The Pennsylvania State Health Improvement Plan (SHIP) and the Healthy Pennsylvania Partnership (HPP) has selected 5 students from Gettysburg’s Vida Charter School as winners in its statewide contest to propose a state fruit and a state vegetable.
The contest is designed to encourage students to understand the importance of and consume more fruits and vegetables.
Contest winners were:
First place tie:
- Essay from Jeenal V. Panchariya of Tracy Elementary School in Erie, PA
- Artwork with essay from a group project created by Kameryn Gageby, Johany Zarate, and Maxton Bard of Vida Charter School, Gettysburg, PA
Second place
- Artwork with essay from project of Samuel Stenger from Vida Charter School, Gettysburg, PA
Third place
- Artwork with essay from project of Stanley Yetsko from Vida Charter School, Gettysburg, PA
Healthy Adams Bicycle/Pedestrian, Inc.(HABPI), a non-profit group of volunteers working to develop safe, accessible walking and bicycling trails and paths in Adams County, will present the second and third place winners with bike helmets.
SHIP and HPP hope that representatives from the areas where the students live will re-introduce legislation for “Apple” as the State fruit and keep the students posted in a bipartisan effort when the house reorganizes in February.