By Liz Duda, past Eat Smart Move More York County chair; Advocacy and Communication Committee chair Liz Duda Presents on Adapting to Change, Leveraging Partners and Having an Impact at 2021 Leadership Summit for Healthy Communities May 20, 2021 (York County, SC) I...
Schools News
Walk and Roll Safely to School Together
by Liz Duda Jan. 24, 2021 (Tega Cay, SC) With families across York County advocating for safe routes to their schools, one local school is touted as a model. Tega Cay Elementary School (TCES) students in the Fort Mill School District are fortunate to be able to walk...
Parents Asks RFATS to Enable Students to Walk to Schools Safely
by Liz Duda Jan. 23, 2021 (York County, SC) At yesterday's RFATS Policy Committee meeting, Fort Mill families asked elected officials and agencies to complete a sidewalk along the road where their children will walk and cycle to two new schools. The...
Parents Pursuing Safe Ped/Cycling to 2 New FMSD Schools
by Liz Duda Jan. 9, 2021 (Fort Mill, SC) Fort Mill residents worry about unsafe pedestrian and cycling access between the Catawba Ridge High School (CRHS) (opened 2019), adjacent Forest Creek Middle School (FCMS) (opening 2021) and two subdivisions: Waterstone at the...
Free Meals for York County Kids (Summer Feeding)
by Liz Duda June 11, 2020 (York County, SC) Many people throughout York County are working to ensure that kids are fed this summer. With today’s economic challenges, families are encouraged to take advantage of free meal offerings to keep kids from being hungry....
ESMMYC Advocacy for Environmental Change – Why is a neighborhood trail to nearby schools so hard to get?
Fort Mill, SC (Jan. 15, 2020) Why does Eat Smart Move More York County (ESMMYC) support “policy, system and environmental change” to make the healthy choice the easy choice? Because those changes last. Instituting a healthy policy (e.g., only healthy foods may be...
Community Leader: Jessica Cody
York County, SC (Oct. 2019) For the past three years, Eat Smart Move More South Carolina has honored individuals with the Community Leader Award to showcase those who go above and beyond to make their communities healthier places to live, learn, work, play, and...
Healthy Back to School Lunch & Snack Ideas from ESMMYC Leadership
by Liz Duda York County, SC (Aug. 7, 2019) Get ready to go back to school! In this CN2 Today segment, the Eat Smart Move More York County (ESMMYC) leadership team presents healthy snack and lunch options that kids can prepare. Also hear about the “Healthy Together...
Food Share Program in the York School District
by Liz Duda York County (May 29, 2019) Eat Smart Move More York County (ESMMYC) welcomed the York School District 1’s Food Service Director, Latisha Holt, to our April 9 general membership meeting. Ms. Holt discussed the district’s successful food share program, Stop...
Bike Rodeo and All Inclusive Playground Benefit from 6th Grade Project
by Liz Duda Tega Cay, SC (Mar. 31, 2019) Gold Hill Middle School 6th graders assigned the Pay it Forward project, “to think of an idea for change that helps our community and put it into action,” made a big community impact. One 6th-grade team, led by a 12-year old...
Standard Setting: School Wellness Policies – Food Marketing to Kids?
by Liz Duda and Dr. Dave Keely York County, SC (Mar. 27, 2019) Eat Smart Move More York County supports school wellness policies that prohibit the marketing to students of foods that do not meet minimum nutrition standards[1]. This is consistent with the Alliance for...
Setting the Standard: School District Wellness Policies – Food Rewards?
by Liz Duda and Dr. David F. Keely York County’s public school districts periodically update their wellness policies, written documents that guide district and school efforts to create supportive school-nutrition and physical-activity environments before, during and...