LOS ANGELES—(BUSINESS WIRE)—March 22, 2006—The Wayne Barton Study Center in Boca Raton, FL will receive a grant today to establish a Casa Herbalife program to help provide nutritious meals for the youth in its care.
The Casa Herbalife program was created by the Herbalife Family Foundation (HFF) to provide funds to existing non-profit organizations serving children to improve nutrition-related functions such as upgrading kitchens, appliances or the ability to provide healthier foods. The Wayne Barton Study Center will use the grant to help cover costs of buying nutritious foods. In addition to increasing the risk of physical health problems that can carry into adulthood, obesity and malnutrition affect all areas of a child's life including their behavior, ability to concentrate, and energy.
Wayne Barton is a retired Boca Raton police officer who started Barton's Boosters in 1989 to enhance the health, welfare and education of children in need in Florida's South County. The center emphasizes academic development, counseling and nutritional needs, study skills, living skills, citizenship in a multicultural society and recreational activities. Approximately 150 children and teens, aged 12-18 are served by the center every day.
Herbalife CEO Michael O. Johnson, who also sits on the board of HFF, will visit the center with independent distributors Leslie Stanford and Blake Morgan to meet some of the children and present Barton with the HFF donation.
HFF is supported by Herbalife (NYSE: HLF) and its independent distributors and employees. After the initial grant, the company promotes the involvement of local independent distributors and employees at the charities.
Other Casa Herbalife programs have been established in the following locations: the original orphanage HFF built in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from which the programs gets its name; A Place Called Home in South Central, Los Angeles; Atlanta Children's Shelter; Associacao Casa Da Crianca De Santos in Brazil; Aga Children's Home in Hungary; Singapore Children's Society in Singapore; Kobe Jitsugyo Gakuin in Japan; NAIM Corporation in Santiago, Chile; and the Rumah Bakti Hulu Kelang (RBHK) in Malaysia. HFF will continue to roll out this program worldwide.
Since its inception in 1994, HFF has donated over $6.5 million in over 25 countries around the world to support children in need, as well as assist victims of disasters.
The Casa Herbalife program was created by the Herbalife Family Foundation (HFF) to provide funds to existing non-profit organizations serving children to improve nutrition-related functions such as upgrading kitchens, appliances or the ability to provide healthier foods. The Wayne Barton Study Center will use the grant to help cover costs of buying nutritious foods. In addition to increasing the risk of physical health problems that can carry into adulthood, obesity and malnutrition affect all areas of a child's life including their behavior, ability to concentrate, and energy.
Wayne Barton is a retired Boca Raton police officer who started Barton's Boosters in 1989 to enhance the health, welfare and education of children in need in Florida's South County. The center emphasizes academic development, counseling and nutritional needs, study skills, living skills, citizenship in a multicultural society and recreational activities. Approximately 150 children and teens, aged 12-18 are served by the center every day.
Herbalife CEO Michael O. Johnson, who also sits on the board of HFF, will visit the center with independent distributors Leslie Stanford and Blake Morgan to meet some of the children and present Barton with the HFF donation.
HFF is supported by Herbalife (NYSE: HLF) and its independent distributors and employees. After the initial grant, the company promotes the involvement of local independent distributors and employees at the charities.
Other Casa Herbalife programs have been established in the following locations: the original orphanage HFF built in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from which the programs gets its name; A Place Called Home in South Central, Los Angeles; Atlanta Children's Shelter; Associacao Casa Da Crianca De Santos in Brazil; Aga Children's Home in Hungary; Singapore Children's Society in Singapore; Kobe Jitsugyo Gakuin in Japan; NAIM Corporation in Santiago, Chile; and the Rumah Bakti Hulu Kelang (RBHK) in Malaysia. HFF will continue to roll out this program worldwide.
Since its inception in 1994, HFF has donated over $6.5 million in over 25 countries around the world to support children in need, as well as assist victims of disasters.
