Monday, February 6, 2017

Action for Healthy Kids Information


School Grants for Healthy Kids: 2016-2017 School Grants released Week of Feb. 6
Keep your eye on the national AFHK School Grants for Healthy Kids webpage for information coming soon on grants that will be released the week of Feb. 6. Grant applications will be due Friday April 7, 2017 for the 2017-2018 school year. School Breakfast and Game On (Physical Activity/Nutrition) grants will be available. Please register for the following webinars to learn more:

Every Kid Healthy Week: April 24-28, 2017
Join us in celebrating Every Kid Healthy Week 2017 with schools in your state! Become an official state partner to help us promote the week, and check out the resources available to support schools’ EKH Week events and learn more about how schools can register their events through AFHK’s Volunteer and Events Management Tool. For questions on EKH Week, please email AFHK’s Manager of Volunteer Initiatives, Sean Wade, or join our upcoming webinar:

How to Plan the BEST Every Kid Healthy Week Event - Thursday, February 16, 2017 2:00-3:00 ET1:00-2:00 CT12:00-1:00 MT11:00-12:00 PT 
Action for Healthy Kids is proud to work with schools nationwide to promote Every Kid Healthy Week™ – an annual push to focus on making schools healthier places. Every Kid Healthy Week brings attention to the nation’s problem of childhood obesity but, more importantly, to its solutions: sound nutrition, regular physical activity and health-promoting school programs.