Walking It Off

$80K Grant Furthers Childhood Obesity Prevention Efforts

Posted: June 23, 2012

A new Safe Routes to School grant is being used toward expanding the number of children in Harrisonburg and Rockingham County walking and biking to school as a way of preventing childhood obesity. (Photo by Nikki Fox)
HARRISONBURG — An $80,000 grant awarded to Rockingham Memorial Hospital will fund a new position focused on stamping out childhood obesity.
 
The two-year grant, awarded to Rockingham Memorial...


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