Two Jackson, Tenn. students are the winners of the Celebrate Healthy Choices contest by Le Bonheur Community Outreach. Alyse Flack, a student at Madison Academic High School won the in high school category. Benjamin Vinson a student at Thelma Barker Elementary School won in the elementary category.

More than 1,000 students across West Tennessee interested the contest. The goal of the contest was to encourage students to think about why they are choosing to make healthy choices in their lives.

“The students who participated in the contest demonstrated great thoughts about how they participate in healthy activities from making decisions about what they eat to how they exercise to how they take steps to be safe. We are proud of all them for the steps they’re taking to live full and healthy lives,” said Lisa Moody, outreach coordinator with Le Bonheur Community Outreach.

Le Bonheur Children’s Medical Center’s efforts to care for the region’s children extend beyond the walls of the hospital. Le Bonheur Community Outreach addresses the social, economic and environmental factors that threaten children’s health and well-being across West Tennessee. Each year more than 500,000 children are touched by programs like Healthy Schools, the Center for Children & Parents, Community HIV Network, Safe Kids Mid-South, Le Bonheur Early Intervention and Development and Therapy Outreach. For more information on Le Bonheur Community Outreach, contact, Amy McLean at 731-984-9953