Action For Healthy Kids Blog

How Health is Tied to Learning

Get your school to prioritize students' health by demonstrating the connection between healthy eating, physical activity, and other wellness behaviors and learning outcomes.

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GoGo squeeZ® Partners with Action for Healthy Kids® to Spread Goodness Nationwide

Just in time for Every Kid Healthy Week, GoGo squeeZ® announced a long-term partnership with Action for Healthy Kids.

More Time for School Lunch

It’s so important for kids to have a lunch period that gives them enough time to eat and socialize. Find out why.

Aloha Means Excellence

Congratulations to a record number of schools in Hawaii for receiving the “Excellence in Wellness” award!

2014-2015 Annual Report Card

Learn more about our impact during the 2014-2015 school year (including financial information for the 2014 fiscal year).

Today Show Spotlights Angela & Willie Gillis

Our Team Healthy Kids Chicago Marathon runner Angela Gillis and her husband, Willie, shared their inspirational weight loss story on the Today Show.

Action for Healthy Kids Announces 2015 Healthy School Hero Award Winners

Action for Healthy Kids announces the 2015 Healthy School Hero Award winners, recognized for their work to improve health, nutrition and physical activity among students nationwide during the 2014-2015 school year.

Action for Healthy Kids® and Walmart Foundation Provide Universal School Breakfast Grants to 385 Schools for the 2015-2016 School Year

Action for Healthy Kids will provide more than $700,000 in grants in the 2015-2016 school year to 385 schools in 22 states through its Universal Breakfast for Healthy Kids program funded by the Walmart Foundation.

Action for Healthy Kids® and CSX Corporation Provide Grants to 292 Schools for 2015-2016 School Year

Action for Healthy Kids® (AFHK) announces the 292 recipients of School Grants for Healthy Kids for the 2015-2016 school year, provided through funding by CSX Corporation.

Action for Healthy Kids® and CSX Announce Every Kid Healthy Grants for 2015-2016 School Year

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