brief assembly in its gymnasium, where a $5,000 cheque was presented to the school.
Spirit of the North Healthcare Foundation CEO, Aimee Cassie talked about why Springwood was chosen.
“The kids are tasked with bringing back completed forms that outline their healthy activities, their healthy food choices, healthy lifestyle choices that they’ve made.”
“Then we look at all the data that comes back, and the school that has the highest number of participants are typically the school that is number one.”
Cassie said this year saw a huge uptick in student participation, reaching over 3,500 students in the Northern Health region.
She added that beyond healthy living, this also gives the winning school some financial freedom for various projects.
For Springwood Elementary, it’s looking to do a garden and are exploring other projects such as getting the blacktop paved, and installing basketball hoops.
Five other schools in Northern BC received $1,000, including Suwilaawks Comunity School (Terrace), Ecolle La Grande-Ourse (Smithers), Westwood Elementary (Prince George), Voyager Elementary (Quesnel), and Kilidala Elementary (Kitimat).
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