The school year is in full swing, the holidays are already upon us, and life is busy busy busy. Check out some handy tips, resources and inspiration around a healthy Halloween, schools and more! As always please read and share, and join us on the Facebook group to keep the conversation going.
1. TOP STORIES
Deliver a Healthy Schools Storybook!
To celebrate and promote healthy school lunches and healthy schools, we have an amazing reading assignment for the decision makers at your schools. It's full of stories from parents and tips from experts on how to make all schools as healthy as they can be! That includes: healthy lunches and snacks, eliminating junk food marketing in schools, physical education, recess, clean water and SO MUCH MORE! Get a copy of the Healthy Schools Storybook for your school here. It's easy! You can sign up for a print or electronic copy.
Tell Congress: Protect our kids from lead poisoning NOW!
The U.S. Congress left town at the end of September once again without taking much needed action to fund the Flint water crisis. It’s been well over a year since its become front page news that due to government negligence thousands of children in Flint, MI drank lead contaminated water, still our leaders in D.C. have stalled on their much promised funding. Speak out now and tell your members of Congress to pass funding to help Flint and prevent lead contamination in other communities around the country.
2. TIPS AND RESOURCES
- October is Farm to School Month! Check out So Many Reasons to Love Farm to School, on the MomsRising blog.
- Hot off the presses from MomsRising: Secret Agent Moms. Part graphic novel, part how-to guide, Secret Agent Moms shares the funny, head-smacking, inspiring reality around building a healthy day for our kids.
- Treat Your Kids this Halloween with Social Emotional Skills, by Abbie Gately on the MomsRising blog.
- School cafeterias are just as important as classrooms for kids’ learning, writes president and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation @Risalavizzo in @starledger
- Have a #CafeteriaDate with your child! Great tips from @RWJF and @TheLunchTray here.
- See how one South Texas elementary school overcame language barriers and limited resources to become one of America’s #HealthiestSchools, from @Healthier_Gen
- Teal Pumpkin Project Makes Halloween Safe for Children with Food Allergies, by Denise Mestanza-Taylor on the MomsRising blog.
3. CONNECT
Join us for #FoodFri tweet chats this fall as we talk about kicking off the healthy school year! Find us on Twitter using #FoodFri and @MomsRising at 1pm ET.
Join us on the Good Food Force Facebook group to chat about the latest news, resources, recipes and more. This week we're talking about Healthy Halloween tips!
4. SPOTLIGHT
We visited Great Kids Farm earlier this month to check out their *amazing* work with kids in Baltimore City Schools! Check out the Facebook Live video below!
Good Food Force (GFF) Volunteers are real-life superheroes who take action in their schools and communities, and/or on their blogs and online networks, to get the word out about healthy school foods, junk food marketing to kids, and strategies that are working to reduce childhood obesity. Together with MomsRising.org staff, they help advocate for healthier kids and families. Help spread the word! Contact us: karen@momsrising.org
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