Oliver Foundation Programs & Activities
The Oliver Foundation is a Houston-based 501(c) (3) non-profit organization dedicated to the prevention of childhood obesity. We provide technical support, training and nutrition education materials to grant recipients. The level of technical support decreases yearly, creating a sustainable environment when the grant period ends.

Highlights of the training and initiative activities include:

• A full-time dietitian and a dedicated Program Director who work with teachers, nurses, and other educators at grant sites to help them understand messages, implement core plans and meet the goals of helping kids make healthy choices for life.
• The Oliver Kids Team program which works in your schools and communities to TEACH, EXCITE, ACTIVATE and MOTIVATE kids about healthy lifestyles and healthy choices.
  The "TEAM" includes educators, parents, mentors, community partners and others who are involved with kids.
  The Oliver Kids Team is a school-based program to prevent childhood overweight and obesity. The program promotes change by incorporating health and nutrition information into existing curriculum
• The use of "OrganWise Guys" materials, which include books, videos and worksheets that incorporate such characters as "Organ Annie" and her friends "Hardee Heart", "Madame Muscle" and "Peter Pancreas" Through these fun characters, students learn about healthy eating and physical activity.

Our program incorporates 7 simple, healthy messages that encourage kids, teens and adults to Make HEALTHY CHOICES for Life!



Fort Bend Independent School District (FBISD)
In 2004 an educational program began in Fort Bend ISD that trained all elementary school educators on ways to incorporate healthy nutrition choices and increase physical activity in the classroom. This training came about through a grant of nearly $1.5 million from the Oliver Foundation, and has helped to educate over 30,000 individuals.

Neighborhood Centers Inc. (NCI)
Beginning in 2004, the Oliver Foundation provided funds to establish training at the four Houston area Neighborhood Centers, including the Charter School at Ripley House. The Oliver Foundation joins NCI in its mission to bring resources, education and connection to underserved neighborhoods. Completed in 2007.

Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics-Nutrition - Fall 2005
Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics-Nutrition, and the Oliver Foundation are embarking on a six-year study to track the Body Mass Indexes (BMI) and other health parameters of the 2005-2006 kindergarten class in Fort Bend Independent School District. Data gathering began in September 2005 and follows over 4,200 children. The study is titled The Oliver Foundation Kids Team in Fort Bend Independent School District: A six-year longitudinal study of BMI trends among elementary school children in healthy school environments.

Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics-Nutrition- Spring 2008- completed
Our completed study evaluating of 72 educational vignettes ("Shorts") produced by the Oliver Foundation, The OrganWise Guys Inc. and the W. K. Kellogg Foundation at Sugar Grove Elementary School, Houston TX.

Objective: The overall objective of the current study was to evaluate the acceptability of the 72 educational vignettes produced by the Oliver Foundation, The OrganWise Guys Inc. and the W. K. Kellogg Foundation on children who attend a private school. Teachers also evaluated the vignettes to determine their applicability to a school environment