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Fuel Up to Play 60 eNewsletter
This eNewsletter is a companion to the Fuel Up to Play 60 program, designed to help you manage and guide students as they lead the way toward school wellness!
Program Advisors Across the Country Win Activation Rewards
Program Advisor Randy Hershey from Copopa Elementary School in Columbia Station, Ohio, is this month's Activation Reward Spotlight Winner.
Randy will receive a $500 gift card, and 51 more Program Advisors across the country will receive $100 gift cards.
Read more about Fuel Up to Play 60 Rewards.
To qualify for the monthly Activation Rewards drawing, schools must have at least one adult signed up as a Fuel Up to Play 60 Program Advisor, and the school must have activated its program. Here are just a few of the ways a school can activate Fuel Up to Play 60:
- Program Advisor logs into their online Dashboard and checks off one or more of the Six Steps Milestones.
- Students complete and upload a Fuel up to Play 60 Challenge (such as this month's Game Time Highlights Challenge).
- School applies for Funds for Fuel Up to Play 60.
- Program Advisor submits a Success Story, photo or video.
Congratulations to all the winners! Be sure YOUR school is eligible for the monthly rewards and all other benefits of Fuel Up to Play 60 by naming one or more staff or community members to serve as your Program Advisor!
- Gen YOUth Foundation Launches, Supports Fuel Up to Play 60!
Gen YOUth Foundation - a new nonprofit organization that supports efforts to end childhood obesity - officially launched on February 4. Gen YOUth Foundation will work with schools, communities and business partners to develop and support programs that create lasting changes in the child health and wellness arena, including Fuel Up to Play 60.
As part of Gen YOUth's launch, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell joined leading authorities in signing an unprecedented private-public pledge to fight child obesity and support Fuel Up to Play 60. This historic agreement brings together the Gen YOUth Foundation with the NFL, National Dairy Council and leading government authorities, including the USDA, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Department of Education. National and State Student Ambassadors Named!
Fuel Up to Play 60 is pleased to announce the selection of 9 national student ambassadors and 35 state student ambassadors. To see the names of the 2011/12 national and state ambassadors, click here.
The Student Ambassador Program gives students a voice in the Fuel Up to Play 60 program. Student Ambassadors work with other student leaders to inspire their schools and communities to get healthy, get active and make a difference.
Applications for local Student Ambassadors will be accepted until May 15, 2011. To nominate a student, download a nomination letter here.New Success in Schools Page on Website
Check out the Fuel Up to Play 60 website, which now highlights all of the great program accomplishments with the new Success in Schools page. This new page highlights program results and success stories from across the nation.11 Program Advisors Win Super Bowl Contest!
Thanks to all the teachers, school staff and other interested adults who signed up to serve as Program Advisors in their schools. Those who did so by Super Bowl Sunday were entered into a drawing to win one of ten $250 NFLShop.com gift cards or the grand prize - a $500 NFLShop.com gift card and an official Super Bowl football! Congratulations to the grand prize winner - Angela W., of Cleveland, Ohio - and to the ten other winners.Program Advisor and Student Ambassador Featured in National Radio Interview
In a special edition of the national radio show "Life, Love and Health," Program Advisor Lisa Riley of Enslow Middle School in Huntington, West Virginia, and Student Ambassador Nikki of Philadelphia tell what their schools have achieved with Fuel Up to Play 60. Enslow Middle School won the Fuel Up to Play 60 National Competition last year, and in this interview, Lisa discusses the positive changes Enslow has made with the program. Nikki also shares a student's perspective on the ways she and her peers are implementing Fuel Up to Play 60, as well as the leadership skills she has developed as a Student Ambassador. To listen, click here.Webinar Series Highlights Summer Food Service Program
Each summer, 22.3 million students are at risk of going hungry when the school year ends. For many children, school meals are the only complete and nutritious meals they eat, and in the summer they go without those meals.The Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) can help to fill the summer meal gap for low-income children. Faith-based, community and private non-profit organizations can make a difference in the lives of hungry children by serving meals with SFSP, a federally funded, state-administered program that reimburses organizations for meals served to children during the summer.
Join the USDA Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) in one of the free upcoming webinars in the 2011 Summer Food Service Program Webinar Series! Sessions scheduled for the general public are:
- Tuesday, 3/8/11, 6:00pm - 7:00pm EST
- Thursday, 3/17/11, 11:00am - 12:00pm EST
Are you a school working with the National School Lunch Program and want to learn about Seamless Summer? Register for the Seamless Summer webinar:
- Tuesday, 3/15/11, 2:00pm - 3:00pm EST
These sessions will be available via webinar and are free for all participants. To participate, please complete the online registration.
- Start your Presidential Active Lifestyle Award program by 3/20/11 and earn special PALA certificates for students and your school
- Game Time Highlights Challenge for students due 3/30/11
Fuel Up to Play 60 and Let's Move! Release PSA
Watch for the new television public service announcement (PSA) entitled "Huddle." The PSA features Tony Romo, Quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys, and encourages youth to get healthy and be active by joining the Fuel Up to Play 60 movement.
Read Comments on Plays!
Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Plays - activities designed to make your school a healthier place - are at the heart of Fuel Up to Play 60 - and now you can add your comments about Plays and read what others have to say about them. Check out the new comment function by clicking here.
Students Answer the Challenge!
The Game Time Highlight Challenge is going strong! To enter the Challenge, students create a "yearbook" of the year's highlights. This is your school's opportunity to celebrate an amazing year of Fuel Up to Play 60. To see entries that have already been posted, check out the Fuel Up to Play 60 channel on SchoolTube. This Challenge - the last of the 2010/11 school year - ends March 30.
When a student (or adult) uploads a Challenge entry, all students in the school will receive a special digital badge and a downloadable reward. AND the school may win additional rewards from their local Dairy Council or be featured in a national eNews! Remember: To easily view your school's Challenge entries, just log in to your Dashboard and see Challenges.
Students Get Active and Earn National Recognition - and Teachers and Staff Can Join Them!
Fuel Up to Play 60 students around the country are taking the Presidential Active Lifestyle Award (PALA) Challenge - and earning recognition from the President's Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition. Better yet, teachers, school staff and other interested adults can join them!
Just what are these students up to? They are pledging to get 60 minutes of physical activity 5 days a week for 6 weeks - the recommended amount of exercise all youth should be getting on a regular basis.
To get going and earn certificates by May, your school needs to join the Challenge no later than March 20. Instructions can be found here.
Meet the Dietary Guidelines for Americans with Fuel Up to Play 60!
March is National Nutrition Month - the perfect time to get your school energized about the new Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Working with the USDA and other health and wellness partners, Fuel Up to Play 60 fully supports the updated Guidelines.
Fuel Up to Play 60 offers a variety of concrete ways you can meet the new Guidelines. For example, the Guidelines recommend eating a nutrient-dense breakfast - and the "Bring on Breakfast" Plays can help you increase student participation in school breakfast. Check out the following Plays: A Hero's Breakfast, Grab-n-Go Breakfast, Breakfast in the Classroom, Breakfast Picnic and Taste Test Breakfast.
Additionally, the Guidelines recommend balancing healthy eating with physical activity - and Fuel Up to Play 60's Physical Activity Plays are designed to get students moving. Popular Plays include School-Wide Walk It! Club, After-School Fun Fitness Activities and Lunch Break.
If you want help supporting healthy eating strategies in the cafeteria and beyond, consider applying for Funds for Fuel Up to Play 60. The competitive, nationwide funding program provides up to $3,000 to help schools implement sustainable changes. The next application deadline is June 15.
Chicago Bears Player Surprises NFL Play 60 Super Kid
NFL PLAY 60 Super Kid, Ava Childs, was chosen out of more than 17,000 entrants to represent her hometown of Chicago as the national NFL PLAY 60 Super Kid by telling the NFL how she stays active and fit and which NFL player inspires her to do so.
Ava wrote about her dream to be the first female kicker in the NFL and about how she looks up to Chicago Bears kicker, Robbie Gould.
As a reward, Ava was invited to Super Bowl week in North Texas and got to hand the game ball off to the officiating crew to officially start Super Bowl XLV at Cowboys Stadium. She was a great representative of the millions of kids who have pledged to PLAY 60 every day. Congratulations to Ava and all of the kids out there who PLAY 60!
No Internet? No email? No problem! Any adult in a school can download information to help students without Internet access take advantage of everything Fuel Up to Play 60 has to offer. Printable resources include a student invitation letter, the Fuel Up to Play 60 Pledge, a paper tracker and more.
If you haven't checked out the Fuel Up to Play 60 Facebook page, now's a great time to do so. Just added: a Recipes tab. You'll find our favorite recipes for breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks and desserts. Eating healthy is easy when you start with a game plan!
Fewer than half of qualified students participate in school breakfast. This news is part of the Food Research and Action Center's annual School Breakfast Scorecard. In 2009/10, schools with the highest participation rates offered free breakfast to all students, handing out
grab-and-go meals or serving hot breakfast in the classroom. Studies indicate school breakfast increases academic achievement, improves classroom behavior and trims obesity rates.
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