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School Fundraising Can Be Healthy and Profitable
Space is limited.
Reserve your Webinar seat now at:
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Many schools rely on fundraising activities to supplement school budgets and pay for equipment, materials, supplies and events. Unfortunately, many school fundraisers involve the sale of unhealthy foods. Given the rising obesity rates and children's poor diets, many schools are reconsidering whether selling low-nutrition foods is an appropriate way to raise money. However, identifying and initiating new fundraising strategies can be a challenge.
Join us for a webinar on Wednesday, May 23rd from 1 to 2 pm EDT as we explore the current status of fundraising in schools, why healthy fundraising is important, and examples of profitable, healthier fundraising.
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Action for Healthy Kids - School Grants for Healthy Kids
Interested schools are invited to attend a webinar to learn more about the available grant opportunities for 2012-2013 and receive tips for applying. Please register for the time best fitting your schedule - Tuesday, March 20, 2012 from 3:00 - 4:00 ET and Tuesday, March 27, 2012 from 3:00 - 4:00 ET. For more information click here.
Licensing Laws: Strong Tools for Healthy Food webinar
Time: 10 AM Pacific Standard Time (1 PM Eastern) on March 13, 2012 - Duration: Sixty-minute (60 min) session
What would it take to get all food retailers in your community to carry fresh produce and other healthy foods? One promising way: a local licensing law.
Requiring people to have a license in order to work in a particular field or business is nothing new. But local policymakers are now starting to look at licensing programs as an opportunity to make healthy foods more accessible. A licensing law could require all store owners selling food to agree to specific conditions such as stocking a certain amount of healthy foods, accepting SNAP or WIC benefits, or restricting the amount of tobacco, alcohol, and sugary drinks made available in the store.
In this webinar, you’ll learn how a licensing law can help bring healthy food to neighborhoods that need it most and hear a firsthand account of an innovative healthy food licensing law in Minneapolis from a key player involved in the program. We’ll discuss how to use incentives and outreach to get buy-in from store owners, and we’ll talk about the policy and political issues involved in implementing this type of ordinance. - Register now
Healthy Schools Campaign (HSC) - I’m pleased to announce HSC's new webinar and event series focused on innovations for healthy school food. Each discussion provides a national policy perspective and highlights the voices of on-the-ground leaders who are making changes with important and far-reaching results.
Breakfast Matters: Successful Strategies for School Breakfast
March 5, 2012 · 1-2 PM central · Webinar
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Healthy Children, Healthy Planet: Why We Care About School Food
Presented with PEW Charitable Trusts and Whole Foods Market
March 14, 2012 at 7 PM · March 15, 2012 at 10 AM
at Whole Foods Market Lincoln Park, 1550 N. Kingsbury St. in Chicago
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Learn more and register for March 15 event here »
Farm to Cafeteria: Supporting Student Health and Local Farm Systems
March 22, 2012 · 1-2 PM central · Webinar
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Quiet Innovation for Healthy School Food
April 16, 2012 · 1-2 PM central · Webinar
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May 1, 2012 · 1-2 PM central · Webinar
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National Farm to School Network Webinars - Upcoming and Archived Slides and Recordings, click here for more information
Optimizing Nutritional Quality and Appeal ... Plus, Clebrate National School Breakfast Week webinar, Tuesday, March 6th Register now.
Promotion, Outreach, and School Board Policy: Sustaining Positive Change webinar, Tuesday, May 1st Register now.
Current Issues in Nutrition - The 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans: Science behind the recommendations and applications for nutrition education - Register today! Click here for more details
Previously Recorded Webinars
New Healthier School Meal Standards: What You Need to Know, February 2, 2012 - 1:00 PM, Register now.
Kick it Off with Fuel Up to Play 60 webinar, Thursday, January 26th Register now.
Effective Breakfast Models: Thinking Outside of the Cafeteria and After the Bell webinar, Tuesday, January 31st Register now.
School Nutrition Policy Webinar Series
Please join us for the second in a series of webinars on school nutrition brought to you by The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health's RENEW Initiative.
Using Marketing Strategies to Boost Demand for School Lunch - Thursday, January 26, 2012, 10:00 - 11:00 am PST
Learning Objectives:
- Understand how research-based marketing strategies can be used to increase overall participation in your district's cafeterias.
- Identify cost-effective marketing strategies to increase sales of specific healthy items.
- Hear from food services directors who have successfully changed the image of school food in their districts.
Reserve your webinar seat now at: https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/945039006
USDA FNS 2012 Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) Introductory Webinars
Each summer, 18 million students are at risk of going hungry when the school year ends and school lunches are no longer available. For many children, school meals are the only complete and nutritious meals they eat, and in the summer they go without. This summer, the need will likely increase.
These webinar sessions are designed to provide a high level overview of the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP). Every “Introductory” webinar session will cover the same content. Following the overview of the SFSP, the session will cover resources and tools available to help get started with the SFSP, successful outreach practices and tips, next steps and how to get involved, and then the session will open for questions and answers with USDA FNS staff.
Learn more by participating in one of our SFSP webinars! Webinars begin on December 13, 2011 and continue until February 23, 2012, here is the link for more information and to register for the webinars http://www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/summer/webinar.htm.HealthierUS School Challenge & Fuel Up to Play 60
Two programs that can help transform your school's health environment. Jion us for the webinar Thursday, November 17, 2011 from 1:00 - 2:00 PM Eastern Time. Registration link: http://vovici.com/wsb.dll/s/17fb9g4d56aThe webinar will explore the ways in which schools and States in the USDA Mid-Atlantic Region have developed fun and creative partnerships to successfully implement both the HealthierUS School Challenge (HUSSC) and Fuel up to Play 60 (FUTP60) programs. These are two programs that can help empower schools to achieve their wellness policy goals, works towards the new school meal patterns, and get students excited about nutrition and physcial activity. Lean about available resources, funding opportunities, and success stories to help you implement the HUSSC and FUTP60 initiatives in your school.
Action for Healthy Kids School Breakfast Webinar Series
Please join Action for Healthy Kids for a series of five interactive webinars designed to showcase the health, fiscal, and academic benefits of efffective school breakfast programs. Each of the webinars, presented throughout the 2011-2012 school year, will feature an expert panel that will share key resources, discuss best practices, and anwer questions from attendees. Learn how to be a school breakfast champion in your community!
Webinar #1 - School Breakfast Basics - Making the Case and Making it Work
Thursday, October 27, 2011 - 4:00-5:00 pm ET - Registration: No cost - Register NOW!
"America On the Move" Webinar with Drs. James Hill and Jennifer Anderson - A national weight gain prevention initiative that aims to inspire Americans to make small changes in how much they eat and how much they move to prevent weight gain.
Let's Move in School - Call to Action Webinar - The Let's Move in School webinar will provide the "why, what, and how" to get involved in this initiative.
"What You Need to Know to Make the Most of the New School Nutrition and Wellness Improvements"
When: Thursday, February 10, 2011 - 1:00 - 2:00 pm EST
In this Webinar, speakers will focus on the improvements the new law makes to the school nutrition environment including the additional six cents, USDA’s proposed new school meals nutrition standards, stronger competitive foods rules and wellness policies, nutrition environment report cards and farm to school resources. Speakers from FRAC, USDA and Action for Healthy Kids will provide details on the key new provisions, next steps, and implementation plans.
"Food Friends" Webinar with Dr. Jennifer Anderson
When: Wednesday, February 23, 2011 - 11:00 am EST
The "Food Friends" program directed by Dr. Jennifer Anderson captured the attention of leaders in Washington, D.C. and the program is now featured on the New White House's 'Let's Move' Blog, initiated by First Lady, Michelle Obama. This program has two components: Fun with New Foods and Get Movin' with Mighty Moves, which have been tested and evaluated with scores of Head-Start classrooms over a 10-year period.
Register Now for the Next Child Nutrition Reauthorization Webinar:
“Strategies for Success: Making the Most of the New School Water and Milk Requirements”
Tuesday, May 24, 2011 --- 12:00 – 1 p.m. EST
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The Healthy, Hunger Free Kids Act requires that free water must be made readily available to children during lunch, and schools must only offer milk consistent with the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. USDA recently issued guidance on these provisions.
Join us for a webinar focused on the information, practical models, tools and resources needed to facilitate the successful implementation of the new water and milk requirements. Speakers from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, California Endowment, FRAC and other advocacy organizations will provide valuable information and answer your questions.
About "Child Nutrition Reauthorization: Putting the Act into Action"
FRAC is hosting a series of webinars that examine the provisions of the Child Nutrition Reauthorization Act and steps to make the provisions of the Act a success.
Click here to see and hear the previous Webinars in our series.
SNAP-Ed Regulations Webinars
June 7 - 9, 2011
When the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act was signed into law last December, it included important and potentially dramatic changes in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education (SNAP-Ed) program, a major source of nutrition education funding for states. The USDA is writing regulations to implement those changes and is accepting comments through June 17. The Public Health Institute is hosting two webinars during the final two weeks before the deadline for comment submission. The webinars are a call to action to reach out to advocates, SNAP-Ed stakeholders, and community partners to provide more detail on the issue and urge people to submit comments before the deadline.
Webinar One: Tuesday, June 7, 2011, 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Pacific (12:00 p.m. - 1: 00 p.m. Mountain, 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Central, 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m., Eastern).
Register for this webinar.
Webinar Two: Thursday, June 9, 2011, 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Pacific (12:00 p.m. - 1: 00 p.m. Mountain, 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Central, 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m., Eastern).
Register for this webinar.
Child Nutrition Reauthorization: Putting the Act into Action - "Healthy Choices for School Children: Getting the Junk Foods Out of Schools" June 16, 2011 12:00 PM Eastern
Join us for this webinar:
- Learn about USDA’s plans, process and timeline for the healthy foods in school rule;
- Share your recommendations for the nutrition standards and enforcement necessary to make the new school regulations a success;
- Discover new research findings on the positive impact of “competitive” food standards; and
- Identify action steps, tools, and resources that will be useful in continuing to advocate for healthy foods in schools now.
Register here for this webinar.
Food Research and Action Center(FRAC)
Register Now for the Next Child Nutrition Reauthorization: Putting the Act into Action Webinar
School Year 2011-2012 - New Opportunities to Increase Nutrition Resources for Low-Income School-Age Children -Tuesday, October 11, 2011, 1 – 2 p.m. EST, Click here to register.
Subject: [Mealtalk] Small Grant Program for Schools Promoting Healthy Eating and Physical Activity
Announcement: Small Grant Program for Schools Promoting Healthy Eating and Physical Activity
The US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health has a small grant program for schools interested in promoting health eating and physical activity. To be eligible, 80% or more of students must qualify for federal food programs. Grant funds are to be used to help schools meet the requirements of the HealthierUS School Challenge, the USDA’s recognition program. Five grants of $5,000 each will be awarded. Awardees must agree to participate in an ongoing learning environment.
Applications are due Thursday, October 13, 2011, 5:00 p.m. E.S.T. Click here for more details
Contact Robin Peters for more information.
