President & CEO
HealthMPowers
Welcome!
Thank you to our staff, board of directors, advisory council, donors, and all the frontline educators, youth, parents and partners that make up the amazing HealthMPowers community. Your support meant more this year than you know.
I hope you’ll scroll through this report and be inspired by the communities that we champion. We have a long way to go, but I am proud of all we accomplished. I am most proud of our team’s unwavering hope and determination to achieve a future where all children have access to healthy foods and opportunities to be physically active.
Who We Are
HealthMPowers implements sustainable programming focused on increasing access to and promoting nutrition and physical activity education. We partner with educators, youth leaders, school nutrition staff and community partners at all levels to deliver trainings, services and resources that educate and ignite a passion for health in children.
Our program model spans a multi-year partner relationship that’s built on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s evidence-based guidelines for assessing and expanding health and wellness. Over the past 20 years, it’s proven highly effective in helping children and families make healthier decisions like consuming more fresh fruits and vegetables and getting more physical activity.
Our Impact
Early Care and Education (ECE)
Health Empowered ECE sites are deeply committed to fostering
and modeling behaviors that support healthy growth and development.
Empowering Health Habits
- 95% of children met national recommendations for fruit consumption
91% of children met national guidelines for physical activity - 90% of children met national recommendations for water consumption
Transforming Environmemts
- Early care and education sites implemented 153 new policies, systems and environmental changes and processes to improve nutrition and physical activity
Elementary Schools
Every Health Empowered school is backed by coaching and support
that lasts throughout the relationship.
Empowering Healthy Habits
- 61% of students consumed 2+ fruits per day, compared with 40% of students nationally
- 27% of students met vegetable consumption recommendations of 3+ per day, compared with 7% nationally
- 45% of students participated in moderate to vigorous physical activity at least five days per week
- 41% of students consumed water four or more times during the day
Transforming Environments
- School health teams implemented a total of 134 new policies, systems and environmental changes and processes to improve nutrition and physical activity
Potter Street Elementary Student Health Advocates Motivate Peers
Student Health Advocates (SHAs) at Potter Street Elementary School (Bainbridge) decided to tackle the problem of students not getting enough physical activity outside of PE during the school day. To get started, they created and distributed a pre-survey to all students to evaluate their current physical activity levels.
Next, they collaborated with teachers to encourage students to participate in physical activity breaks in the classroom. Students were also given handouts with tips and ideas on incorporating physical activity into the day. The program’s final step was to create an activity log for each student to fill out weekly.
The Student Health Advocates collected the logs each week and used them, along with the post-survey, to evaluate the results of their project. The project was a success! Almost 40 percent of students in the post-survey reported that they’d increased physical activity to three to five times a week, up from pre-survey results of vary rarely or never and one to two times a week.
Family Engagement
Reaching families is a critical part of empowering healthy habits for children. Last year, “Weekly Wellness” text messaging reached 1,666 new participants. The text resources and reminders empowered family members to model healthy physical activities and good nutrition to their children.
Empowering Healthy Habits in Families
After participating in the Early Care and Education family text messaging program:
- 63% of families plan to eat more vegetables and 42% plan to eat more fruits
- 55% of families plan to be more physically active
After participating in the Elementary family text messaging program:
- 67% of families plan to eat more vegetables and 53% plan to eat more fruits
- 67% of families plan to be more physically active
Secondary Schools
At Health Empowered schools, every day is a pep rally for health as
students encourage each other to eat, drink and move!
Empowering Healthy Habits
- 34% of students consumed 2+ fruits per day, compared with 7% of students nationally
- 15% of students met vegetable consumption recommendations of 3+ per day, compared with 2% nationally
- 66% of students participated in classroom physical activity at least five days a week
- 34% of students consumed water 4 or more times during the day
Transforming Environments
- School health teams implemented a total of 78 new policies, systems and environmental changes and processes to improve nutrition and physical activity
- 29 schools created a Student Health Advocate team to implement a plan for improving healthy eating or physical activity supports
- 831 Student Health Advocates were trained to promote improvements in healthy eating and physical activity in their schools
Carrollton Junior High Students “Pass It On”
School in front of the Pass It On Pantry
Amid the challenges and uncertainties confronting the world due to the pandemic, Carrollton Jr. High School Student Health Advocates (SHA) decided to take matters into their own hands to uplift their fellow students. During winter, COVID-19 numbers had risen, and faculty, staff, students and parents had no idea what the next week would bring. With so many “what ifs,” the SHA students at Carrolton decided to act to positively impact their school.
They decided on a name and presented the plan to the school nutrition coordinator. Once the plan was authorized, all schools in the system had implemented a “Pass It On Pantry.”
As of May 2021, a “Pass It on Pantry” has been implemented in all schools within Carrollton Junior High School system.
During these times of uncertainty, we need happiness and optimism, and the Carrollton Jr. High School SHA students delivered that and more by successfully creating a positive change in their school.
A group of 30 Student Health Advocates, with the help of school Principal, Travis Thomaston, drafted a plan to start a pantry to benefit all students.
Out of School Time (OST)
At Health Empowered out of school time sites, youth are getting
more chances to develop and grow healthy habits.
Empowering Healthy Habits
- 63% of youth consumed 2+ fruits per day
- 24% of youth met vegetable consumption recommendations of 3+ per day
- 32% of youth participated in moderate to vigorous physical activity at least 5 days per week
- 51% of youth consumed water at least once during the day
Transforming Environments
- Out of school time sites implemented a total of 67 new policies, systems and environmental changes and process to improve nutrition and physical activity
Community
We work alongside local community partners, store retailers, farmers,
and food pantries to build healthy communities.
Empowering Healthy Habits
- 73% children and families met fruit consumption recommendations of 2+ per day
- 82% of children and families met vegetable consumption recommendations of 3+ per day
- 91% of children and families consumed water at least once during a day
Transforming Environments
- Community sites implemented a total of 23 new policies, systems and environmental changes and processes to improve nutrition
Cooking Matters Makes Big Impact
Louise Radloff Middle School Parent Coordinator, Judy Ruiz, did not realize the impact she’d have when she agreed to participate in HealthMPowers’ Cooking Matters program. Cooking Matters, a six-week-long course, provides free, virtual cooking classes once a week. Participants learn the ins and outs of budgeting and cooking a healthy meal for a family of four for under $10. A total of eight Radloff families participated.
Most attendees were Spanish speaking, and Judy provided interpretation on every call for the entire six weeks so that every family could participate with no language barrier.
One parent shared this about the program, “Thank you for sharing good recipes for our kids. I speak very little English, but this is a great opportunity to practice.”
Special Programs
Power Up for 30 is a statewide initiative to integrate 30 minutes of physical activity every day for every student. Last year, HealthMPowers partnered with the Georgia Department of Public Health, Georgia Shape, and the Georgia Department of Education to facilitate Power Up for 30 trainings, build -out engaging new resources and motivate audiences across the state to get moving! Our Power Up for 30 efforts impacted 3,365 youth and 232 educators and staff across Georgia.
Since Georgia’s adoption of a statewide fitness assessment known as FitnessGram, HealthMPowers has partnered with Georgia Shape and the Georgia Departments of Public Health and Education to provide ongoing training to Physical Education (PE) teachers to administer the assessment. The assessment is a powerful tool to help schools, students and parents measure heart health. Our efforts last year to train and implement FitnessGram impacted over 27,000 youth.
Girls Empowering Movement (GEM), the program, designed by girls for girls, guides middle-school-aged girls to develop a love for and leadership capacity to implement physical activity programs in their schools, afterschool clubs, and communities. The program is led by a statewide leadership team comprised of 14 middle school girls, HealthMPowers, Girls Scouts of Greater Atlanta, Girls Scouts of Historic Georgia, Boys and Girls Clubs of Georgia, and The University of West Georgia—all working together to create the next evolution of physical activity programs for middle school girls.
Aligned with the Georgia Nutrition and Physical Activity Assessment, the Reach for the Stars Learning Collaborative is a statewide training series designed to transform wellness policies and practices within early care and education settings to create healthy environments for children, staff, and families. Participants received up to 30 Bright from the Start training hours, nutrition and physical activity resources and materials, technical assistance and mentoring, and provider-specific nutrition and physical activity assessment reporting. In 2021 alone, this five-month course impacted 2,937 students and families, 459 staff, 231 classrooms, and 40 early care and education sites across 24 counties statewide. Ultimately, nearly all participating sites made measurable improvements in the health and wellness of their students and staff.
Our Supporters
Corporate & Community Funding
Amazon Smile
American Heart Association
Arketi Group
The Athlete’s Foot
Atlanta Office Liquidators, Inc.
Blue Sky Specialties LLC
Community Health Charities
Constellation, An Exelon Company
Costco
The Dairy Alliance
Georgia Center for Nonprofits
Georgia Department of Public Health
General Mills
Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners
Hall County Public Schools
Isakson Living, Inc.
Jackson Healthcare
KPMG
Kroger Community Rewards
McClure Health Sciences High School
Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University
The Piedmont Bank
The Robert and Charlene Alvarez Family Fund
University of West Georgia
YMCA of Coastal Georgia
Foundations
Jesse Parker Williams Foundation
Government
Founding Partners
Individual Donors
Amanda Adams
Afshan Ali
Diane Allensworth
Angelina Allums
Amalie Alvarez
Bonnie Anderson
Forrest Ann Anderson
Jessica Andrews-
Wilson
Dione Ansah
Annie Appleton
Keith Bahun
Dianne Baker
Susan Balogh
Shannon Barrett-Williams
Steven Barton
Jason Bernstein
Emily Blanton
Kristy Bond
Greg Bradley
Larry Bradner
William Bulpitt
Roy Burnette
Mary Butler
Taifa S Butler
Michael Callahan
Randall Carroll
John Carter
Jeannie Cave
Kendall Charlton
Brad Childress
Jodi Cobb
Myeisha Coggins
Kelly Combs
Thomas Crawford
Jeannie Davis
Shelle Deal
Stephanie Deal
Kirk Diamond
Gail Doherty
Jeannine Doherty
Raschell Downer
Cathy Durand-Horne
Chris Eagle
Aimee Edwards
Lee Ann Else
Michael Elting
Alyssa Fast
Susan Fochtmann
Patrick Folz
McCord Frampton
Dean Fronk
Megan Fulks
Elaine Furlong
Lindsey Garland- Padget
Andrew Ghertner
Charles Ginden
Erica Glasener- Goldstein
Suzanne and James Glenn
Roger Godwin
Courtney Goershel
Beverly Greene
Sarah Gregory
Ellen Griffin
Dana Griffith
Justin Grimsley
Kelly Grunewald
Carmen Guadagno
Lois Gunson
Heather Hale
Laura Hall
Gerry Halphen
Christy Halphen
Debbie Harriss
Timothy Hazelrig
Pat Hickok
Thomas Hislop Jr
Kenna Ho
Jasmine Hoffman
Dawne Hood
Sequoya Howard
Karen Hyland
E. Andrew Isakson
Regina Jackson
Bela Jacobson
Rufus Johns
Mary Johnson
Christopher Johnson
Scott Johnson
Karen Jordan
Christi and Larry Kay
Scott Kelley
Debra Kibbe
Howard Kids
Delilah Landrum
Michael Lawson
Jennifer Leal
Katie Lee
Loreal LeGate
Frank LeGate
Massiel LeGate
Denys Lu
Casey Martinez de Andino
Sonny Mcbride
Therese Mcguire
Dasia McKinnon
Elizabeth McMahon
Riley McMullan
Dave Meinzenbach
Jack Meinzenbach
Francys Mesa
Jim and Pam Metzler
Maureen Metzler
Theresa and Mike Metzler
Adria Meyer
Steven Meyers
Barbara Miller
Michelle Miller
Marsha Moffitt
Lauren Moore
Ken Morris
Nicole Mosley
Marc Mosley
Eryka Murray
Lauren Neumann
J Michael Neumeier
Myrtle Neumeier
Shanda Neumeier
Donna Newsome
Sharon Newton
William Nichols
Georgian Ortiz
Gigi O’Shea
Jennifer L. Owens
Leslie Owens
Dennis Patterson
Keith Perkey
David and Patty Perkey
Bob Peterson
La’Niyah Philpot
Mr. Alan Pogue
Anthony Portress
William Potts-Datema
Emma Prince
Ben Pugh
Anaise Quirindongo
Steven Raber
Jill Reckamp
Mary Reid
Heather Rice
Joseph Robb
Jennifer Rueter
Debbie Rupp
Jeannette Russo
Emma Sanders
Kimberly Santijanna
Curtis Saueressig
Gregory Saueressig
Caroline Schick
Frances Schick
Kim Schick
Rebecca Schick
Marian Scopa
Danielle Scudder
Julie Self
Dustin Sergent
Karen Siener
Allison Simmons
Reid Simmons
Erin Smith
Rex Smith
Temple Smith
Michael Sorrow
Karen Spaeth
Laura Stammer
Christopher Stewart
Debbi Sumner
Jason Taylor
Lauren Tejkl
Sonya Tinsley
Keyanna Townsend
Jeremy Triplett
Chuck Truett
Robert Vernay
Heather Voight
Valinda Voight
Chuck and Shirley Wall
Scott Waterman
Rhonda Welch
David Wiley
Cynthia Williams
Scott Wilmeth
Douglas Wilson
David Woodhead
Mary Ann Zegers
Our Staff
Danielle Adamson
Amalie Alvarez
Bonnie Anderson
Forrest Ann Anderson
Dianne Baker
Susan Balogh
Kristy Bond
Kendall Charlton
Myeisha Coggins
Shelle Deal
Suzanne Doherty Glenn
Raschell Downer
Cathy Durand-Horne
Natasha Ealey
Aimee Edwards
Lee Ann Else
Haley Erickson
Akilah Flowers
Megan Fulks
Dana Griffith
Carmen Preston
Kenna Ho
Sequoya Howard
Kristina Hyland
Regina Jackson
Brandon Johnson
Christi Kay
Debbie Kohne
Greg Lafortune
Audi Lahijani
Delilah Landrum
Crystal Lazarus
Casey Martinez de Andino
Dasia Mckinnon
Adria Meyer
Michelle Miller
Barbara Miller
Eryka Murray
Jennifer Owens
Keisa Portress
Emma Prince
Anaise Quirindongo
Heather Rice
Kimberly Santijanna
Caroline Schick
Danielle Scudder
Dustin Sergent
Meggie Stewart
Chris Stewart
Keyanna Townsend
Chuck Truett
Olivia Tyler
Alexis Upshaw
Crystal Wheatley
Board of Directors
Executive Officers
Board Chair
Loreal LeGate
i3MKTG
Executive Director
Vice Chair
Kelly Combs
Anthem, Inc
Execution Director
Treasurer
Amanda Adams
Cherry Bekaert LLP
Managing Director
Corporate Secretary
Kirk Diamond
Cushman & Wakefield
Executive Managing Director
Founders
Andrew Isakson
Isakson Living
Managing Partner
Mary Johnson
SBBOS, LLC
Owner
Members
Afshan Ali, Jackson & Coker
Christopher Johnson, Brightlane Partners
Curtis Saueressig, KPMG LLP
Denys Lu, Emory University
Dr. Jeffrey Koplan, Emory Global Health Institute
Elizabeth McMahon, Prophet
Gerry Halphen, Launch Consulting
Jasmine Hoffman, Emory University
Justin Grimsley, Chick-Fil-A
Keith Perkey, Haskell
Laura Stammer, Appollo Bookkeeping Service, LLC
Nicole Mosely, McClure Health Science High School
Pat Hickok, Atlanta Embroidery & Twill
Sonya Tinsley-Hook, Deloitte Services, LP
Annual Expenses
$0.91 of every $1.00
goes to health programs
Assets
| Cash and Cash Equivalents | $2,678,540 |
| Grants Receivable | $847,331 |
| Contributions and Pledges Receivable | $1,550 |
| Employee Retention Credit Receivable | $144,081 |
| Prepaid Expense | $4,591 |
| Property and Equipment, Net | $23,541 |
| Other Assets | $6,627 |
| Total Assets | $3,706,261 |
Liabilities
| Accounts Payable and Accrued Expense | $395,251 |
| Due to Partner Organizations | $493,775 |
| Total Liabilities | $889,026 |
Net Assets
| Without Donor Restrictions | $2,817,235 |
| With Donor Restrictions | |
| Total Net Assets | $2,817,235 |
| Total Liabilities and Net Assets | $3,706,261 |
Support & Revenue
| SNAP-Ed Grant Revenue | $4,316,741 |
| Employee Retention Credit Revenue | $349,047 |
| Foundation Grant Revenue | $540,102 |
| Program Services | $150,119 |
| Contributions and Bequests | $108,629 |
| Interest Income | $2,259 |
| Gains on Sale | $15,200 |
| Total Support and Revenue | $5,482,097 |
Expenses
| Program Services | $4,885,094 |
| Management and General | $358,736 |
| Fundraising | $100,762 |
| Total Expense | $5,344,592 |