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  • Summer Program

    BOUNCE Summer Wellness

    Established in 2005, BOUNCE Summer Wellness is an award-winning healthy lifestyle summer program that promotes healthy eating and physical activity through sports engagement and body positivity among low-income Hispanic and African American girls and boys (ages 9-14) who are overweight or obese.

    Learn more about BOUNCE Summer Wellness

    Summer Wellness Flyer PDF >
  • LUAM

    Lace Up and Move

    Lace Up and Move is a 12-week, after-school exercise program aimed at increasing minutes of physical activity through engaging in sports, improve sleep quality and grow healthy food consumption among Hispanic and African American girls and boys.


    Lace Up and Move Flyer PDF >
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    Nutrition Ambassador Program

    Trained nutrition ambassadors provide a 1.5-2-hour nutrition education and cooking demonstration workshop. This session includes about 60 minutes of healthy, mindful eating, reducing fat and sugar, cooking demonstration and exercise education.

    To request a BOUNCE workshop, please fill out the form below:


    Request a Workshop Form PDF >

    Nutrition Ambassador Program Flyer PDF >
  • Master Growers Club

    Master Growers Club

    Master Growers Club provides trained instructors to educate children on basic garden maintenance and how to incorporate healthy activities into their daily lives. Instructors engage in small scale agricultural practice and guide children through the interactions among the living and non-living players that sustain life. 


    Master Growers Club Flyer PDF >
  • BOUNCE 5K

    BOUNCE 5K

    Each year, BOUNCE organizes fun runs and walks to promote physical activity in the Houston community and to raise funds to sponsor low-income families participating in the BOUNCE programs.

    To learn more about our upcoming fun runs and walks, call 832-842-5921.

  • Abriendo Caminos

    Abriendo Caminos

    Abriendo Caminos a six-week, family obesity prevention intervention for Hispanic-heritage families. Its curriculum includes healthy dietary behavior patterns and basic knowledge of nutrition, physical activity, and the organization of collective/shared family mealtimes.

    For more information on Abriendo Caminos visit their website:


    Abriendo Caminos Website >

    Abriendo Caminos English flyer > Abriendo Caminos Spanish flyer >

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Shopping tours, cooking demos and more!

BOUNCE offers various workshops for the community. During the school year, the BOUNCE chef and nutrition instructors conduct cooking demonstrations that focus on creating healthy meals and snacks. Furthermore, BOUNCE provides grocery shopping tours to groups of low-income African American and Hispanic parents and adults to promote nutrition awareness and healthy food choices. These shopping tours, held at local grocery stores, are presented in Spanish and English.

“My daughter has been eating more fruit and watching her portions and she has stopped drinking soda.
She came home showing me all the exercises and dancing around the house. She is more confident.
It was hard for her at the beginning, but towards the end her attitude has changed.”

- BOUNCE Parent Participant