OF Purp Nov2010

National School Lunch Week
This year, the Texas Department of Agriculture's theme for National School Lunch Week is "Vote for a Winning Lunch!" Texas children will have the opportunity to vote for their favorite school lunch candidate using a special ballot just for school meals in Texas during National School Lunch Week, October 10-14. When children have a voice in school nutrition, they are prepared to make the healthy choices that will govern their future success. This election year, students will declare victory for good nutrition during National School Lunch Week.  For more information on how to vote

Upcoming Events and Grant Funding

October Breast Cancer Awareness Month

National School Lunch Week
October 10-14, 2016 

Oliver Foundation Healthy Grants
Next Deadline October 15, 2016

Southern Obesity Summit in Houston - November 13-15, 2016


Oliver Healthy Choices Grant 
September Check Presentations


Armstrong Elementary Fort Bend ISD

Drabek Elementary Fort Bend ISD

Ridgemont Elementary Fort Bend ISD

Spring Forest Middle School Spring Branch ISD

Armstrong Elementary Fort Bend ISD



Oliver Healthy Choices Grants
Next Deadline October 15, 2016


Healthy Recipe
Amanda Stoner - Co Event Coordinator

Healthy Zucchini Taco Shells

Serves 4-6

Ingredients:
4 medium zucchini (about 2 pounds total)

2/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1 teaspoon of onion powder
½ teaspoon chili powder
½ teaspoon chipotle powder
1 teaspoon ground cumin
½ teaspoon garlic powder
¼ to ½ teaspoon kosher salt
2 eggs
Nonstick cooking spray

Directions:
Preheat the oven to 450 degrees

Wash the zucchini and cut the ends off.
Grate the zucchini with box  grater or shredder attachments on Food Processor. You should have about 8 cups of shredded zucchini.
Place zucchini in a large microwave-safe bowl and microwave on high 5 1/2 minutes, until tender. Spread cooked zucchini on a kitchen towel, set aside until it is cool enough to handle.
Once cool, roll up the towel, twist and squeeze out as much liquid as you can. Repeat to get out all the excess water; this is critical to getting good taco shells. You should end up with about 2 cups of shredded cooked zucchini.

Mix the 2 cups of cooked zucchini, grated Parmesan cheese, onion powder, chili powder, chipotle powder, cumin, garlic powder, salt and eggs in a medium bowl until blended into a dough.
Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and spray it lightly with cooking oil to help prevent sticking.
Scoop this mixture into 1/4-cup-size balls and place them on the prepared baking sheet.
Use your hand to flatten each ball into a very thin 5-inch diameter round, about 1/8 inch thick.  
Bake the shells until they are brown around the edges, about 15 minutes.
Let them cool and then remove them from the parchment paper lined baking sheet.
Use immediately with your favorite taco filling or store the taco shells between pieces of parchment paper in a Ziploc bag in the refrigerator until ready to use.
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Meet the Oliver Teen Advisory Board
YEAH Teem Board Nov2010
The Oliver Foundation Teen Advisory Board is a 12-18 member organization represented by students across the Houston area. 
Each month you'll meet a different member who will share their perspective on living a healthy life.  
 
Rob Deloit, Board Member
The John Cooper School - The Woodlands, Texas 
Teen Board Member 2015 - Present

Rob is a sophomore at The John Cooper School. He participates in a variety of sports including baseball and football. He was a 2014 Duke Talent Identification Program attendee (must qualify by scoring in the top 5% on the SAT). He was also a 2014 Duke TIP Gold Star. Rob enjoys spending time with his family and playing sports.

Tips on Stress Management
In October everyone is now well into the swing of school and for many this can be a stressful time. The workload starts to pile up and people start sleeping less and stressing more. This is detrimental to your health, but also affects your performance in the classroom and in sports or extracurricular activities.
 
There are plenty of ways to manage your stress. A major one is staying organized because this makes everything easier and helps make everything faster. People usually are committed to being organized in the beginning, but as the year goes along people start to worry about it less and this can make a simple task very stressful.
 
By staying organized you help to give yourself more time, which could be used to sleep more. Studies show that the average teen sleeps 7 hours when they actually need 9 hours. To some people 9 hours seems impossible, but with proper time management getting your 9 will work wonders when it comes to how you feel and how stressed you feel. 
 
There are many other ways to manage stress such as meditation, yoga, or exercise that help me decompress. Sleep is often overlooked as an important factor to manage stress; moreover, it's an important factor to living a healthy life style.
 


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