Movement and Mentorship: Healing Kids Through Sports

by Marian Prentice Huntington

Overview

Do you know a child who sits alone or a teen struggling with a health problem like obesity, depression, or addiction? This book outlines five components of a successful program that boosts childrens mental and physical health and that can be implemented in any town. The author shares moving testimonials of impoverished families who have benefitted from the programs emphasis on mentorship and movement, which provides, as one participant said, structure and stability in an often uncertain world. This book is also available in French and Spanish.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781984538994
Publisher:	Xlibris US
Publication date:	07/09/2018
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	52
File size:	191 KB

About the Author

MARIAN PRENTICE HUNTINGTON dedicates herself to serving immigrant and impoverished families in her community, and works to improve the health of homeless and vulnerable children through a charity she founded, NovatoSpirit. Previously, she was an investigative reporter for the Pulitzer-prizewinning Point Reyes Light newspaper and a professor of journalism at Sonoma State University. She is also the author of Anis Asylum, about helping an immigrant family achieve political asylum in the U.S., and has been nominated for several prestigious awards, including the World of Childrens Humanitarian Award and the Marin County Womens Hall of Fame.