About Kick Start Eat Smart

Kaiser Permanente San Jose and Children’s Discovery Museum officially launch a new and innovative partnership

Kaiser Permanente San Jose and the San Jose Children's Discovery Museum are proud to launch a new and innovative partnership with a special weekend event called Kick Start Eat Smart. This fun and interactive event is part of a special three year initiative promoting healthy living for families in an effort to win the fight against childhood obesity.

This partnership seems more important than ever as we deal with an epidemic of childhood obesity. One in three children today may be faced with diabetes in the future! Kaiser Permanente is committed to disease prevention and health promotion. Our partnership with the Children’s Discovery Museum allows us to do this important work with families in the communities we serve.

About Kaiser Permanente San Jose

Kaiser Permanente is a non-profit, prepaid, group practice health maintenance organization (HMO), founded in 1945. The Kaiser Permanente Northern California Region has almost 3.2 million members. It includes 4,694 physicians in The Permanente Medical Group (TPMG) and approximately 54,300 Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and Hospitals and TPMG employees. The Region is organized into six service areas served by 17 major medical centers.

About Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose

Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose is the largest children's museum in the west and rated among the top five children's museums in the United States and top 12 science museums in the world. The non-profit museum has welcomed over 4 million children, families and educators since opening its purple gates in 1990. It is the proud recipient of the American Association of Museums’ Excellence in Exhibitions Award 2003 and the Institute of Museum and Library Services' National Award for Museum Service 2001 presented by First Lady Laura Bush, the only award in the United States that bestows national recognition on museums that make exceptional contributions to their communities.

The Museum operates Tuesday-Saturday from 10am-5pm and Sunday from noon to 5pm. Admission is $7 for children and adults and $6 for seniors. Children under age one and Museum Members are free.