About Highmark Healthy
High 5
The Highmark Foundation has an established history of supporting healthy behaviors in children. Given the overwhelming evidence we have about the poor state of children’s health, the Highmark Foundation is in a unique position to lead a new movement to reverse the current trends.
That is why Highmark Healthy High 5, a 5-year, $100 million initiative of the Highmark Foundation, was created. Through Highmark Healthy High 5, the Highmark Foundation will promote lifelong healthy behaviors in children and adolescents (ages 6-18) in the communities served by Highmark to ensure that they have healthy bodies and minds.
Highmark Healthy High 5 will focus on five areas critical of children’s overall health and well-being—Nutrition, Physical Activity, Self-Esteem, Grieving and Bullying. These five areas were chosen because these are the health issues Highmark Foundation’s extensive research showed is where the greatest and most lasting impact on our communities could be made.
SPARK Active Recreation is the physical activity signature partner of Highmark Healthy High 5. For more information on joining the SPARK Active Recreation program, go to Become a SPARK Site.
