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Latinos tend to live in areas with more junk food and sugary drinks, and fewer healthy options.

That’s why Salud America! is presenting six new #SaludHeroes who helped bring more nutritious food and drinks to their schools, cities, and even bus stations!

WATCH and VOTE for your favorite “#SaludHeroes of Healthy Food and Drinks” by April 29, 2015, and be entered in a random drawing to win a FREE T-shirt and jump rope!

#SaludHeroes of healthier food are:

• Sweeter than Soda. Boston city leaders crafted a campaign to urge residents to choose healthy drinks over sugary beverages because “kids are sweet enough already.”
• A Salad Rap. Students launched into song because they were so happy with their cool new “fresh food station,” the brainchild of parents in Fairfax County, Va.
• A Healthy Bite on the Bus. Faced with few healthy food options, teens pushed for more nutritious snacks and drinks at bus and transit stations in Santa Cruz County, Calif.
• High Schools vs. Sugary Drinks. School leaders and teens worked together to cut back on sugary drink options and promote healthy ones at Chicago-area high schools.
• Dangling a Carrot. Lonnie Sclerandi, a high-school teacher in Austin, Texas, took a small garden and created a big change to teach students about growing healthy produce.
• Turning Fish into Fresh Fruit. At-risk youth and schools leaders started an aquaponics garden—which uses fish to help grow fresh produce—in Santa Ana, Calif.

The #SaludHeroes with the most votes will be announced in an email and a social media messages from Salud America! by May 6, 2015.

To vote, enter the random drawing, and see contest rules, go here.

Salud America! is a Latino childhood obesity network funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and led by Dr. Amelie G. Ramirez of the Institute for Health Promotion Research at the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio. Salud America! runs a periodic voting contest for its stories of Salud Heroes, people who have made healthy changes in their town. Contest voters are entered into a random drawing for a prize, and winning Salud Heroes get a social media and e-shout-out.