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Welcome to Wednesday WOWS!
W-wonderful O-opportunities W-with S-schools
August 26, 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
Going to School With Wellness this Year!
HEAR
A July 2009 report from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Bridging
the Gap Program concludes that many school district wellness policies
since the 2006-07 requirement are weak and fragmented, and don't
include provisions for monitoring, enforcing, or conducting ongoing
review and revision of the policies.
SEE
Do you SEE wellness actions happening in your school, or is wellness
only recorded policies? It's time to take the wellness policies off
the shelf, and create a culture of health and wellness in schools.
Healthy Kids Challenge has addressed this need with new products and
services for making wellness part of every day!
DO
- School Challenge Distance Assistance Program - Two levels of assistance to help guide your school wellness team with materials, webinars, and one-on-one coaching from HKC dietitians.
- NEW Wellness Tools -
Health Works! Wellness in Academics™ - A set of seven booklets each focusing on a healthy practice, including breakfast, beverage choices, portion sizes, and active play. The toolkit is designed to help school and community program wellness teams take action to create awareness, provide more healthy options,
link to academics, and teach skills. If you need more than the basic kit, we've created a premier kit with supplies like scarves, cones, food models and more!
- Wellness Webinar Series - If your team needs help getting started, consider the series of webinars being offered this school year by HKC. We'll be offering a new topic each month, from parent connections to wellness in the classroom. Register now for these affordable live, interactive trainings. All webinars will be archived for later access.
- 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 from the Health Corner, the membership section of the Web site.
HEAR - SEE - DO Tips for Newsletters
Cut and paste a HEAR-SEE-DO tip each week into your own parent newsletters!
Support School Wellness
Parents play a major role in supporting school wellness at home. Here's what you can do:
- Review and talk about wellness related lessons kids bring home.
- Attend school wellness events as a family and discuss what you see and do.
- Volunteer to assist with school wellness activities.
Thought for the Day
"Often, the effort spent avoiding a difficult challenge is more demanding and burdensome than the challenge itself." -- Unknown
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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