Provide a brief description of the proposed project, including the project goal(S) as well as an overview of the activities the requested vistas and leaders will perform

The colorado springs community centers have implemented programming to address food security, increase youth science and health educational opportunities, and target health and wellness issues throughout the community. These programs directly target systemic issues of poverty and help lift the surrounding communities out of poverty. Currently, colorado springs has three community centers: hillside, deerfield hills, and meadows park. The three facilities, located in low-income communities, provide affordable programs and resources, including youth and adult enrichment, fitness and exercise, health and wellness, and senior programs. Our new program, whole and healthy youth, provides an interactive educational model for health and sciences, mitigates the systemic causes of childhood obesity and addresses food security in our region. Our program aligns with vista's education and healthy futures priority programming by improving food security, addressing significant healthcare problems, and teaching children about nutrition, sciences and the environment. The mission of the whole and healthy youth program aims at targeting the childhood obesity epidemic by developing capacity building relationships and addressing the root problems of obesity: access to healthy food, education, and exercise and fitness. To expand health and wellness programs for youth and community. Vista volunteers will capacitate staff and volunteers at the community centers to build upon educational and wellness programming, expand partnerships, and identify programming gaps/trends to best serve the health and wellness needs of the area. Specific projects: deerfield hills community center- 1. Outreach to community middle school & high school youth to expand reach. 2. Enhance partnerships related to all youth programming to include educational, physical, mental health, and social utilizing the data collected on needs of our youth. 3. Grant collaboration to include EL pomar possibilities grant and project access ? Build health grants. 4. Coordinate and/or work with community partners to expand program offerings related to grant work implementation with a focus on life skills, outdoor education, and health. 5. Coordinate neighborhood/community events, including but not limited to, themed family nights and a neighborhood block party. 6. Research, track data and statistics, and identify needs and trends to enhance programming within community. 7. Work with partners to track assessments of program youth. 8. Develop new community partnerships and maintain involvement with the colorado community centers collaborative. 9. Other as identified hillside community center ? 1. Donations for the community garden 2. Grant research and grant writing 3. Partnerships with elementary, teen and senior programs to include educational, physical and social 4. Girl scouts, girls on the run and kids on bikes at hillside 5. Update and maintain the face book page as well as other social media (as needed) 6. Assist with special events (donations, vendors, community involvement etc.) 7. Involvement with the hillside advisory team-HAT. 8. Develop new community partnerships and maintain involvement with the colorado community centers collaborative meadows park community center ? 1. Stratmoor hills elementary school after school tutoring and snack program 2. Summer cooking matters program 3. Send hunger packing program 4. Community garden coordination 5. Pikes peak workforce: youth zone 6. Stratmoor hills community center summer feeding program and community clean-up 7. Parenting classes 8. Other as identified the vistas will expand on the youth exercise, education and nutrition services currently offered by the community centers. The community centers do not provide direct SER