Three school buildings in Guthrie County recently received free water bottle filling stations as part of Delta Dental of Iowa Foundation’s Rethink Your Drink program.

Panorama Elementary, West Central Valley Stuart Elementary and West Central Valley High School each received a new water bottle filling station as well as toothbrushes, water bottles, and Rethink Your Drink educational kits. The goal of the program is to educate students while improving their oral and overall health by making drinking water more accessible. Preference was given to schools with a higher percentage of free and reduced lunches in the district and buildings that didn’t already have a water bottle filling station. The program is funded by Delta Dental of Iowa Foundation and supported by the Healthiest State Initiative, Iowa Department of Public Health Bureau of Nutrition and Physical Activity, Iowa Public Health Association, Iowa Department of Education, and the Iowa Department on Aging.