Funds directly support FLIPANY’s Worksite Wellness and Cooking Healthy programs as part of the Live Healthy Miami Gardens Initiative

Florida Introduces Physical Activity and Nutrition to Youth (FLIPANY), a local non-profit organization whose mission is to empower youth and adults through nutrition and fitness education while raising awareness and creating policy changes for healthier, more food secure communities, joins the Live Healthy Miami Gardens initiative, a collective impact effort. Collective impact occurs when organizations from different sectors agree to solve a specific social problem using a common agenda, aligning their efforts, and using common measures of success.

As a result of the $75,000 grant from Health Foundation of South Florida, FLIPANY is working with community members, elected officials, subcommittees and workplaces in Miami Gardens to improve healthy lifestyles through access to health and wellness programs, creating policies around healthy eating and active living and changing systems and environments to include healthier food and more physical activity.

FLIPANY’s chefs and nutritionists are also providing healthy cooking and nutrition education classes to kids, families and community members in Miami Gardens. According to Lynne Kunins, FLIPANY’s President and CEO, “This grant from Health Foundation of South Florida helps to ensure residents of Miami Gardens will have access to professionals in the field of health and wellness. The goal is to bring the community together and make a lasting impact on residents’ ability to enjoy healthy lifestyles and improve their quality of life.”

For more information, please contact Kristine Perez-Carrion, director of programs, at 954-567-5526 ext. 1253 or emailkperezcarrion@flipany.org

About FLIPANY

FLIPANY, a local non-profit organization, empowers youth and adults through nutrition and fitness education while raising awareness and creating policy changes for healthier, more food-secure communities. The only agency of its kind in South Florida, FLIPANY has been instrumental in helping the community recognize the importance of their health, how to make healthy lifestyle choices, and the critical role nutrition and physical activity plays in the health and development of children. For more information or to make a donation, call 954-636-2388 or visit www.FLIPANY.org

About Health Foundation of South Florida

Health Foundation of South Florida, a nonprofit organization, improves health through community investments for health promotion and preventive services. With leadership and effective partnerships on a national, state and local level, the Foundation advances the ability of residents in Broward, Miami-Dade and Monroe Counties to lead healthier lives. Since its founding in 1993, the Foundation has worked with more than 400 organizations and awarded over $115 million. For more information, please call 305.374.7200 or visit www.hfsf.org