Kid-Made Ads Touting Healthy Foods Appearing in King County Metro Buses
After learning about how companies get our attention through vivid advertising, area students wondered if it would be possible to make their own "ads" featuring artwork promoting fresh fruit and vegetables public in their neighborhoods. This month 120 of these student-created ads have been made into interior bus billboards in King County Metro buses.
Three different language versions of the ad are appearing, including Spanish, Vietnamese, and Cambodian.
Sponsored by Washington State University Extension Food $ense Program through a grant from the King County STEPS to a Healthier US, the Healthy Foods In Motion Ads will run for at least two months in conjunction with ongoing health and nutrition and gardening education curriculum in the schools developed by WSU King County Extension’s innovative CHANGE (Cultivating Health and Nutrition Through Gardening Education) program.
Great LinksFood$ense CHANGE
Healthy Foods in Motion Press Release (pdf)
Great RecipesCabbage Salad (pdf)
Chard and Sesame Salad (pdf)
Plant Part Salad (pdf)
Great ActivityLooking for a great way to spend time with your kids, have fun and expose them to local foods, farms and animals? Check out the King County Harvest Celebration Farm Tour Saturday, Oct. 1, 2005 10am-4pm Celebrate the Bounty of King County at our 7th Annual Farm Tour.
