Atikokan and Thunder Bay will share just over eight-thousand dollars from the Heart and Stroke Foundation.
Spokesperson Wendy Savoy says the money will go towards advocating against childhood obesity.
"If the trends continue this generation of children will not out-live their parents," says Savoy. "The statistics are worse in northwestern Ontario. For the province its 28 per cent and northwestern Ontario it can be as high as 32 per cent and some of our remote communities it's even higher than that."
The Northwestern Ontario Women's Centre received $5,000 while the Atikokan Youth Initiatives Group will received over $3,000.
