What is Healthy Kids Challenge®
Healthy Kids Challenge® is a nationally recognized 501(c)3 nonprofit led by registered licensed dietitians with years of school, program and community wellness experience. For over 12 years, HKC has pioneered the path of school, organization, and community wellness.
HKC problem-solves barriers and molds solutions to meet the unique challenges of each school, organization and community. Sustainable, healthy change is always a Healthy Kids Challenge goal.
“Educate and empower influencers to take action for kids and families to Eat, Move, and Enjoy a Healthy Balance™."
Regardless of weight, most kids do not eat in a way to maintain good health. We help educators, youth leaders, and community members with solutions to support healthy eating and physical activity choices. HKC supports actions to help kids to achieve better health, feel good about themselves, and reach their best learning potential.
HKC develops materials, guides programs, and provides nutrition education . Healthy habits are the key to wellness. HKC's Healthy6 behavior messages are part of the HKC strategies that make teaching and learning simple, fun, and effective.
A KidLink™” is someone who can help kids make healthy eating and physical activity choices a habit. Become one today!
- Sign-up to receive our free E-newsletters for ideas to role-model and teach healthy choices!
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Use the Teaching Toolbox that includes
- Resources you can download. There are options for individuals, families or youth leaders and teachers
- An online store with youth leader and teacher idea toolkits, many focused on K-5, but also ideas and resources for all ages
- Options for training and workshops or presentations
- For schools, HKC offers a year long assistance program, the “School Challenge”. Participating schools receive resources, tips, and help by phone and E-mail to put wellness policies into action.
- Hold a special event such as a healthy fundraiser option, Dance for Health™, or the middle school Stirring Up Health™ Recipe Contest, that helps provide fun opportunities with an added learning experience bonus.
- Let us help with your program development or ongoing guidance.
Take a tiny step or a bigger leap…HKC can help you find something that works. Help meet the Challenge today.
Great beginnings! Healthy Kids Challenge® (HKC) was founded in 1998. Cooking Light magazine hired current HKC Director, Vickie L. James, RD, LD as director and creator following a highly successful Cooking Light community outreach project. Read more about HKC's history with Cooking Light...
Award winner!
Healthy Kids Challenge has received the honored American Dietetic Association Anita Owen Award for Most Innovative Educational Program and the Advertising Council -Community Action Network (CAN) Community Action Networks Service Award Honoring the Media & Corporate Communities for Outstanding Solutions to Social Problems.
HKC resources and services make a difference
HKC uses the most current evidence-based recommendations of Centers for Disease Control and other leading organizations. Use this link for information about HKC strategies and outcomes.
