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Over $600k in Grants Awarded for Wellness and Obesity Prevention
June 1, 2009 - Health Resources in Action, on behalf of and in collaboration with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, and partners: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation, MetroWest Community Health Care Foundation, Tufts Health Plan Foundation, and The Boston Foundation, is pleased to award 10 communities a Mass in Motion: Municipal Wellness and Leadership grant. The grants of approximately $60,000 per year for two-years, are for community efforts to implement policy, systems and environmental changes that support healthy eating and active living.
Communities awarded funding include Everett, Fall River, Fitchburg, Gloucester, Lee, Lenox and Stockbridge, New Bedford, Revere, Springfield, Weymouth and Worcester.
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