John Rex Endowment Awards Grants to Three Nonprofits to Support the Healthy Weight of Children

RALEIGH, N.C. (July 17, 2012) – The John Rex Endowment announces the approval of three healthy weight grants totaling more than $525,000. The Alice Aycock Poe Center for Health Education, the North Carolina State University Natural Learning Initiative, and WakeMed Health and Hospitals will receive grants for projects that include overweight and obesity prevention strategies [...]

Natural Learning Initiative explores sensory gardens for early childhood

Sensory gardens provide intimate spaces where young children can be immersed in the scents, textures, and the colors of plants and related elements. Along with specially selected plants, sensory gardens may also include elements such as wind chimes, wind socks, flags, and children’s art. Two popular forms sensory gardens take are sensory pathways and keyhole [...]