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Vermont Action for Healthy Kids
Welcome to the Vermont Team Action for Healthy Kids is the nation’s leading nonprofit 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. The Vermont Action for Healthy Kids Team is a coalition of health and nutrition professionals and other community members who take action in schools, communities, and regions to make positive change. The Vermont Team supports healthy eating and active living through a variety of statewide resources and programs that include the Fit and Healthy School Wellness Awards. Looking Ahead Our goals are to:
Get Involved There are many opportunities to get involved with Action for Healthy Kids in Vermont--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.
Sponsored by Action for Healthy Kids Vermont, New England Dairy & Food Council, the Vermont Departments of Health and Education, and the Vermont Education Health Initiative (VEHI), The Fit and Healthy Kids School Wellness Awards recognize schools whose policies and practices reflect a high priority on healthy outcomes for children and staff. All applicants will receive a 2011 Fit and Healthy School Wellness Award banner. In addition, top scoring schools in several categories will win cash prizes ($3,000.00, $2,000.00 or $1,000.00) to support school wellness activities! Award applications are due February 4, 2011. Winners will be notified by February 25, 2011 and will be announced in the state legislature in March. All applicants will be invited to an awards event at the annual VTAHPERD Wellness Walk in Montpelier May 11, 2011. Click 2011 School Wellness Award Application to apply! Questions: Suzanne Kelley: Suzane.Kelley@ahs.state.vt.us or 802-657-4202
School Wellness Resources from Vermont Action for Healthy Kids School Wellness Policies Vermont Nutrition and Fitness Policy Guidelines Vermont Healthy Schools Resource Wellness School Assessment Tool (WellSAT) Health Education Curriculum Analysis Tool School Nutrition Child Nutrition Vermont Department of Education Farm to School Grant from Vermont Agency of Agriculture Food Education Every Day (FEED) Fuel Up to Play 60 from National Dairy Council and National Football League School Physical Education Physical Education Vermont Department of Education Vermont Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance National Association for Sport and Physical Education Physical Education Curriculum Analysis Tool School Physical Activity Safe Routes to Schools from Vermont Agency of Transportation Fuel Up to Play 60 from National Dairy Council and National Football League School Employee Wellness |
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