Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Obesity and diabetes has become an epidemic in South Texas. As a state Texas is ranked 14th highest for adults and 15th highest in youth between the ages of 10 and 17 for obesity. 12% of Texans are diabetic, that is around two million people and earns Texas the rank of 10th highest in the United States. This number is expected to double by 2030. (The Stae of Obesity, 2017) 24% of children under the age of 20 have been diagnosed with diabetes in the United States, these numbers are alarming. Schools in Texas are not required to have physical education class or recess time, with the lack of physical activity and living in a society that relys on fast food, todays youth are suffering. KGF has developed a program that not only gets the kids moving but also ensures they are knowledgeable in nutrition and have a healthy mindset.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Kids Get Fit Studio
A health program for children between the ages of 6-17 and their families. The 12-week program offers nutrition, fitness, yoga, mindfulness and Zumba classes. Each participant under goes a fitness assessment before they start the program to establish a baseline and then are reassessed after the program to evaluate their progress.
Kids Get Fit Clinical Study
KGF has also partnered with Driscoll Children's Hospital for a clinical study, these participants go through a more detailed health assessment to determine how at-risk they are for obesity and/or diabetes.
Each child is asked to attend at least 3 of the 4 classes offered a week and their parents are asked to attend nutrition class no less than twice a month. Classes are kept child friendly and incentives are given out regularly to keep the kids motivated to come to class.
Kids Get Fit- Corpus Christi School District Program
KGF is excited to be offering our program in the Corpus Christi Independent School District. At Rose Shaw and Los Encinos Elementaries the program was offered to the entire 3rd grade class, 130 students total. KGF comes in 3 times a week during their physical education (P.E.) classes for an hour. The fitness instructors work with either the Zumba or yoga instructor and rotate the children in groups so they can experience both classes. Fitness class is twice a week, zumba and yoga are once a week while the nutritionist host a one hour class once a week. The faculity and staff at both elementary schools have an opporunity to participate in Zumba class once a week for an hour.
KGF was also offered at Tom Browne Middle School and Veterans Memorial High School twice a week. The 7th and 8th graders at Browne Middle School (37 students total) experience a similar rotating class as the elementary schools and we are working to incorporate nutrition class into their schedule by January 2018. KGF is offered during 2 different P.E. class periods at Veterans Memorial, there are 109 students total. Each class period attends KGF once a week where they will participate in fitness and either yoga or zumba. The class that wasn't offered will be taught the next week, this insures that both classes are given the opportunity to participate in yoga and Zumba.
The program was in these schools for 6 weeks and have now transitioned into Woodlawn Elementary, Oak Park Elementary, Garcia Elementary and will stay in Rose Shaw Elementary until the end of the school year. The rotation with in CCISD allowd KGF to reach hundreds of at-risk youth at a time without them feeling singled out.
Where we work
External reviews

Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of free registrants to classes
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Our program strives to reach as many at-risk youth as possible. We have teamed up with the CCISD and Incarnate Word Academy allowing KGF to provide our program to select PE classes.
Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
It is the goal of Kids Get Fit to help at-risk youth and their families to get healthy and have the tools necessary to stay healthy for free. The rise in obesity and diabetes in South Texas is alarming and this program is helping to bring the statistics down. Kids Get Fit also wants to provide the information the parents need on how to get their child healthy so they can become a healthy as a family.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Nutrition class is taught once a week for all participants at each location, this allows the children to
actively take part in preparing a meal or snack. The class also introduces new foods that they typically
wouldn't have tried, giving them more healthier options when they are at home. The parents are also
included at our studio for nutrition class, the goal is to teach them that eating healthy doen't have to be
expensive or time consuming. To incorporate more activity into the participants day we have a fitness, Zumba,
yoga and mindfulness classes. These classes give them variety and keeps their interests peaked thus making them excited to
come to class. The theory is that even though they are required to come to class if they are having fun then
they will put more effort in to the activity versus dreading the class and not really trying.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
All Kids Get Fit instructors are certified in their area of teaching and most have their own private practices were they host classes. All of the nutritionist on staff work or have worked with the Food Bank of Corpus Christi and understand the needs lower income families face when it comes to providing their families with healthy meals. The program also has the facilities needed to host all classes comfortably and has the possibility of gaining a larger space which would allow more classes to be held at one time.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
Kids Get Fit has grown beyond the one class offered at the Boys and Girls Club, the program is offered at more then one location and host more than five different classes and no longer just in the Corpus Christi area but also in Robstown. The program was also able to hold a 2 hour camp Monday thru Friday throughout the summer and a have a local running club at that time while still having its regular afternoon classes. The parents are able to get more involved with the program by not only attending nutrition class but are also allowed to participate in yoga class as well.
The need for the program expands further then the Corpus Christi and Robstown areas and Kids Get Fit wants to reach these families. Plans to start the program in the Boys and Girls Clubs of Alice and Kingsville are in progress. It is also a goal to get an after school program started in the local schools.
The clinical study that Kids Get Fit has partnered with needs more participants to get a better idea of how at-risk the youth in the Coastal Bend are to developing obesity and/or diabetes. About 20 kids have gone through the study since it has started and the physicians need at least 10 more to make a good conclusive report.
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Operations
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KIDS GET FIT
Board of directorsas of 03/14/2019
Mr. Victor Betancourt
Mr. Gabriel Lucido
Aiysha Balbosa
Driscoll Children's Hospital
Rosie Bonilla
Retired
John Roberts
Driscoll Children's Hospital
Steven Salinas
New York Life
Nina Stone
Stone & Horne LLP
James Langenkamp
JaSu Consulting
Caroline Mauger
Mauger Medical Group
Toyin Ajisafe
Texas A&M University- Corpus Christi
Gerado Gomez
Abdiel Salgado
Latin Fuego Zumba
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Board orientation and education
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CEO oversight
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Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Not applicable -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? No