Daytona's Math & Fitness Bootcamp is getting a $125,000 grant to prevent childhood obesity

Eileen Zaffiro-Kean, Daytona Beach News-Journal
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DAYTONA BEACH — Daytona Beach has been selected to receive a $125,000 grant as a part of the 2024 Childhood Obesity Prevention & Environmental Health and Sustainability Awards, it was announced Friday.

The grant will allow more children to take part in The Mayor's Math & Fitness Bootcamp program in Daytona Beach. About 400 underprivileged children from ages five to 14 will be able to participate in summer session programs that use exercise and dance to teach mathematics.

The funds come from the U.S. Conference of Mayors and the American Beverage Foundation for a Healthy America. To date, the groups have jointly awarded $6.5 million to 73 cities in support of programs that enhance health, wellness and environmental quality of life for children and families.

Daytona Beach Mayor Derrick Henry said in a release that the funds from the grant "will be instrumental in positively impacting the children participating in the city's summer programs. With a focus on math and fitness strategies, the grant funds will help improve our youngest residents' academic, physical, and emotional well-being."

Daytona Beach Mayor Derrick Henry was elated to hear that Daytona Beach is receiving a $125,000 grant for the Mayor's Math & Fitness Bootcamp Program. Henry is pictured last year at an event involving Brown & Brown subsidiary Proctor Loan Protector.
Daytona Beach Mayor Derrick Henry was elated to hear that Daytona Beach is receiving a $125,000 grant for the Mayor's Math & Fitness Bootcamp Program. Henry is pictured last year at an event involving Brown & Brown subsidiary Proctor Loan Protector.

The 2024 Childhood Obesity Prevention & Environmental Health and Sustainability Awards were presented last week at the 92nd Annual U.S. Conference of Mayors Winter Meeting in Washington, D.C.

Established in 2012, the awards support community-based programs that promote positive changes in the categories of childhood obesity prevention, environmental health and sustainability, or both.

Elizabeth DeWitt, president and chief executive officer of the Florida Beverage Association, said "We’re excited to support the great work being done in Daytona Beach, furthering the mission of The Mayor’s Math & Fitness Bootcamp to improve the quality of life for Daytona Beach’s residents."

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