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$10K Donation Helps Boys & Girls Club Kids Make Healthy Food Choices

Kids are getting hands-on help in learning to buy healthy food on a budget.

Children who attend the Boys & Girls Clubs are learning about making good food choices, thanks to a donation that totaled $10,000 from Nestle USA and Superior Grocers.

The school age kids from Hollywood and Venice are learning how to shop for healthy food on a budget.

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Photos 1-4: Youth from the Boys & Girls Clubs of Hollywood and Venice shop for healthy family meals on a budget as part of Nestlé USA and Superior Grocers joint nutrition education programming benefiting Los Angeles area Boys & Girls Clubs on March 23, 2015.

Photo 5: Fox 11 Sports Anchor Rick Lozano and a youth participant from the Boys & Girls Club of Hollywood discuss tips for eating nutritiously and living a healthy, balanced lifestyle at a donation ceremony led by Nestlé USA and Superior Grocers and benefiting Boys & Girls Clubs on March 23, 2015.

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Photo 6: Boys & Girls Club of Hollywood ‘Youth of the Year’ Award Recipient Edgar Cotto addresses an audience of peers and leadership from Nestlé USA, Superior Grocers and Boys & Girls Clubs at a community event on March 23, 2015.

Photos 7-9: Representatives from Nestlé USA and Superior Grocers present a donation check to fund nutrition education programming to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Hollywood and Venice on March 23, 2015.

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