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Kay Ivey on the inaugural HEAL Day at the Alabama Capitol.MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Faulkner University students, staff and faculty joined Governor Kay Ivey and hundreds of children from around the state for the\u00a0first-ever HEAL Day \u201cHealthy Eating and Active Living\u201d at the Alabama State Capitol on Wednesday.It was a day of education and celebration of healthy living and literacy. HEAL Alabama is committed to reversing the rise of diabetes and chronic diseases related to unhealthy lifestyle among youth throughout the state.Two years ago, Faulkner partnered with HEAL founder, Christy Swaid and HEAL Alabama to become a HEAL University by encouraging students to become advocates of healthy living among their peers and encourage them to spread awareness to area youth.Faulkner Eagles join in on the fun during HEAL Day on May 1, 2019.Faulkner University President Mike Williams affirmed their commitment by attending the event and was invited on stage after Ivey\u2019s speech to present future Eagle, Antoine Tatum with Faulkner\u2019s first HEAL Scholarship of $30,000.MORE NEW: Faulkner Board of Trustee, Dr. Swaid awarded ASF’s Healing Hands AwardMORE NEWS: Faulkner students, faculty pursue HEAL Alabama certificationTatum began participating in the HEAL program as a high school student and began creating healthy recipes for his family and peers. He was recognized by HEAL and Williams is excited to have him at Faulkner.Christy Swaid, founder of HEAL Alabama.\u201cJust by developing a recipe, it led him on a path that absolutely changed the direction of his life and we\u2019re honored at Faulkner University to honor Antoine as the first recipient of a HEAL Scholarship,\u201d Williams said.Tatum and his family later joined Faulkner faculty and staff and served guests tasty, healthy treats.Throughout the event, several members of the Faulkner University Eagles Football team could be seen energizing the young students on the South Lawn of the Capitol and later tossing them a few footballs.Governor Ivey debuted and read a new children\u2019s book, “The Ultimate Treasure Hunt,” at the event to students.\u201cToday underscores our commitment to young people like all of you who are in the state of Alabama,\u201d Ivey said. \u201cThat commitment means emphasizing academics, literacy and health. These three things go hand in hand and it\u2019s exciting to share the HEAL the message with all of you.\u201d\u201cThe most important thing to know is what drives HEAL and that is love and compassion,\u201d Swaid said. \u00a0\u201cEvery single human has tremendous value and purpose and unlimited potential and if you engage in healthy lifestyle behaviors very simple ones and fun, you will enjoy a better quality of life now and a brighter future.\u201dFaulkner faculty and staff joined Kathy Mezrano with Kathy G.& Co. to serve healthy treats during Alabama’s HEAL Day."},{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"News","item":"https:\/\/www.faulkner.edu\/news\/#breadcrumbitem"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Faulkner participates in first-ever HEAL Day Alabama","item":"https:\/\/www.faulkner.edu\/news\/faulkner-participates-in-first-ever-heal-day-alabama\/#breadcrumbitem"}]}]