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Suzette de Araujo, Editor
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Please enjoy this edition of the FYI. Just one benefit of your NJAHPERD membership!
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NJAHPERD BOARD MEMBERS
Laurie Cancalosi, President
Jackie Malaska, Executive Director
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A message from your President...
Happy May!
A lot has been going on in the world of Health and Physical Education. Last week, members traveled to Washington D.C. for "Speak Out! Day." They were able to
meet with members of Congress and network with fellow SHAPE America members in order to "speak out" in support of school health and physical education and ESSA funding.
The
Every Student Succeeds Act
(ESSA) identifies school health and physical education (HPE) as part of a student's well-rounded education. This means educators, parents and administrators all share a responsibility to provide kids with effective Health Education and Physical Education provided by trained and certified teachers. But several proposals in Congress would significantly underfund ESSA and threaten health and physical education in school. Take action by writing your representatives in Congress and asking lawmakers to fully fund Title IV, Part A grant at $1.65 billion, under ESSA. Be sure to ask four friends to join you in action!
This week is National Physical Education and Sports Week (May 1-7). Let's empower
all children to lead healthy and active lives through effective health and physical education programs. Let us know what you are doing to celebrate!
Please invite ANOTHER HEALTH or PHYSICAL EDUCATION teacher to
join NJAHPERD
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Take the opportunity to extend the invitation so that they may experience the same representation and PD events you receive. REMEMBER: anyone who completes an American Heart Association JUMP o
r HOOPS event receives a half price membership ($25.00).
Please take
advantage of all of our resources so we can keep our children
physically active, enthusiastic and committed to making healthy lifestyle choices.
THANK YOU!
Dr. Laurie A. Cancalosi
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Promote your program!!
If you are doing anything in your school that you want to share with NJAHPERD members please tag us on Twitter @NJAHPERD as well as using the hashtag #NJAHPERD. You can also find the
Facebook
page by searching New Jersey Association Physical Education and Health page to share pictures and videos!
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Celebrate National Physical Education & Sport Week May 1-7
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2017 NJAHPERD Mini Grants
NJAHPERD is pleased to announce the availability of Mini-Grants for 2017. The grant provides financial assistance up to $1,000 for new program development or to expand an existing program. Grants may be used to purchase equipment, software, or other materials that focus on student learning in Health & Driver Education, Physical Education, Physical Activity (before and after school) and Dance Education.
The Mini-Grant application deadline is September 30, 2017
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This year's Project ACES will be taking place on May 3, 2017. Join in on the "World's Largest Exercise Class" where millions of children around the world will be exercising simultaneously. Let's try to get a lot of schools from New Jersey to participate in this event, which will be celebrating its 19th year. For more information and to sign up your school, visit
http://ProjectACES.come
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SHAPE America 50 Million Strong- A Call to Action!
SHAPE America is committed to empowering all children to lead healthy and active lives through effective health and physical education programs.
50 Million Strong by 2029 is a call to action for all of America's health and physical educators to unite and focus on a common purpose - getting all of the nation's children physically active, enthusiastic and committed to making healthy lifestyle choices.
Find resources, activity ideas and lessons plans to celebrate PE & Sports Week!
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NJ State Board of Education Resolution!
NJAHPERD leadership will be accepting a resolution recognizing National Physical Education and Sport Week at the May 3rd State Board meeting in Trenton.
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FREE Project Adventure Summer Workshops
NJAHPERD has secured funding from the NJ Department of Health through a CDC grant to provide professional development for Health and Physical Education teachers to improve nutrition, physical activity and physical education programs in schools.
Funding is available to attend a Project Adventure Training in Pottersville, NJ in July. You must attend both days of the training and provide a written statement on how you will implement the training in your program.
FINE PRINT:
You may only register for ONE workshop.
You must register by June 20, 2016.
Current professionals teaching in a public school only are eligible.
You will be responsible for the registration fee of $390, if you do not attend both days.
Registration is through NJAHPERD. More Information/Registration
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NJAHPERD Professional Development
Dates for all conferences will be available by June 1st!
NJAHPERD is a member driven organization! Let us know if you would like to be involved in the planning of any of our PD events!
Summer Workshop
Bike Education
Driver Education Conference
August 16, 2017
Crowne Plaza Monroe
Let's Move! Active Schools Workshop
Adapted Health & Physical Education Conference
October 2017
Lake Conference
October 15 & 16, 2017
"It's the Kids that Count"
Johnsonburg Center
Johnsonburg, NJ
AtlantiCare Conference Energizing PE 1,2,3 October 19, 2017 NJEA Convention November 9-10, 2017 Atlantic City Convention Center Health Conference December 2017 Crowne Plaza Monroe
99th Annual Convention
February 25-29, 2018
"NJAHPERD Strong!"
Ocean Place Resort
Long Branch, NJ
Teaching Dance Workshop
Regional Workshops
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Professional Development Webinars
FREE Webinars!
NJAHPERD has received funding from the NJ Department of Health to provide professional development via SHAPE America webinars. If you are interested in participating in this opportunity, please send an email to the NJAHPERD office with the subject line "NJAHPERD webinar". You will be required to complete a NJAHPERD evaluation after viewing the webinar. You will earn a certificate for 1.0 contact hour for each webinar you view through SHAPE America. All webinars are held from
3-4 p.m. EDT
and will be recorded.
The webinar provided an overview of the risk and impact of bullying and suicide in school-aged children and highlighted the connection between these public health issues and the "whole child" concept. The webinar showcased SAMHSA's mobile applications-
KnowBullying(link is external) and
Suicide Safe(link is external)-and other key resources as tools to promote bullying prevention and suicide prevention in schools.
National Health Observances (NHOs) are special days, weeks, or months dedicated to raising awareness about important health topics.
SHAPE America Podcast
Podcasts - Did you know that SHAPE America offers Podcasts? Podcast episodes are released the second and fourth Tuesday of every month.
Health Education
Listen in as our panel of health education experts discusses what defines comprehensive health education, how to set up a health classroom for success, how to incorporate active learning into the curriculum and much more. Listen today!
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Advocacy News
As Advocacy Chair, I would like to thank Jackie Malaska and Lois Joyce who joined me at the 10th 2017 SHAPE America SPEAK Out! Day, in Washington DC. We were proud to represent NJAHPERD to interact with our Members of Congress to share the positive impact that school health and physical education have on our students here in New Jersey.
We met with Legislative Aides from the following Members of Congress: Senator Cory A. Booker, Representative Albio Sires, Representative Chris Smith and Representative Rodney Frelinghuysen. We dropped off "leave behind packets" with our ASKS to the offices of Senator Robert Menendez and Representative Tom Mac Arthur. All the Legislative Aides we spoke with said their Legislator SUPPORTS Physical Education and Health Education. Both Senator Booker's office and Representative Frelinghuysen's office said they will fully fund Title IV Part A in ESSA at $1.65 Billion, fully fund Title II, Part A in ESSA $2.295, fully fund Title II B in ESSA at $1.1 Billion for FY 2018 and send a letter to our state supporting Health and Physical Education in state ESSA implementation. All the other Aides we spoke with will bring it back and have a discussion with their Legislator. We will be following up with their offices within the next two weeks.
NJAHPERD would like to thank all of you who took the time out of your busy schedules and followed up with the email Action Alerts we sent you by sending a pre-written letter using
SHAPE America's ACTION CENTER which you can continue to do. Or you Tweeted your Congress Person or posted on your Facebook page. Please continue to keep the pressure up by calling/e-mailing the Congressional Offices
Congressional Directory as they continue to work on the Budget for 2017-2018. The more pressure we put on them as constituents the more they will pay attention to the importance of Health and Physical
Education. Remember ESSA funding was a bipartisan Congressional intent.
I have a SPECIAL ASK: NJAHPERD needs an ESSA TASK FORCE for our State Legislative Districts to keep our Federal Congressional Legislators and Senator Booker and Senator Menendez up to date on what is going on in New Jersey regarding the ESSA Federal Law and maintaining the Bi-Partisan funding that was promised for Title I, Title II and Title IV A & B.
Please contact me at
[email protected] or contact the NJAHPERD office at 732-918-9999, if you are willing to serve on a Task Force to visit or call our elected members of Congress when they are back home. We need to keep the lines of communication open for our profession. We do not want to be forgotten or left out.
Thank you,
JoAnn Doherty
NJAHPERD Advocacy Chair
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ESSA Updates
NJAHPERD has been keeping you informed about the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) through our FYI newsletter, emails and through sessions at the recent convention. We have been attending stakeholder's meetings and voicing our concerns of the importance of health and physical education. Now it is your turn! Your voice needs to be heard so that our students receive the programs they deserve!
You need to start the discussion NOW with your administrator to ensure the your Health & Physical Education program receives funding, along with the other "well rounded education" disciplines.
School district and school administrators will make the decisions about how ESSA funding is allocated within districts and schools, and which programs are ultimately funded. They must be a key advocacy audience. Since health and physical education are NEW to the list of subjects for which funding can be used, it's likely that they will NOT receive funding at the school district and school-level unless YOU are a strong advocate.
Make time to meet with your principal and ask to be a member of your district's ESSA Committee.
Some discussion points:
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All ESSA funding must support academic achievement for students. Remind administrators about the link between health, physical education, physical activity and academic achievement, behavior in the classroom, discipline referrals, etc.
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Share any personal stories about how health and physical education has positively impacted students in your school.
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Come to the meeting with a specific funding request including an estimated dollar amount for a specific curriculum, equipment, professional development event, training, etc.
If you have any questions or need more information, visit the website or contact the NJAHPERD office.
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50Million Strong by 2029
Approximately 50 million students are currently enrolled in America's elementary and secondary schools (grades pre-K to 12).
SHAPE America wants to ensure that by the time today's preschoolers graduate from high school in 2029, all of America's students are benefitting from the skills, knowledge, confidence, desire and opportunities to enjoy healthy, meaningful physical activity. MORE
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May 1-7 is National Physical Education and Sport Week
National Physical Education & Sport Week is held May 1-7 to raise awareness for effective health and physical education. Led by SHAPE America, the Society of Health and Physical Educators, this week is dedicated to empowering all children to lead healthy and active lives through effective health and physical education programs - a commitment known as 50 Million Strong by 2029. MORE
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The First Step in Sustainable Jersey for Schools Certification
Schools seeking to become bronze or silver certified with the Sustainable Jersey for Schools program for 2017 are encouraged to take advantage of multiple review periods in the
application cycle. Incremental submission of application materials allows your green team to receive valuable feedback on your efforts as you accumulate points towards certification.
2017 Certification Application Deadlines
- Third (FINAL) 2017 Application Submission Deadline - June 29, 2017
Check out these past webinar presentations for tips, tricks, and instructions for a successful submission:
Navigating the Application for First Time Users (access narrated recording
here)
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Sustainable Jersey for Schools grant opportunity
Thirty $4,000 grants will be awarded to implement specific health and wellness actions in middle schools (including K-8) and high schools that are registered in the Sustainable Jersey for Schools Program. Applications are due June 29.
Please see the attached
flier
or the complete Application Information Package for more detail. In addition, the following webinar is scheduled related to the grant opportunity. I hope you will consider taking advantage of the program and/or sharing this information with all your middle and high school contacts. Although it is a competitive grant process, the chances of eligible applications being awarded a grant are very good.
Webinar
What Would You Do with $4,000 to Improve Student and Staff Wellness?
MAY 11, 2017 - 3:00 PM TO 4:00 PM
ONLINE
If your district or school is participating in Sustainable Jersey for Schools and serves students in Grade 6 or above, there is funding available to help you to implement health and wellness actions.
The New Jersey Department of Health (NJ DOH), through its Maternal and Child Health Services Title V Block Grant, is providing $120,000 for a Sustainable Jersey Small Grants Program cycle. The cycle will fund thirty $4,000 awards to complete specific Sustainable Jersey for Schools health and wellness actions. Join us to learn more about the programs and activities that could be funded by this grant and the online grant application process. The grant application deadline is Friday, June 29, 2017. Notification of grant awards will be made by the end of August, 2017 to implement actions in 2017-2018 school year.
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Free Field Day Guide from Sportime
The free
Field Day Activity Guide
includes cooperative games, teambuilding activities, relays and races, and strategies for organizing a highly active and fun Field Day for grades K-6.
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Become a Healthy U School & Receive Partner School Benefits (value: $6500)
The New Jersey State Alliance, along with The Horizon Foundation for New Jersey, is in the planning process to select the next cohort of schools to participate in the Healthy U program for the 2017-18 school year. Since 2012, the school-based Healthy U program has impacted 38,000 children in 70 New Jersey schools. Healthy U is based on the CATCH curriculum; research shows that students will be healthier and perform better in school because of the program. To implement Healthy U, the New Jersey YMCA State Alliance partners a local YMCA with their local elementary schools to develop and implement a coordinated School Health Plan.
School selection for the 2017-2018 school year begins now. 10 new schools will be selected. If your school is interested in being a part of the program, contact Sue Cornell, Healthy U Director at
[email protected]
to learn about the programs resources and benefits. More details
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Chrome Book Resource
Do you use a Chrome Book? Here's a
new website
created by Mark & Becky Foellmer
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Frequent, long-term instruction in physical education not only helps adolescents be more fit but also equips them with knowledge about how regular physical activity relates to good health, research at Oregon State University shows. The findings are important for several reasons. The study was co-authored by SHAPE America members Brad Cardinal and Marita Cardinal of Western Oregon University and Charles Corbin of Arizona State University.
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Catching more sleep could help student-athletes catch more touchdowns, but some still argue sports schedules are a reason against moving back the first bell.
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Young athletes who specialize in an individual sport - such as gymnastics, tennis and dance - were at higher risk for overuse injuries (i.e., gradual onset of pain and symptoms), compared to those who focus on a single team sport, according to a study. Acute injuries (i.e., from a single traumatic event) were more common in young athletes whose single sport was a team sport, especially football, cheerleading and soccer.
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6 Things Parents Should Know About Core Stability and the Development of Movement
New research over the past 20 years has taught us that core stability is not equal to the strength of stomach or back or hip muscles. Because we now understand that core stability has as much to do with the brain as it has to do with the muscles, we no longer think of it as a strength issue.
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A favorite childhood pastime - swinging on the playground swing set - also may be teaching kids how to get along. The measured, synchronous movement of children on the swings can encourage preschoolers to cooperate on subsequent activities, University of Washington researchers have found.
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Explore the core
This is an excerpt from Yoga Therapy: A Personalized Approach for Your Active Lifestyle by Kristen Butera and Staffan Elgelid
Core Poses
You might hear a lot of talk these days about the importance of the core. "Core strength" and "core stability" are just a few of the common terms that you have probably heard at some point in your yoga and fitness journey. The interesting thing is, that for all of the dialogue, there still doesn't seem to be universal agreement about what the core is. If you read and study for long enough, you will notice the definition of "core" tends to change based on the training method that you are exploring. Depending on what your goals are, you will have different experiences of the core, some of them more helpful or effective than others.
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A Frisco, Texas, startup has come up with a new way to predict athletic ability, motivation, and success that could change scouting and recruiting for multiple sports. Most Valuable Recruit (MVR) goes beyond traditional IQ tests with technology-based analytics to measure spacial awareness, cognitive abilities and determination.
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Health Educator News YOU can USE!
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Health Education Conference
Let us know what topics you want to hear about at the NJAHPERD Health Conference scheduled in December 2017.
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In 2007, a group of students distributed pink shirts in solidarity with a boy who was bullied for wearing one to school in Canada. This event - which served as the original impetus for special days dedicated to raising awareness and uniting against bullying that take place around the world - led to the United Nations official designating of May 4 as Anti-Bullying Day. Today, let's take a look at where the issue lies one decade later.
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Parents' advice can support or undermine targets of school bullying-prevention programs
Children who are bystanders to a bullying incident are more likely to intervene if their parents have given them advice to intervene and less likely to intervene if their parents tell them to "stay out of it," according to a new study published in the
Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, a journal of the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology. The study suggests that culturally-consistent family components may enhance and promote the success of school-based anti-bullying efforts.
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How often do students miss school? Are they ready for college? Are they physically fit? Is their school a welcoming place? States are beginning to outline new ways to evaluate their schools, rather than relying just on traditional measures such as test scores.
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One hour of running can add seven hours to your life. A new study soon-to-be published in Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases found that overall, "runners had a 3.2 years longer life expectancy, compared with non-runners." That's factoring in sex, weight, ethnicity, race, and even lifestyle decisions such as smoking or drinking.
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Short-term moderate-intensity to high-intensity interval training (HIIT) leads to modest body composition improvements in overweight and obese individuals, according to research published online recently in Obesity Reviews. Based upon 13 studies, averaging three training sessions per week for 10 weeks, the researchers found that both HIIT and MICT led to significant reductions in whole-body fat mass and waist circumference.
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Family structure, including regular bedtimes, mealtimes and limited screen time appear to be linked to better emotional health in preschoolers, and that might lower the chances of obesity later, a new study suggests. The study - the first to look at the connections between early childhood routines and self-regulation and their potential association with weight problems in the pre-teen years - appears in the International Journal of Obesity.
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LMAS Updates
The Future Direction of
Active Schools
Active Schools, an a national initiative, will not offer direct programs and services to enrolled schools because Active Schools' organizational partners do so directly.
As such, starting June 1, 2017, Active Schools will no longer provide the school improvement process that has been connected to the physical education and physical activity component of the Alliance for a Healthier Generation (AHG)'s Healthy Schools Program or SHAPE America's Physical Activity Leader (PAL) Learning System.
However, AHG and SHAPE America will continue to provide these excellent resources, and Active Schools will actively promote them.
In Active Schools' role as the hub for active school environments, it will provide an
enhanced website that serves as a gateway to partners' programs, training, technical assistance, research/data/fact sheets, advocacy messages and campaigns, case studies/success stories, recognition programs, and the like.
Active Schools will also continue to enroll champions for school physical education and physical activity - working to attract a broad base of champions that include parents, principals, superintendents, school board members, medical and public health professionals, etc.
Active Schools currently has over 32,000 enrolled champions.
As school physical education and physical activity experts, SHAPE America's members and affiliate state associations will continue to be critical leaders for the overall Active Schools movement and network (of partners' networks).
In the coming months, as Active Schools communicates unified messages and conducts collaborative activities, we hope that SHAPE America members and affiliates will be ready and willing to continue providing the incredible support that has been given to date.
Our nation's children deserve active school environments and active, healthy, and happy lives. Thank you for all you do for children!
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Jump Rope and Hoops for Heart
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Heart Hero News!
All the info you need for your JRFH/HFH events is now brought to you in your very own newsletter, Heart Hero News. This new publication will be emailed quarterly. If you missed past editions, you can still check them out on our archive page! Click here and then scroll down!
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Driver Education Conference
Please give us your feedback so the Driver Education Committee can provide the best program to meet your needs!
Want to join the planning committee? Email/call the NJAHPERD office.
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Driver's Ed News
Contact Andy Anderson our NJ Teen Safe Driving Coalition Leader. He is a great resource and his monthly newsletter contains legislative, law enforcement and educational materials. He is also the person to contact if you have a "manual" question. He knows the laws!
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Project Fit America Grants!
Project Fit America provides,fitness playground equipment,indoor fitness equipment,and training to improve fitness for elementary and middle schools. AtlantiCare is providing the funding for Atlantic County area schools.
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No Equipment? No Excuses! So Many Grant Opportunities!
Check out the
NJAHPERD Grant page on the website for an array of grants available for the 2016-17 school year.
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Good Sports Equipment Grants K-12
Good Sports equipment grants serve youth in economically disadvantaged areas of the country. Schools that indicate enrollment in Let's Move! Active Schools on their application will receive added consideration.
Apply Here
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SPARK Grant Finder Tool
The SPARK Grant-Finder Tool helps you locate funding for your Physical Education, After school, Early childhood or Coordinated School Health program. Grants can be used for curriculum, teacher training, or equipment.
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Grants
Saucony Run for Good Foundation
Do you run, or plan to launch an organization aimed at keeping kids healthy and active?
Apply for a grant from the Saucony Run For Good Foundation.
Grants are issued twice per year, once in February and once in August.
The next deadline to apply is 6/15/17.
For more info on how to apply, or to find out if your organization qualifies,
download this guide
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Support for your School Wellness Efforts
Check out our new 'Funding Opportunities' page where the Alliance for A Healthier Generation shares grant and other funding opportunities that support schools like yours in implementing healthier physical activity and nutrition policies and programs. Be sure to check back often for updates.
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Score New Equipment with a Good Sports Grant
The new school year is here! And what a better to start a new year than with new fitness equipment! Good Sports equipment grants are open to all K-12 schools that serve youth in an economically disadvantaged area of the country. Schools that indicate enrollment in Let's Move! Active Schools on their application will receive priority access. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. Learn more and apply.
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Disclaimer: The ideas in the FYI do not necessarily reflect NJAHPERD's official position on the issues. NJAHPERD assumes no responsibility for any statement as fact or opinion presented, nor does acceptance of advertising imply endorsement of any products or services by the Association.
Sincerely,
Suzette de Araujo
NJAHPERD
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