61 Michigan Schools to Receive New Drinking Fountains Thanks to $200K Program from Delta Dental Foundation and MESSA
OKEMOS, Mich. February 21, 2018 Sixty-one schools across Michigan will soon receive new water fountains/bottle filling stations, thanks to $200,000 in funding from the Delta Dental Foundation (DDF) and MESSA.
The schools are winners of MESSA and DDF’s “Rethink Your Drink: Water’s Cool at School program,� designed to encourage children to drink more water during the school day.
(The list of winners follows this press release.)
“Not only are sugar-sweetened beverages like pop and juice drinks bad for your teeth, they can contribute to other health issues such as obesity and Type 2 diabetes.
MESSA is committed to supporting education employees as they look to improve their own health while modeling good examples for their students.� Winning schools will have old drinking fountains replaced with Elkay water fountain/bottle filling stations by Oak Park-based Balfrey & Johnston.
For more information, visit http://www.deltadentalmi.com.
More information at messa.org.
2018 “Rethink Your Drink� winners: Alcona Elementary, Middle and High Schools, Lincoln Arborwood Elementary Campus, Monroe Athens High School, Troy Atlantis High School, Flint Attwood Elementary School, Lansing Bangor High School, Bangor Beech Elementary School, Redford Township Blesch Intermediate School, Menominee Bridgeport High School, Bridgeport Township Bullock Creek Elementary School, Midland Carrollton High School, Saginaw Chatterton Middle School, Warren Chippewa Valley High School, Clinton Township Detroit Cristo Rey High School, Detroit Dudley STEM Elementary School, Battle Creek Eau Claire High School, Eau Claire Escuela Avancemos Academy, Detroit Ford Early Learning Center, Ypsilanti Gier Elementary School, Hillsdale Harrison Middle School, Harrison Hatherly Educational Center, Warren Holden Elementary School, Warren Inland Lakes Elementary School, Indian River International Academy at Hull, Benton Harbor Ionia Middle School, Ionia Johannesburg-Lewiston High School, Johannesburg Kolb Elementary School, Bay City Lake Shore High School, Saint Clair Shores Lincoln Elementary School, Zeeland Lockwood Elementary School, Eaton Rapids Luther L. Wright School, Ironwood Mesick Jr./Sr.
High School, Mesick Montrose Hill-McCloy High School, Montrose Moon School, Muskegon Morrish Elementary School, Swartz Creek Mt.
Morris Middle School, Mt.