The Healthy Family Fun campaign
The Healthy Family Fun campaign is a project of Children’s Hospital Boston and Kohl’s Department Stores. Featuring local families and resources, the campaign launched in May 2010. Phase 2 of the campaign launched in April 2011 in Boston’s Jamaica Plain, Roxbury, and Mission Hill neighborhoods. MBTA station posters, billboards, and newspaper advertisements feature local families, with more of the families’ stories found at www.healthyfamilyfun.org.
Developed with the input of community members and professionals in Jamaica Plain and Roxbury, The Healthy Family Fun campaign promotes fun, low-cost, family-oriented activities and resources that also promote healthy weight. Healthy Family Fun is not a new program or service – instead, the campaign features the activities and resources right in Boston’s neighborhoods.
Adults, children, and teens provided input through focus groups at the start of the campaign, mid-way through the campaign’s development, and before the campaign launched in May 2010. The foundation of the campaign is the community itself – offering local activities and resources that help keep families active, eating well, and having fun together.
Children’s Hospital Boston would like to thank the following agencies for their involvement and assistance in the development of the Healthy Family Fun campaign:
- Dimock Community Health Center
- Rafael Hernandez School
- Roxbury YMCA
- Sociedad Latina
- Brookside Community Health Center
- Roxbury Comprehensive Community Health Center
- Boston Centers for Youth and Families
- Hennigan Community Center
- Body By Brandy 4 Kidz
- Stop & Shop, Jamaica Plain
About Children’s Hospital Boston
Children’s Hospital Boston is committed to enhancing the health of children and families in the community. To combat steadily increasing rates of childhood overweight and obesity among Children’s patients and within the communities it serves, Children’s offers a number of weight management programs and community-based services promoting healthy eating and physical activity. Learn more about Children’s Hospital Boston and their fitness and nutrition programs.
Kohl’s Department Store and Kohl’s Cares for Kids®
Kohl’s 
is a family-focused, value-oriented, specialty department store. Through its Kohl’s Cares for Kids® programs, Kohl’s strives to be an active member of each community where they do business. From injury prevention and immunization programs through hospital partnerships, Kohl’s directs time, effort, and funding toward keeping kids healthy. Throughout the year, Kohl’s sells special Kohl’s Cares for Kids® merchandise with net profits benefiting children’s health and educational opportunities. In partnership with 160 hospitals from coast to coast, they create and support programs and initiatives that better the lives of children in Kohl’s communities and beyond. The financial support of Kohl’s Cares for Kids® made the Healthy Family Fun campaign possible.
Learn more about Kohl’s Cares for Kids.
The Healthy Family Fun campaign was developed by Health Resources in Action.