HealthWorks! Kids' Museum Receives Grant Funding From Mid-America

HealthWorks! Kids’ Museum St. Louis, the region’s only venue solely dedicated to health “edutainment,” is pleased to announce the Mid-America Transplant Foundation has donated $34,800 in grant funding to help support its Recycle Life Project. This new initiative is designed to educate and reinforce the importance of preventive care and healthy life choices, while introducing the topic of organ and tissue donation in a way that is fun and easy to understand.

The Recycle Life Project is an interactive program for kids that will explain what organs are, where they are located in the body, how they function, which ones can be donated, who is eligible to do so, when it can be done and how organs are utilized to save lives. Most importantly, it will reinforce the role children can play in keeping organs healthy by addressing an array of health-related issues like obesity, high blood pressure, asthma, Type 2 Diabetes and more.

“Healthier kids mean healthier organs – and, healthier organs decrease the likelihood of needing an organ transplant and increase the probability of having a usable organ should one choose to donate later in life,” said Shannon Woodcock, president and chief executive officer of HealthWorks! Kids’ Museum St. Louis. “We are grateful for Mid-America Transplant Foundation’s willingness to partner with us as we use a unique mixture of education and entertainment to FUNdamentally change the way kids learn about healthy choices and recycling life.”

The grant funding will also be used to ensure that the program is accessible to all by providing hundreds of admission scholarships to low-income students.

HealthWorks! Kids’ Museum St. Louis is located at 1100 Macklind Ave., St. Louis, MO, 63110. General admission to the museum is $7 for ages three and up. Members and those under two are free. To learn more, call 314-241-7391, visit www.hwstl.org, like the museum on Facebook or follow them on Instagram @healthworkskidsstl.