Welcome! We're excited to support your work building healthy kids and communities. On this page you'll find helpful resources, from tips on organizing events to definitions of key terms. Let's get started! Email us at any time with questions: karen@momsrising.org

Featured Resources from MomsRising (click image to open):

Additional Resources:

• Tips for Organizing a Great Local Event, MomsRising
• Insider's Guide to Hosting an Amazing MeetUp, MomsRising

Healthy Fundraisers and Celebrations

• Fact Sheet on Healthy School Fundraising, NANA Coalition

Healthy Drinks

• Increasing Access to Drinking Water in Schools, CDC and Bridging the Gap
• Drinking Water Access fact sheet, ChangeLab Solutions
• Fact Sheet on Sports Drinks in Schools, NANA Coalition
• The National Drinking Water Alliance website 
• Model Wellness Policy Language for Water Access in Schools, ChangeLab Solutions
• 3Ts for Reducing Lead in Drinking Water in Schools, from the EPA

Wellness Policies

• SchoolWellnessPolicies.org 
• How to Enforce a Wellness Policy fact sheet, ChangeLab Solutions
• Local School Wellness Policy Implementation Under the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010: Summary of the Final Rule

PE / Recess

• Case Study from Naperville Central High School

Healthy School Foods and Snacks

• Tools for Schools: Focusing on Smart Snacks, U.S. Department of Agriculture
• Americans' Views on School Food and Child Nutrition, Pew Kids' Safe and Healthful Foods Project
• Infographic: Parents Support Healthier School Food Standards, Pew Kids' Safe and Healthful Foods Project
• Video: Why do healthy snacks in schools matter? Pew Kids' Safe and Healthful Foods Project
• Video: School Lunches Are Getting Healthier — The Facts, Pew Kids' Safe and Healthful Foods Project
• School lunch success stories, Alliance for a Healthier Generation
• Swap Your Snack website – Success stories, resources and ideas around healthy vending, fundraisers, and classroom celebrations
• In Your State – Click on a state to take a look at childhood obesity rates and what’s being done to support children’s health and wellness.

Junk Food Marketing to Kids:

• Tipsheet on food marketing to kids, MomsRising.org
• Look Alike Snacks in Schools, UConn Rudd Center
• Fighting Junk Food Marketing to Kids, Berkeley Media Studies Group 
• Target marketing soda & fast food: problems with business as usual, Berkeley Media Studies Group
• Food Marketing to Children, Center for Science in the Public Interest
• Nickelodeon: Marketing Obesity to Kids, Center for Science in the Public Interest