Mission: FIT Makes Wholesome Habits Enjoyable for Youngsters

Mission: FIT Possible is a dynamic, entertaining, and academic program for elementary college students in Central Florida. In faculty with 2nd and 4th grade college students, their “edutainers” make studying enjoyable.

Since 2012, college students have change into FIT Special Agents, tasked with the mission of studying extra about vitamin, bodily exercise, emotional wellness, and restorative health. “I met Mission FIT over a decade ago, when I was a first-year teacher. I went to a P.E. professional development conference, and they told me they’d come and introduce healthy habits to students in a fun way. And I was like, yeah, sure, let’s try this out. And now I’ve invited them back every single year,” Coach Frank Allen from Ocoee Elementary shared on his appreciation for Mission: FIT. “They do an amazing job of making it fun. The kids don’t even realize they’re retaining this information. They make the things kids don’t want to hear and they make it fun. They make it relatable. They make it easy for them to understand.”

FIT Special Agents obtain a particular badge at first of their coaching and a sticker for each mission they full. Following Florida State Standards, college students study vitamin, emotional wellness, bodily health, and how you can recharge. In the previous faculty 12 months and throughout their 21 taking part colleges, Mission: FIT reported a 13% enhance in college students who eat fruit and veggies every single day, a 36% enhance in college students who train every single day, and a 92% enhance in college students realizing what display time was—all after taking part in Mission: FIT.

Creating Mission: FIT Special Agents throughout 150 colleges in Orange, Osceola, and Seminole county, Mission: FIT Program Manager Melissa Williams expanded on what she hopes for Mission FIT sooner or later: “Mission FIT is like my heart and soul. We have about 30 schools on our waitlist that we just don’t have the capacity for at the moment. This is a really important program that AdventHealth is providing for our community.” Supported by philanthropy, Mission: FIT Possible is a program for teenagers in contrast to some other – serving to them study wellness by having enjoyable.