Julie Enlow Receives Heroes for Children Award from State Board of Education

This morning, Weatherford community member, Julie Enlow, was presented with the Heroes for Children award from the State Board of Education. Julie was nominated for the award by Weatherford ISD for her role in bringing a summer feeding program to our school district.

In June 2014 the Weatherford ISD Child Nutrition Department launched a program called Healthy Kids to provide free hot lunches for children 18 and younger during the summer months and served over 8,400 lunches that first year. The program might not have taken flight without Julie Enlow. She’d seen the program’s success in Granbury ISD and knew that we had children in Weatherford who would benefit from Healthy Kids.

Julie went to great lengths to make the Healthy Kids program a reality. She contacted area churches and local support organizations. She researched possible serving locations. She loaded up her family and boxes of flyers to promote the program visiting local Laundromats, parks, churches, and wherever you might find groups of children and families. Most importantly, she recruited churches and individuals to establish a strong volunteer base to support the program.

As Weatherford ISD moved into the second year of the Healthy Kids, Julie worked just as hard to make sure the program was an even bigger success and it was! Weatherford ISD served over 11,500 lunches this summer, a 36% increase over last year’s numbers.

There were so many people who contributed to the success of our Healthy Kids program, but none of it would have been possible without Julie’s vision and hard work to make the program a reality. Julie’s efforts show us all that one person really can make a difference in a community.

Published September 11, 2015 Print