BOKS (Build Our Kids' Success)
This project's parent organization is Reebok Foundation
It operates in United States
It uses Multiple sports
Entered the Sport for Health and Well-being Award
More about BOKS (Build Our Kids' Success)
BOKS is a community-led antidote against the physical inactivity epidemic and rampant chronic disease and mental health challenges that plague the US and the globe as a whole. Before-school physical activity and fitness activities boost children's health and wellbeing for the entire school day by providing a spark for their brain and body and setting their future on the path of lifelong health. By making physical activity fun and providing the competence needed to execute basic functional fitness moves, BOKS motivates and inspires children from all walks of life, regardless of gender, socioeconomic status, or athletic ability, and empowers local community champions to take a stand for health. BOKS has reached over 2200 schools since 2009 and continues to be the leading innovator in before-school, community-led physical activity programming to enhance a child’s holistic health on a physical, mental, and social level. BOKS has a proven and profound impact on physical fitness and body composition, classroom behavior and performance, executive brain functioning, academics, and nutrition knowledge. The program has not only transformed children and their families, but entire school di