Blue Cross-Blue Shield (BCBS) of Montana surprised YWCA Helena on the day of Thursday with a $25,000 grant to assist improve the health and well-being of the ladies and children in their care.
The money will be utilized by the YWCA’s WINGS program to make better nutrition and fitness requirements through what is known as NELL, the in-house term which stands for Nutrition and Exercise for Life and Longevity.
NELL teaches healthy meal planning, shopping, portions and assists moms and kids set physical fitness aims.
Each mom is motivated to set fitness aims tailored to their requirements. YWCA Helena director Kellie Goodwin McBride claims that could mean a 10-minute walk a day or setting a aim to run the 5K or 10K in the yearly BCBS Governor’s Cup in Helena.
Goodwin McBride states that it is a wonderful surprise that will go a long way towards their overall aim.
WINGS, which stands for Women Initiating New Growth and Stability, is a transition program which is presently assisting 26 women, few with children.
The YWCA’s website says: “WINGS is an intensive, research based program requiring the residents to engage in: working with a case manager and handling mental health, participating in educational growth and obtaining employment, searching for safe and sustainable housing, learning financial budgeting skills and initiating self-care activities.”
“It prevents that cycle of poor eating, poor health choices, poor nutrition,” claimed Goodwin McBride. “And we are teaching the moms and the children so that can continue on.”
Staff of BCBS gathered on the day of Thursday morning for the surprise. BCBS spokesman John Doran claims that the YWCA’s plan perfectly fit their ‘Healthy Kids, Healthy Families’ initiative, which gave the grant.
In accordance to the BCBS of Montana website, “Healthy Kids, Healthy Families is a BCBS initiative developed to improve the health and wellness of kids.” It is part of an, “ongoing commitment to invest in and partner with nonprofit agencies that give sustainable, measurable programs to reach kids and their families through nutrition, physical activity, disease prevention and management, supporting safe atmospheres and through suicide prevention.”
“They have been such an astonishing partner and really give such a crucial service in Helena that it was a no-brainer to award them this grant and enable them to fulfill the nutrition, the healthy living aspects for the females living in the facility and their families,” claims Doran.
Blue Cross-Blue Shield (BCBS) of Montana surprised YWCA Helena on the day of Thursday with a $25,000 grant to assist improve the health and well-being of the ladies and children in their care.
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