Friday, November 19, 2010

November Jefferson Award

Congratulations to Parker Bovenberg, a senior at Pioneer High School. After doing his Sophomore Project on childhood obesity, he took action and founded the club

 “Teens Getting Involved Finally” (TGIF). He and other Pioneer students provided supervision for kindergarten and elementary school students during PTA meetings. They planned engaging activities for the kids that got them excited about physical activity for one to two hour meetings. Parker not only prevented childhood obesity,

 but he allowed parents to become more involved in their kids’ lives by becoming more active in their schools.