CIGNA SpotLights

The CIGNA Foundation is providing support to expand the reach of the Take the Challenge School Program by funding schools in 6 cities the past two years and ongoing. These markets include Philadelphia, Dallas, Houston, Cleveland, Atlanta, and Richmond. Read more about SpotLights! Read more about best practices.

	Challenge Stars

The Healthy Kids Challenge ideas for taking action with small, simple healthy eating and physical activity messages have helped schools and programs across the country find sustainable ways to healthy change. Read about the healthy happenings and success stories of HKC Challenge Star schools and programs.

	Kansas Kids C.A.N. Stars

This three year Kansas Kids C.A.N. (Connect Activity and Nutrition) grant, provided by the Kansas Sunflower Foundation, is being led by Healthy Kids Challenge (HKC), with the mission to use every day ways to guide schools, communities, and programs in creating solutions to help kids and families Connect Health And Needs, Get Excited (C.H.A.N.G.E).

Kansas Kids C.A.N. helps kids establish healthy eating and physical activity behaviors by providing training, ideas, and resources for kid influencers to incorporate environmental change, role modeling and skill building activities into their normal practices and existing systems. The grant initiative is unique in that it integrates change into an existing supportive regional healthcare network and existing effective community programs, so start-up time and resources are minimal. Read more about the C.A.N. Star programs!