Our Mission

D-SHINES, a program dedicated to improving the health of school-aged and early childhood youth and their families in the Dearborn Public Schools district reaching 15 DPS elementary and middles schools and the district’s early childhood center. Through a combination of increased physical activity and healthy eating opportunities, garden builds, parent, principal, and teacher engagement, and policy and systems-level changes we will decrease risk factors for obesity and nutrition-related health problems and chronic diseases and create a culture of health in the Dearborn community.