MODESTO BEE
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By THOMAS PARDEE
tpardee@modbee.com

Last Updated: June 22, 2007, 08:36:15 AM PDT

A neighborhood put its $1.5 million Kaiser Permanente grant to good use Thursday, in its first "Healthy Eating, Active Living" event, aimed at getting low-income communities to dump the junk food and adopt a healthy lifestyle.

The West Modesto Neighborhood Collaborative, a nonprofit organization that works toward improving the overall health of the city's western communities, organized Thursday's event, which featured food demonstrations, a martial arts exhibition and other activities geared toward promoting exercise.

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