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Funding available to promote child health
SARANAC LAKE — The Eat Well Play Hard program of the North Country Healthy Heart Network offers mini grants to help fund projects supporting nutrition and physical activity for children ages 2 to 12.
The application deadline is March 12.
Funded will be projects that promote healthy behaviors. The funds are disbursed to support sustainable change rather than short-term programs or projects. Successful applications will incorporate at least one Eat Well strategy: to increase age-appropriate physical activity; increase consumption of vegetables and fruits; and increase consumption of 1-percent or lower-fat milk and low-fat dairy products
Find more information, grant applications, eligibility requirements and former grant recipients and projects at www.ewph.heartnetwork.org.
A total $3,000 in funding is available with a maximum award of $1,000.
Tween/teen poetry workshops ongoing
SARANAC LAKE — The Saturday Poetry Writing Workshops for grades 5 to 7 continue from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. today, March 6 and March 13 at the Saranac Lake Free Library, 109 Main Street.
Heather Harrison, public services librarian at Paul Smith's College, will present a theme for each session, with activities for writing and sharing.
Call the library at 891-4190 with questions and to sign up. Participants are asked to bring a notebook or paper and a pen or pencil.
Library program to feature 'Dreamgirls'
PLATTSBURGH — Plattsburgh Public Library will show the movie "Dreamgirls" at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 4.
Starring Jamie Foxx, Beyonce Knowles and Eddie Murphy, the PG-13 movie is directed by Bill Condon.
Based on the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, the film is about trio of black female soul singers that goes from just a group with talent to being a crossover hit on the pop charts in the early '60s. The friendship of the three girls from Chicago is put to the test when they are faced with the pressure of money, fame and adulation.
The movie, which runs 131 minutes, features the Grammy-winning song "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going."
All movies shown at the library are free and open to the general public. Popcorn and bottled water will be served. This program is made possible, in part, with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, Decentralization Program, administered locally by the North Country Cultural Center for the Arts.
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