Executive Director speaks at OACAA Conference

COLUMBUS, OHIO – February 12, 2007 - Executive Director Shane Hankins presented “Keeping Kids Healthy for Life: The Road of Life Curriculum” at the Ohio Association of Community Action Agencies Annual Winter Conference in early February.

The conference brought together Community Action Agencies of Ohio to improve services, share resources and best practices, and learn how to work with the new administration on legislative issues that will help the populations served by these agencies.

 
Road of Life was able to share information about our free and low cost health education curriculum with the conference attendees. Road of Life not only has an innovative curriculum for classrooms, but the organization is also developing versions of the curriculum for after-school and summer camp programs. These versions will emphasize physical activity and are designed for non academic settings. Both of these versions of the curriculum will be available in the spring of 2007.

 
Road of Life was invited to speak at this conference because of its dedication to serving at-risk and impoverished youth.  The Community Action Agencies in Ohio often have direct contact with the audience Road of Life serves. Making Road of Life’s resources available to Community Action Agencies will allow more programming to reach at-risk youth. Community action professionals around the state expressed strong interest in incorporating Road of Life’s curriculum into their programs.

 
“This is a very exciting opportunity. This is the beginning of a strong relationship between Road of Life and Community Action Agencies throughout the state of Ohio,” said Hankins. 

 
For more information about Road of Life’s programs, refer to our website: www.roadoflife.org or contact Robyn Hauser: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , (614) 221-1235.