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The Dannon Company has announced that applications are available for its fifth annual Dannon Next Generation Nutrition Grants.Dannon will award grants of $30,000 each to four nonprofits for programs that support childhood nutrition education and promote healthy eating habits among children within each of the four communities where a Dannon facility is located — Salt Lake County, Utah; Tarrant County, Texas; Westchester County,…See More

Communities Creating Healthy Environments is a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation that aims to prevent childhood obesity by increasing access to healthy foods and safe places to play in communities of color. The program is designed to advance RWJF's efforts to reverse the childhood obesity epidemic by 2015 by supporting diverse, community-based organizations and…See More

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has announced four-year grants of up to $360,000 each to forty-one communities across the country as part of a five-year, $33 million initiative aimed at finding community-based solutions to the childhood obesity epidemic.Described by the foundation as the cornerstone of a $500 million commitment to help tackle childhood obesity by 2015, the…See More

The ConAgra Foods Foundation's 2010 Community Impact Grants program is open from January 11, 2010, to January 29, 2010 for eligible organizations to submit a Letter of Interest.The CIG program will award grants ranging between $10,000 and $100,000 each to impactful, grassroots organizations that leverage innovation and creativity to address childhood hunger and nutrition needs in communities…See More

The W.K. Kellogg Foundation in Battle Creek, Michigan, has announced a $32.5 million investment to implement community-driven efforts and national initiatives that improve access to fresh food and physical activity for vulnerable children and their families.Nine communities will receive initial funding of almost $11 million through the new Food & Community…See More

Ashoka's Changemakers Announces New Collaborative Competition on NutritionThe Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition and Ashoka's Changemakers have announced "Improved Nutrition: Solutions through Innovation," a new online competition to identify innovative solutions for communities currently lacking access…See More

Folks...spread the word about this opportunity...The makers of Hidden Valley Salad Dressings created the Love Your Veggies campaign and grant program as a way to help parents and educators get children eating and enjoying their vegetables.The Love Your Veggies grant program will award grants of $10,000 each to ten elementary schools across the United States. Grant awards will be based on proposals that demonstrate need, sustainability, innovation, and potential for community involvement.…See More