Summer Archives

Erin Verbeck Nashville, TN - Preston Taylor Ministries

My summer project at Preston Taylor Ministries (PTM) planned to consist of implementing the Media-Smart Youth (MSY) health curriculum, created by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development in a program titled RISE Above. Over the course of eight weeks, my goals were to provide resources and teach skills to encourage 8 PTM children to make healthier choices; to modify the curriculum to fit into PTM Life (the wellness program at PTM) programming during the school year; to provide a manual for next summer's RISE Above; and to impact the children at PTM by building relationships with them.