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Healthy Active Arkansas, in partnership with the Delta Dental of Arkansas Foundation, will award a water bottle filling station to Nashville Elementary School as part of the Rethink Your Drink: Choose Water grant program. This program, supported by a grant from the Delta Dental of Arkansas Foundation, is designed to encourage students, teachers and staff to drink water instead of sugary drinks during the school day, which helps support oral health and a healthy weight.
Nashville Elementary School was selected out of more than 140 schools through a competitive application process.
Nashville Elementary School will receive the water bottle filling station, which will replace an existing water fountain, this spring where it will be installed before the start of the 2019-20 school year. As part of the program, Nashville Elementary School has committed to encouraging students and staff to choose water over sugar beverages by promoting the new filling station throughout the school year.
Drinking plenty of water, if fluoridated, plays an important role in preventing cavities and maintaining oral health. Further, drinking water can help combat obesity, increase energy levels and may increase students’ cognitive functions.
