Additional Resources

Selected additional links related to ReCharge! Energizing After-School are included below.

Featured Resource

Joining Forces with the National Dairy Council to Fight Childhood Obesity Fuel Up to Play 60

The combination of Action for Healthy Kids' programs along with National Dairy Council and NFL's Fuel Up to Play 60 program provides a one-stop shop to help schools become healthier places for America's kids.  Together, these programs and services offer ideas and resources for school wellness programs that can help our children to learn to eat right and be active every day so they are better prepared to learn.  You can learn more about this partnership here.

General health and nutrition

• American Academy of Pediatrics
• American Dietetic Association
• American School Health Association
• Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005
• HealthierUS.gov (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
• Milk Matters Calcium Education Campaign (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
• MyPyramid Food Guidance System (U.S. Department of Agriculture)
• National Dairy Council
• Nutrition Explorations

Physical activity

• NEA SmartBody Fitness Information Center

• NFL Youth Football

• National Association for Sport and Physical Education

• President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sport

• VERB, Youth Media Campaign, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

 

Parent/family involvement

• National PTA
• National Coalition for Parent Involvement in Education
• We Can! (Ways to Enhance Children's Activity & Nutrition) National Institutes of Health

 

Mentoring/service learning

• Advocates for Youth
• National Mentoring Partnership
• National Youth Leadership Council
• Youth Service America

 

School wellness

• Fit, Healthy and Ready to Learn: A School Health Policy Guide (National Association of State Boards of Education)
• Team Nutrition (U.S. Department of Agriculture)
• Action for Healthy Kids

 

After-School /extended-day learning

• Afterschool Alliance
• Afterschool.gov
• National School Boards Association Extended-Day Learning Opportunities (EDLO) Program
• Promising Practices in Afterschool

 

After-School snacks

• Funding Resources
  • Food Research and Action Center (FRAC)
  • Afterschool.gov
  • Afterschool Alliance
  • 21st Century Community Learning Center Grants
  • The Finance Project
• Nutrition Program Resources
  • USDA's Team Nutrition
  • FRAC Afterschool Guide (PDF)
  • School Nutrition Association (PDF)
• Healthy Snack Resources
  • USDA
  • Nutrition Explorations
  • Parents Magazine