OUR PROGRAMS

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Outdoor Recreation

Learn to Swim

Out of School Time

Community Physical Activity

Healthy Eating

Community Events

Mental Health

Wellness

Workforce

Development

Older Adult

Serve Kids Better Denver

The outdoor recreation program is aimed to provide the Latinx community access to nature, celebrate their unique cultural connection to the outdoors, gain leadership experience, learn various skills and support the next generation of Latino leadership in the outdoors. We have a partnership with the City of Denver Outdoor Recreation, Colorado State Parks, and GOCO (Great Outdoors Colorado) to connect the youth and their families with nature by hiking, camping and rafting. For many of our participants this is their first exposure to the mountains and outdoor activities.

• Hiking

• Fishing Trips

• Kayaking & Canoeing

• Paddle Boarding

• Rafting

• Camping

• Archery

Outdoor Recreation

OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAM

Learn to Swim is a structured class offered in both Spanish and English and taught by certified swim instructors who teach Latinx youth how to swim. Swimming is the only sport that can save your life, yet nearly 70% of African American and 60% of Latino children can't swim compared to 40% of Caucasian children who can. Through partnerships with the City of Denver, ViVe uses the pool at Manual High School as well as public pools in Montbello and Aurora. These classes are taught by members of the Latinx community which provides a level of comfort to those who are learning how to swim. Those who complete the class share success stories with their family members and friends encouraging them to take ViVe’s Learn to Swim classes.

Learn to Swim

LEARN TO SWIM PROGRAM

After school programs include swim training, martial arts, science projects and other various activities which focus on physical, emotional and social wellness of students. This program will be extended to other community schools in 2022. Also, the Vive Wellness summer camp program will be offered throughout the summer. It will be a half day of fun! The purpose is to provide movement and enrichment for school aged kids. We will offer movement activities, tennis, swimming and outdoor games.

• Swim Training

• Martial Arts

• Outdoor Education

• Healthy Snacks

• Summer Camp

After School Program

OUT OF SCHOOL TIME PROGRAM

Community fitness programs are led and taught by certified fitness instructors and are offered in both English and Spanish. We offer several classes including dance, Zumba, yoga, spinning, running are provided to all ages which often lead to participating together creating connection beyond age.

• Swimming Lessons

• Yoga

• Zumba

• Boot Camps

• Multi-sport

Community Fitness

COMMUNITY PHYSICAL ACTIVITY PROGRAM

With support from the City of Denver through the Healthy Food Denver Kids program, we provide healthy foods to more than 2,000 youth and their families each month. ViVe has a community garden located in the Montbello neighborhood of Denver and through Comiendo Saludable, we help families across the city who do not have consistent access to food. Families who participate in the program assist with the community garden to grow vegetables by planting, growing, and harvesting. Much of the grown produce is given to the families who helped grow the garden and also to families who support our Comiendo Saludable program.

• Community Gardens

• Start Your Own Garden

• Nutrition Classes

• Food Delivery

• Healthy Snacks

(After School Program)

Healthy Eating

HEALTHY EATING (COMIENDO SALUDABLE)

Community events encourage families to engage together in wellness activities and connect with resources and provide referrals. ViVe hosts neighborhood park events inviting other community organizations to join forces to provide physical and mental health checks such as blood pressure tests, A1C tests to check diabetes and COVID-19 vaccinations. Mental health related topics discussed include identifying the difference between stress and depression, how to talk with family members about depression, and how access local mental health professionals. Also, the Vive Wellness summer camp program will be offered throughout the summer. It will be a half day of fun! The purpose is to provide movement and enrichment for school aged kids. We will offer movement activities, tennis, swimming and outdoor games.

• Chapuzon Swim Meet

• El Retro Obstacle Course

• ViVe 5K Run

• Harvest Share

(Denver Parks)

• NatureFest

• Summer Camp

Community Events

COMMUNITY EVENTS

The Mental Health Wellness program focuses primarily on the needs of teens addressing their mental health. This innovative program upholds cultural beliefs and traditions from the community including their participation in Teen Mental Health First Aid, which teaches teens in grades 10th through 12th or ages 15 through 18 how to identify, understand and respond to signs of mental health and substance use challenges among their friends and peers.

Art, Mindfulness, and Movement all help people improve their mental health. Mindfulness and movement help relieve stress and ease anxiety. Through AMM we include breathing techniques, yoga, drawing, journaling, and painting with the goal to help our community tell their stories. AMM can create powerful and lasting effects on mental health but can also lead to improved physical activity involvement.

• Yoga

• Breathing Techniques

• Art, Drawing, Painting

• Photography

• Journaling

• Teen Wellness

• Behavioral Health

Wellness

Mental Health Wellness

MENTAL HEALTH WELLNESS

Each program offers the ability for young adults to gain additional information which can teach them to lead the program, being paid to offer the program and potentially having an opportunity to make ViVe a foundation in their chosen career. For example, youth can take part in our Learn to Swim program and after successful completion, they can take our offered first aid and CPR course to become a lifeguard or swim instructor. Through our partnership with the City of Denver, many of our certified swim instructors are hired to provide swim classes or to lifeguard the neighborhood pools. Participating in our garden program can lead to jobs at Denver parks and through our fitness activity programming, participants can move forward to become fitness instructors or personal trainers. For many of our programs, our participants have the opportunity to become employed leading to financial security enabling their families to reduce the stress of financial uncertainty.

• Lifeguard Training

• Swim Instructor

• CPR & First Aid Training

• Outdoor Leadership

Workforce Development

WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT

Vive Wellness offers a program with activities for older adults to maintain an active life and keep connected to the community.

• Movement Activities

• Community Activities

OLDER ADULT PROGRAM

Summer Camp

• Lifeguard Training

• Swim Instructor

• CPR & First Aid Training

• Outdoor Leadership

SERVE KIDS BETTER DENVER

We are proud to be part of the Serve Kids Better Denver initiative - partnership led by ViVe Wellness, community leaders, youth leaders, over 40 community organizations across Denver, Public Health Institute at Denver Health and the American Heart Association working to address health inequities, eliminate targeted marketing of unhealthy beverages, and prevent chronic diseases in our communities. To address these issues, we are focused on sharing information about targeted marketing and promoting healthy drinks in kids’ meal policy strategy for Denver. The policy focuses on changing kids’ meal menus to offer a healthy option, such as water, unflavored milk, or sparkling water rather than a drink high in sugar. One kids’ size 12 oz soda contains 10 tsp of sugar; more than the American Heart Association’s daily guidelines for kids. Restaurant’s could still sell sugary drinks on their standard menu.By changing what's on the kid’s menu we are sending a message to our kids and families that eating healthy matters. ViVe Wellness youth and parents are actively involved by sharing about the initiative at ViVe events, collecting community support, sharing on social media and the ViVe newsletter, and talking to decision makers about the issue. Let us know if you are interested and supporting or getting involved!