UC Delivers

UC Delivers is a collection of examples showing how UC ANR is making a difference in California's communities.

UC Delivers is managed by UC ANR Program Planning and Evaluation. For instructions on how to write a UC Delivers Post, click here. For instructions on how to submit a post, you can download this PDF. Please contact Christina Becker at christina.becker@ucop.edu for more information.

Food distribution at Cesar Chavez Elementary School

UC partnership increases access to healthy food in Coachella

May 28, 2019

By Chutima H Ganthavorn

The desert city of Coachella has a population of 6,919. Seven-hundred and sixty-one residents do not live within 10 miles of a supermarket or have a car, according to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food Research Atlas.

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UC ANR gardening workshops stimulate senior participation in wellness activities

May 28, 2019

By Mary L Blackburn

The Center for Disease Control reported in 2017, older adults accounted for 22% of the U.S. population, surpassing children and adolescents aged 014 years (19%). Therefore, California is turning gray.

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UC partnership grows school breakfast program in Coachella

May 28, 2019

By Chutima H Ganthavorn

Cesar Chavez Elementary School located in Eastern Coachella Valley is a school with high needs facing several challenges including high poverty, food insecurity, and childhood obesity.

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Young scientists using the sense of hearing to listen to soda bubbles during a Kitchen Science YES Project lesson.

4-H teens increase leadership skills and civic engagement by teaching science

May 28, 2019

By Marianne Bird

In 2015, only 38% of 4th grade students in the U.S. scored at or above proficient in science. The gap in science literacy is especially prominent for youth of color.

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