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Welcome to Wednesday WOWS!
W-wonderful O-opportunities W-with S-schools
October 14, 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
HKC Health Corner Memberships - Join!
HEAR
Over the years, HKC has developed and used many fun, easy and interactive healthy eating and active play ideas for educators and families. We want to share those ideas with you through HKC's new Health Corner Memberships! A membership provides access to a monthly tip sheet loaded with helpful suggestions to help kids and families eat, move, and enjoy a healthy balance!
SEE
- Health Corner - Join! - Enroll as a Healthy Kids Challenge member today and receive a full year's access to downloadable tips for either educators or families.
DO
- Forward this WOWS to school administrators and teachers, church youth leaders and families, community youth program contacts, whoever you think might need HKC's helpful healthy eating and physical activity ideas!
- Purchase as a wellness gift! As the holidays get closer, consider purchasing a membership for your school principal, classroom teacher, or friends with kids!
- Sample it for yourself and look forward each month to a new topic and/or approach for implementing healthy habits!
HEAR - SEE - DO Tips for Newsletters
Cut and paste a HEAR-SEE-DO tip each week into your own parent newsletters!
Role model! Be a “family leader of healthy eating choices”.
Sit down and eat with your kids. Use this time to talk about healthy food
choices. Your kids will learn by watching what you eat and modeling
your choices...make sure to choose your food wisely.
HKC Healthy Eating Solutions at School Blog
Healthy Kids Challenge proudly provides evidence-based solutions for school wellness. You can make a difference in foods sold outside of the school's meal program. ... Read More.
Funding Opportunities
Promote healthy eating through this school or community gardening grant and/or field trip grant
Youth Garden Grants Program
Deadline: November 2, 2009
The National Gardening Association (NGA) announced that the Home Depot is returning as the Youth Garden Grants sponsor for 2010. NGA annually awards Youth Garden Grants to schools and community organizations with child-centered garden programs across the United States. Schools, youth groups, community centers, camps, clubs, treatment facilities, and intergenerational groups throughout the United States are eligible. Applicants must plan to garden with at least 15 children between the ages of three and 18 years.
Target Field Trip Grants
Deadline: November 3, 2009
The Target Field Trip Grants program is an innovative, no-strings-attached initiative that funds field trips for students nationwide. The program was created so that more students can have the opportunity to learn outside of the classroom.
Thought for the Day
"Enthusiasm is the great hill-climber." -- Elbert Hubbard
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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