Action for Healthy Kids

Kentucky Action for Healthy Kids

Kentucky Districts / Regions

Welcome to the Kentucky Team

Kentucky Action for Healthy Kids is a state team to Action for Healthy Kids, the nation’s leading nonprofit and largest volunteer network fighting childhood obesity and undernourishment by helping schools become healthier places so that kids learn to eat right and be active every day. Our mission is to enhance the nutrition and physical activity opportunities in Kentucky’s schools in order to promote student health and learning.

Click here to see the list of Co-chairs and Regional Leaders.

Looking Ahead

The Kentucky Action for Healthy Kids Team is asking some big questions. How do you transform legislation that is on the books in the state capital into real change that impacts the health of children? How do you make wellness policies come alive at the building level through programs and practices? How can you encourage schools to take a hard look at their strengths and weakness without generating conflict between school administrators and parents? Although Kentucky Action for Healthy Kids has not found the answer to all of these difficult issues, we’re taking action to change the culture within the state through our strong regional teams, a vibrant network of partnerships, and effective action plans that respond to the needs of Kentucky’s communities.

Our goals are to:

Partner with school administrators to make health a priority to improve academic success.
Recruit active volunteers across the state to help create healthy schools for our children.

Get Involved

There are many opportunities to get involved with Action for Healthy Kids in Kentucky--from becoming a team member, to attending Action for Healthy Kids’ events, to making a financial contribution--you can help create a safer environment for our kids!

If you feel compelled to lend your voice to one of most important issues of our time, and would like to take that first step towards creating a healthier environment for our kids, join the Action for Healthy Kids community by taking the Every Kid Healthy Pledge on the left-hand side of the page.

Grant/Resource Opportunity Announcement

An opportunity for $500 mini-grants to Kentucky high school organizations is available to improve the school environment and policies in the areas of physical activity, nutrition, school gardens or tobacco prevention through Students Taking Charge (STC). The Kentucky STC Mini-grant Application provides the background information, mini-grant expectations and the grant application with scoring criteria. Please note that the grant application is due on February 25, 2013 or sooner.

There will be a total of 32 mini-grants dispersed geographically across the state available for high school student organizations/clubs (through their school) to receive a mini-grant in one of three focus areas: 15 STC physical activity, nutrition or school garden and 17 STC tobacco prevention.

This opportunity is possible through the collaborative efforts of Kentucky Action for Healthy Kids, Kentucky Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Program, Kentucky Coordinated School Health Initiative and the Alliance for a Healthier Generation.

View the Mini-Grant Application

Our Favorite Resources

Shaping Kentucky’s Future - This report from the Partnership for a Fit Kentucky is for Kentucky policy makers, leaders, administrators, advocates, health professionals and anyone who cares about the health and future of Kentucky citizens. The policies are intended to be a blueprint for effective action to lower obesity rates in Kentucky.
Physical Activity Environments - This document provides an overview of recent federal and state laws and regulations that impact the nutrition and physical activity environments in our schools.
School Employee Wellness: Protecting the assets of our nation’s schools This website offers a comprehensive guide that provides information, practical tools and resources for school employee wellness programs. It helps schools, school districts and states promote employee health, improve workforce productivity and reduce the costs of employee absenteeism and healthcare. We also recommend this fact sheet on the importance of school employee wellness policies, programs, and practices.
ReCharge! Energizing After-School - A collaboration with the National Football League, ReCharge! helps kids in 2nd through 6th grades learn about nutrition and physical through fun, teamwork-based activities - before, during, or after school.
Game On! The Ultimate Wellness Challenge - This is one powerful and unique program that makes it easy for schools to help youth and their families learn to eat healthy and be active every day. Game On! features fun activities or "challenges" around "Making Better Food Choices" and "Moving More". Best of all, Game On! helps increase awareness and leads to behavior changes that positively impact health and achievement.

Get In the Action Event, Vegetable Taste Test in the Classroom

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