As we close the chapter on 2019, we want to shine a light on all of our CATCH schools and organizations who have left their communities a little healthier this year. Check out a few featured below, and many more on our Spotlights section and social media:
We are excited to announce that CATCH Global Foundation has partnered with the CVS Health Foundationand Discovery Educationto launch Be Vape Free, an initiative to help ensure that everyone – students, parents, educators, and other community members – has access to no-cost, vaping prevention resources to help educate and empower young people.
Spots are available for several winter CATCH open trainings – an ideal option for individuals, or organizations needing three or fewer people trained. Check out our open training calendar for full details / registration.
Palmetto, FL • 1/13-15 • CATCH Early Childhood
Oakland, MI • 1/14 • CATCH PE
Austin, TX • 1/21-23 • CATCH Early Childhood
Coleville, CA • 1/27-29 • CATCH Coordinated School Health (Elementary & Middle)
$3.1 million grant will study long-term results of the CATCH My Breath program
As e-cigarette use by young people reaches epidemic proportions, researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Public Health have received a $3.1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to conduct the first-ever assessment on the long-term results of the CATCH My Breath program.
Our CATCH national team gathered in Austin, TX this week to celebrate the holidays and discuss the current and future state of CATCH. We closed out a banner year for CATCH Global Foundation and set a course for an even bigger imact on child health as we enter the new decade.
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The CATCH Newsletter comes to you from Kathy Chichester, the National CATCH Coordinator, and Laura Aavang, Sr. Communications Specialist.
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Give the gift of health this holiday season.
Thank you to all of those who have supported our efforts in 2019! You can still make an impact today by choosing to make a charitable gift.
Your donation gets us closer to reaching 1,000,000 students with theCATCH My Breath youth vaping prevention program, and helping 100districts in need implement Whole Child health programming through the CATCH Promise initiative.