(GLOUCESTER CITY) – There is a focus on good nutrition and exercise on a daily basis at Cold Springs School in Gloucester City. For this commitment to educating students about healthy lifestyles, the school was named one of the winners in the New York Jets and New Jersey Department of Agriculture’s Eat Right, Move More program this year, earning them a visit by Jets’ Tight End Ben Hartsock.
Hartsock and representatives of the Department of Agriculture participated in an assembly today at the school, calling attention to the importance of eating the right things and increasing activity whether you’re a professional football player or a student.
Ben Hartsock was signed by the Jets last season. He is 29 years old, was born in Chillicothe, Ohio and went to Ohio State University.
Ben Hartsock talks to students at Cold Springs School about eating right and exercising.
Cold Springs School, with grades Pre-kindergarten to third, holds a health fair in May and runs trips to local restaurants, supermarkets, and farms. There is an after-school walking club and gardening club. And, on May 18th, the school will have musical assemblies that teach the value of exercise and good nutrition, and the fundamentals of anatomy, fitness and personal hygiene.
In addition to Cold Springs, five other schools from around the state were selected as winners in the Eat Right, Move More program: Brookside School in Allendale; Elmwood Park Memorial High School in Elmwood Park; Summit High School in Summit; and, Old Turnpike School in Tewksbury; and the grand prize winner, Harrison High School in Harrison. Harrison High School was visited by D’Brickashaw Ferguson in November, representatives from the school were honored during the December 20 Jets game at the Meadowlands, and the school received a $5,000 grant for cafeteria upgrades made possible by the Jets and the American Dairy Association & Dairy Council’s Fuel Up to Play 60 campaign.
Old Turnpike School in Tewksbury is the only school not to have an assembly with a Jets player yet -- Linebacker Kenwin Cummings will visit the school on May 19.