Program Description

Program Locations
and Contacts

Program Impacts/
Success Stories

Program Video
Windows Media (.wmv)
Quicktime (.mov)

Program Contributors & Acknowledgments

Schedule & Dates of Future Professional Trainings

The Family Fitness Program

Program Contributors & Acknowledgments

Youth Lesson Authors

Lynn James, M.S., R.D., L.D.N., Extension Educator, Northumberland County

Mary Ehret, R. D., Extension Educator, Luzerne County

Margaret Malehorn, M.Ed., C.F.C.S., Extension Educator, Cumberland County

Nancy Routch, R.D., Extension Educator, Adams County

Shelia Packer, YMCA Sunbury, PA

 

Adult Learn at Home Lesson Authors

Lynn James, M.S., R.D., L.D.N., Extension Educator, Northumberland County

Annette Kratzer, M.A., Extension Educator, Union County

Matthew Kaplan, Ph. D., Associate Professor, Intergenerational Programs, The Pennsylvania State University

Frasier Zahniser, M.Ed., C.F.C.S., Extension Educator, Mercer County

Janice Ronan, Extension Educator, Erie County

Katherine French, R.D., Extension Educator, Mercer County

Lois Killcoyne, M.A., R.D., Extension Educator, Northampton County

 

Adult/Family Lessons Author

Lynn James, M.S., R.D., L.D.N., Extension Educator, Northumberland County

 

Evaluation Team

Nancy Ellen Kiernan, Ph. D., Program Evaluation Specialist, Penn State Cooperative Extension

John Byrnes, R.D., Ph.D., Extension Educator, Philadelphia County

Lynn James, M.S., R.D., L.D.N., Extension Educator, Northumberland County

 

Reviewers and Editors

Joseph L. Andreacci, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Exercise Science

Bloomsburg University

Katherine Cason, R.D., Ph.D., Professor, Clemson University

Natalie Ferry, Ph.D., Coordinator of Special Program Initiatives, Penn State Cooperative Extension

Matthew Kaplan, Ph. D., Associate Professor, Intergenerational Programs, The Pennsylvania State University

Sharon McDonald, R.D., L.D.N., Extension Educator, Blair County

Cindy Javor, R.D., L.D.N., Extension Educator, Allegheny County

Frances Alloway, M.A., R.D., Extension Educator, Delaware County

Laurie Weinreb-Welch, MPH, CHES, Extension Educator, Clinton County

A Special thanks to:

Marilyn Corbin, Associate Director and State Program Leader for Children, Youth, and Families, Penn State Cooperative Extension

Penn State Outreach Marketing Associates Judy Richardson and Jackie Rosenfeld

WPSX Susanna Ritti and video crew

 

Funding for this program provided from the following grants:

Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences Seed Grant

The Pennsylvania Department of Health

Penn State Outreach Health Initiative Fund Grant

 

Questions or comments about this curriculum should be directed to:

Lynn James, M.S., R.D., L.D.N., Extension Educator
Penn State Cooperative Extension in Northumberland County
443 Plum Creek Road,
Sunbury, PA 17801

Phone: 570-988-3950
Fax: 570-988-3953
E-mail: Ljames@psu.edu