Head Start of the Lehigh Valley is one of 436 recipients of a $5000 grant from Head Start Body Start National Center for Physical Development and Outdoor Play. The grant will be used to provide a playground for children enrolled in Head Start at Allentown’s Overland Park facility off Hanover Avenue.
‘Outdoor play is associated with greater amounts of physical activity in children and research ahs shown that opportunities for whole bdy exerise has a long lasting influence as preschool physical activity tracks throughout childhood,’ said Center Director Kwame M. Brown, PhD.