WOWS E-Newsletter Special Edition
Welcome to Wednesday WOWS! March 10, 2009
W-wonderful O-opportunities W-with S-schools
....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
Awesome News! Healthykidschallenge.com has a NEW LOOK!
HEAR
Come see the new site (www.healthykidschallenge.com) that is helping to make a healthier difference for kids.
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HKC's unique focus on six healthy messages makes teaching and learning easier than ever. Now and in the coming days, web pages will help KidLinks™ with ideas for:
- Fruits and Veggies - Every Day the Tasty Way
- Breakfast GO Power
- Active Play Every Day
- Snack Attack
- Smart Servings
- Drink Think
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- Let us know what you think, and if there are features you would like to see! E-mail vickie@healthykidschallenge.com
- If you haven't already, sign up for Healthy Me Challenge (http://www.healthykidschallenge.com/?q=teaching-tool-box/resources/take-e-challenge) This was previously titled HKC Challenge of the Month. If you were signed up you will continue receiving the same helpful tips and challenges each month, but now it has a new name to better express its contents.
- Check out the Online Store for vivid and colorful images of the HKC materials and products. (http://www.healthykidschallenge.com/?q=teaching-tool-box/online-store )
- Use the free Teaching Toolbox Resources for teachers and youth program leaders. (http://www.healthykidschallenge.com/?q=teaching-tool-box/resources)
- See the events and programs HKC offers. (http://www.healthykidschallenge.com/?q=programs/events)
- View the services HKC offers; Trainings, Presentations, Distance Assistance and Program and Materials Development. (http://www.healthykidschallenge.com/?q=training/program-materials-development)
- Review the HKC Partners in Health; as an example, the Corporate Initiatives. (http://www.healthykidschallenge.com/?q=partners-health/corporate-initiatives)
HEAR - SEE - DO Tips for Newsletters
Cut and paste a HEAR-SEE-DO tip each week into your own parent newsletters!
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HKC Web Site Parent Tips for Healthy Eating and Active Play
Check out the easy to use CIGNA Fit and Fun Families Toolkit for parent tips and activities for kids. ( http://stage.cigna.com/our_plans/programs/healthy_kids.html ) Try the Breakfast GO POWER tip sheet to encourage the breakfast habit at your house!
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Thought for the Day
"No winter lasts forever, no spring skips its turn." -- Hal Borland
For questions about Healthy Kids Challenge, please contact:
Vickie L. James, RD, LD, Director
vickie@healthykidschallenge.com
1-888-259-6287
http://www.healthykidschallenge.com/newsletter/confirm/remove/
