Healthy Lifestyles - Planning and Resources
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Seeking Donations
Consider approaching the following groups for donations of money, food, goods, services, or time:
- Community foundations
- Student groups at local colleges and universities
- Grocery stores, coffee shops, bakeries
- Stationary supply stores
- Athletic and outdoor recreation stores
- Local gyms
Do some research. Many corporations and national organizations also offer grants to support local physical activity and nutrition programs.
Ways to Use the Parent’s Guide to Healthy Lifestyles
- Distribute the guide to families in your community; make additional copies if necessary.
- Give away copies of the guide as door prizes or as prizes for a competition.
- Hand out copies of relevant sections of the guide at healthy lifestyles events.
- Use the information in the guide to create a column in your newsletter that talks about healthy lifestyles.
- Make copies of the information your school decision makers would be most interested in. Send those copies to your school decision makers along with an invitation to meet and discuss how these issues affect your school community.
- Send a copy of the guide to an organization with which you would like to partner. Invite the organization’s leaders to coffee to discuss how you might work together to implement a healthy lifestyles event.
Tips for Planning Inclusive Events
- Hold activities in areas that are accessible to wheelchairs, walkers, and strollers.
- Offer activities at different times of the day and on different days of the week to accommodate a variety of schedules.
Hang welcome signs and directions in multiple languages.
- Have all participants—family members, teachers, volunteers, etc.—wear name tags.
- Plan menus with options. Take into consideration vegetarian diets, peanut allergies, religious food restrictions, etc.
- Personally welcome participants and thank them for coming.
- Don’t let costs keep families away. Seek sponsorships and grants to provide discounted or free admissions for those who may not otherwise be able to attend.
- Consider having the whole event sponsored.
- Ask for feedback. Distribute a survey, set up a comment box, or provide an e-mail address to which participants can send comments.
Resources on Health and Wellness
Team Nutrition Resource Library
Action for Healthy Kids: Resources to Improve Schools
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Make a Difference at Your School program
Red Ribbon Week: October 23-31, 2007
Healthy Lifestyles - Planning and Resources
Back to the Healthy Lifestyles main page.
Seeking Donations
Consider approaching the following groups for donations of money, food, goods, services, or time:
- Community foundations
- Student groups at local colleges and universities
- Grocery stores, coffee shops, bakeries
- Stationary supply stores
- Athletic and outdoor recreation stores
- Local gyms
Do some research. Many corporations and national organizations also offer grants to support local physical activity and nutrition programs.
Ways to Use the Parent’s Guide to Healthy Lifestyles
- Distribute the guide to families in your community; make additional copies if necessary.
- Give away copies of the guide as door prizes or as prizes for a competition.
- Hand out copies of relevant sections of the guide at healthy lifestyles events.
- Use the information in the guide to create a column in your newsletter that talks about healthy lifestyles.
- Make copies of the information your school decision makers would be most interested in. Send those copies to your school decision makers along with an invitation to meet and discuss how these issues affect your school community.
- Send a copy of the guide to an organization with which you would like to partner. Invite the organization’s leaders to coffee to discuss how you might work together to implement a healthy lifestyles event.
Tips for Planning Inclusive Events
- Hold activities in areas that are accessible to wheelchairs, walkers, and strollers.
- Offer activities at different times of the day and on different days of the week to accommodate a variety of schedules.
Hang welcome signs and directions in multiple languages.
- Have all participants—family members, teachers, volunteers, etc.—wear name tags.
- Plan menus with options. Take into consideration vegetarian diets, peanut allergies, religious food restrictions, etc.
- Personally welcome participants and thank them for coming.
- Don’t let costs keep families away. Seek sponsorships and grants to provide discounted or free admissions for those who may not otherwise be able to attend.
- Consider having the whole event sponsored.
- Ask for feedback. Distribute a survey, set up a comment box, or provide an e-mail address to which participants can send comments.
Resources on Health and Wellness
Team Nutrition Resource Library
Action for Healthy Kids: Resources to Improve Schools
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Make a Difference at Your School program
Red Ribbon Week: October 23-31, 2007
