Special Events
- Game On! The Ultimate Wellness Challenge
Developed in partnership with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Game On! The Ultimate Wellness Challenge is a program designed to reinforce the importance of healthy nutrition & physical activity during the school day.
Click to view the following:
– Toolkit
– Newsletter
– National event Flyer
– Photo Gallery
Web Forum
- The Role of School Wellness in Creating High Performance Schools
This Action for Healthy Kids Web Forum, aired April 27, 2006, examines the relationship between school leadership and school wellness - from the viewpoint of school leaders who are setting trends in school wellness and school reform.
Click to view the following:
– Archived Forum and supporting materials
Healthy Schools Summit
- Healthy Schools Summit 2005: Raising the Bar: New Challenges, New Opportunities
This summit focused attention on how to build upon the great progress that has been made since Action for Healthy Kids was launched at the first Healthy Schools Summit in 2002.
Click to view the following:
– Agenda
– Parent's Survey Report
– Sponsors
– Opening videos (download: lo, hi)
– Highlights video (download: lo, hi) - Healthy Schools Summit 2002
This groundbreaking event brought together the nation's leading education, children's health and nutrition organizations to address the epidemic of overweight and obesity resulting from children's increasingly poor nutrition
Click to view the following:
– Agenda
– Surgeon General's Call to Action to Prevent and Decrease Overweight and Obesity Report
– Commitment to Change
– Healthy Schools Heroes