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A salad bar at the Benjamin Russell High School cafeteria.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama is accepting applications for grants up to $10,000 as part of its Be Healthy School Grant Program, aimed at preventing childhood obesity. A total of $250,000 is available, to be awarded to 25 public and private schools serving elementary- and middle school-aged children.

Since 2012, Blue Cross has awarded more than $2.3 million in 227 Be Healthy School Grants statewide, impacting over 119,000 students.