Project to Serve Head Start Children

HENDERSONVILLE - The Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project and Western Carolina Community Action kick off a new project Thursday that will serve Head Start children, instructors and families in Henderson County.

The project will address children's health issues through educational farm field trips, establishing a school garden, helping the center source local food for meals and demonstrating healthy cooking. The project is a part of ASAP's Growing Minds program and is funded through a grant from the Community Foundation of Western North Carolina.

Thursday's kickoff begins at 5:30 p.m. at the main Head Start site in Henderson County, located at the Western Carolina Community Action center, 220 King Creek Blvd., Hendersonville.

Head Start children will have an opportunity to plant seeds and plants into a new garden, and each child will go home with a plant for his or her own home garden. There will also be a healthy cooking demonstration for the children and their families.

For more, call 236-1282 or 693-1711.

CITIZEN-TIMES.com

The mission of Growing Healthy Minds, a program of the Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project, is to create community-based food systems while connecting kids to their agricultural heritage and promoting wellness. The program kicks off a local initiative Thursday with Henderson County Head Start.

From the Asheville Citizen Times at http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007703280312