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Welcome to Wednesday WOWS!
W-wonderful O-opportunities W-with S-schools
October 7, 2009
....Easy HEAR-SEE-DO action tips each week
HEAR .... Provide a message to increase awareness of knowledge/skills
SEE .... Show people HOW to make healthy changes
DO .... Help people practice and make healthy changes
Healthy Cost Conscious Snacks
HEAR
With a few tips and a little planning, healthy snacks CAN fit into a limited budget! Share the following ideas in a parent newsletter and/or post in the staff lounge.
SEE
- Produce for Better Health Foundation - find tips for shopping and storing fruits and veggies to save on your produce budget
- Iowa State Universtiy Extension "Spend Smart. Eat Smart." - an interactive game that helps consumers learn cost effective steps for purchasing, storing and preparing healthy foods
DO
- Planning ahead and making a shopping list are critical steps needed to prevent impulse buying and to use food dollars wisely.
- Check your weekly grocery ads for healthy bargains while making your shopping list.
- Purchase produce in season, and choose canned or frozen options in cost cutting quantities.
- Purchase non-perishable snack foods in cost effective bulk sizes. Prepackaged, single serving snacks are costly, so make a commitment to portion and package your own. Measure a serving of graham crackers, whole grain crackers, animal crackers, pretzels, low-sugar dry cereal, and bagel chips into snack size re-sealable plastic bags. Store the variety of snack bags in a bowl and allow the kids to choose when they need a snack!
- Healthy snacks are easy when you keep simple foods on hand!
- cinnamon toast or raisin bread
- a hard boiled egg
- whole grain crackers with peanut butter
- canned fruit
- baby carrots or other cut up veggies with low fat Ranch dressing
- low-fat cottage cheese or sliced cheeses
- yogurt (buy in bulk and add canned fruit or granola)
- healthy leftovers (such as spaghetti or fruit salad from dinner)
HKC Monthly Webinar Training Notice! REGISTER NOW!
"Afterschool - Enhance your program with healthy eating & physical activity" Webinar Thursday, Oct. 15, 3:00 p.m. CST
HKC Blog - Eat Your Colors...Earn Free Gifts!
I just learned from a CDC report that only 1 in 10 high schoolers are eating fruits and veggies the recommended 5 times a day! 10%? Really?... Read More.
HKC Resources - School Challenge Distance Assistance Program
Does your school need help getting wellness initiatives to come to life? HKC offers two levels of assistance to guide your school wellness team using materials, webinars, and one-on-one coaching from HKC dietitians. Find the level that works for your school!
Funding Opportunity
Use this grant to create a lunchroom "veggie station" with nutrition education materials.
Love Your Veggies™ Grant Program
Deadline: November 6, 2009
The makers of Hidden Valley® Salad Dressings and its partner, School Nutrition Foundation (SNF), are accepting applications for the 2009-10 school year. The grant program will seek to help schools execute innovative programs that will increase the access to, and consumption of, fresh fruits and vegetables in the lunchroom. Each school grant will consist of $10,000 in direct funding.
Thought for the Day
"Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make, the better." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
For questions about Healthy Kids Challenge, please contact:
Vickie L. James, RD, LD, Director
vickie@healthykidschallenge.com
1-888-259-6287
www.healthykidschallenge.com
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