Crucial Care patient featured in Times-Union
Posted on 17. May, 2010 by Creatwood in Crucial Care
Florida Times-Union Columnist Mark Woods writes about a local educator’s goal of serving the healthiest school lunches in America.
Students across the country could benefit from Terry Bartow’s near tragedy. Stricken by a stroke two years ago, and first treated at Crucial Care, the Headmaster at Jacksonville Country Day School now wants to serve the healthiest lunch program in America, creating a model that could be replicated nationally.
Already an avowed nutrition and fitness advocate before his stroke, at age 54, Bartow partially attributes the speed and scope of his recovery to being in good physical condition. He has since taken it to an even higher level, personally and professionally.
He has lost 35 pounds by refining his diet further. In addition to consuming shelves worth of books on cooking and eating healthy foods, he has researched graduate programs on nutrition, with the intent of beginning studies as soon as this fall.
He has already applied many of the lessons that he has learned, by improving the nutritional value of the meals at Jacksonville Country Day School. Adding a fresh salad bar, and homemade soups and breads are just a few examples of how Bartow has enhanced the diets of his students.
“If you want children to begin to understand the importance of a healthy meal, the best place to do that is at school, where they teach you the right things,” Bartow says.
Learn more at Crucial Care and Jacksonville Country Day School.
