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Pennsylvania Action for Healthy Kids

Welcome to the Pennsylvania Team

Action for Healthy Kids is the nation’s leading non-profit and largest volunteer network fighting childhood obesity and undernourishment by partnering with schools to improve nutrition and physical activity to help our kids learn to eat right, be active every day, and be ready to learn.

During the 2008-09 school year, Pennsylvania Action for Healthy Kids joined with The Food Trust to implement the Campaign for School Wellness Philadelphia. This partnership brought schools, parents, students, and community organizations together to create healthier school environments. Parents and community members were involved in the planning process to ensure that they were empowered, involved, and invested in school changes. 

A significant accomplishment of the campaign was to secure a place at the table for nutrition and physical fitness in each school, spark internal discussions, reignite school wellness teams, and raise awareness among students, parents, and the community about the importance of healthy schools and healthy kids. 

• The Pennsylvania Team worked with five schools, reaching close to 2,200 students.
• The Campaign for School Wellness reached over 1,000 parents and community members.

Looking Ahead 

• The Team will recruit active volunteers across the state to create healthy schools for our children.
• We will train schools to use Fuel Up to Play 60 to build awareness of school wellness.
• We will partner with Pennsylvania Family, Career and Community Leaders of America and The Food Trust to implement the Students Taking Charge program in 15 high schools across the Commonwealth.
• We will enhance collaboration with the other state associations and organizations to advance our action plan. A subcommittee is exploring opportunities for participation in the 2010 Keystone Health Promotion Conference.

Get Involved 

There are many opportunities to get involved with Action for Healthy Kids in Pennsylvania--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.

Our Favorite Resources 

The Pennsylvania Team developed a series of parent fact sheets. These reproducible masters address nutrition, physical education, child nutrition programs, and ways in which parents can support a healthy school environment. 

• Fundraising - Provides fundraising options that send positive health messages to students, parents, and the community.
• Healthy Rewards for Children – Provides suggestions for kid-friendly rewards that do not compromise health or nutrition
• National School Lunch Program – Provides answers to questions about the National School Lunch Program
• Quality Physical Education – Provides a overview of quality physical education
• School Breakfast - Provides answers to questions about the national School Breakfast Program
• School Wellness Policies - Provides answers to questions about school wellness policies