United Way, Covidien join forces to target childhood obesity

Covidien Surgical Devices and United Way of Greater New Haven have opened a new front in the battle against childhood obesity. The two organizations have teamed up to provide 5,000 Get Fit Kits to New Haven school children. The kits include a pedometer, a jump rope, a water bottle, a ball and a Frisbee.

Published in The New Haven Register, Saturday, October, 29, 2011
By Steve Higgins, Special to the Register

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