Chatham gets $18,700 for park playground
Published: Tue, Sep. 23, 2008 12:30AM
Modified Tue, Sep. 23, 2008 02:23AM
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closeGOLDSTON -- The Chatham County Public Health Department has been awarded $18,700 to add playground equipment for young children at Goldston Municipal Park.
Chatham was one of nine counties awarded money from Eat Smart, Move More North Carolina, a partnership of the N.C. Division of Public Health.
The purpose of the project is to prevent children up to 5 years of age from being overweight. According to Eat Smart, Move More North Carolina, the state had the fifth-highest rate of overweight children in the nation in 2007. Chatham County had slightly more than one in three children ages 2 to 4 who were overweight or at risk for being overweight.
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