UpTeens Volunteer with Chicktime at the Wiregrass Childrens’ Home

(DOTHAN) On March 21, Healthy You UpTeens volunteered with local community service group Chicktime at the Wiregass Children’s Home. Volunteers helped with Easter crafts and an Easter egg hunt for the kids. 

 

UpTeen is a teen leadership program of Healthy You Inc. Students from Rehobeth, Wicksburg, Northview, Houston Academy, Dothan and Ashford High Schools were nominated for the program to receive leadership training and participate in meetings. During the school year, UpTeens lead the ReConnect program, part of Chick Fil A’s Core Essentials ®. This influential group of students lead the effort to infuse values in their own culture at school and in the community using a particular word to focus on each month. The word for March is Patience. 

Healthy You Inc. is a 501c3 nonprofit formed in 2010 in Dothan. The mission of Healthy You, Inc. is to enhance quality of life for citizens of Alabama through educational health initiatives and public awareness campaigns teaching personal responsibility when making lifestyle choices. For more information, please call 334-671-7774.