6. Building a Nationwide Movement > 11,800 Volunteers in 51 Teams Successful Programs across the U.S. 65 National Partner Organizations
7. Our Development & Growth Action for Healthy Kids started with a handful of members in 2002. We’re now more than 11,800 strong, including 19% growth during 2008-2009. This grassroots network is the only one its kind in the U.S.
8. Campaigning for School Wellness by Building Family-School-Community Partnerships Campaigning for School Wellness School Stakeholders Students Community Stakeholders Parents
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10. Game On! The Ultimate Wellness Challenge Evidence demonstrates that Game On! improves knowledge, behavior and attitudes for eating healthy food and being physically active. A year-long program that challenges America’s youth, their families and schools to incorporate healthy food choices and physical activity into their daily lives.
Our standard operating model includes the following activities: Deploy national and local experts to help school districts and schools develop an action plan for health Conduct a community readiness assessment Utilize an assessment of school needs for health, nutrition and physical activity Provide training to school staff, students and parents to implement the action plan Deliver materials, programs and community support Evaluate and promote success Our Infrastructure AFHK has a national staff of 14 full time staff with expertise in the field of nutrition, physical activity and social justice AFHK has a highly collaborative partnership network of 65 national organizations AFHK has a national volunteer network of over 11,500 professionals advancing solutions to the issue
Current membership – 11,766 volunteers Goals for 2009-2011 volunteer recruitment and management: Build volunteer corps by 15% each year Expand the work of volunteers in schools in underserved communities Assign a volunteer advocate as AFHK’s liaison to one-third (approximately 5,000) of school districts nationwide
Game On! The Ultimate Wellness Challenge is a year-long program that challenges America’s youth, their families and schools to incorporate healthy food choices and physical activity into their daily lives.
The target audience of Students Taking Charge is youth leaders who are already engaged in teams in their schools through FCCLA, SADD, Key Club, Student Council, Future Educators of America, and other high school organizations. As youth who are already making a difference in the school, these students have the capacity to take on a program like STC, to learn about importance of school wellness, and to gain skills in advocacy to become change agents within their school communities. The goal of Students Taking Charge, as with all of Action for Healthy Kids work, is to create a network of people who care—in this case, students—who will become a lasting human endowment to make real and sustainable changes in these schools. Teams will support this work through micro- and mini-grants; technical assistance; train-the-trainer programs for adult facilitators; and other activities. In this year’s action plans, the Teams are encouraged to connect with these students through youth-friendly volunteer opportunities, advocacy opportunities, and the formation of a youth advisory board within the state.
Promotes national standards for health education, physical activity and parent involvement, and the 2005 U.S. Department of Agriculture Dietary Guidelines ReCharge! was developed by content experts in education, fitness, nutrition, and after-school organizations
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