California Action for Healthy Kids - Suggested Resources
Action for Healthy Kids teams are in every state to build relationships and connect people interested in creating school environments that make healthy choices the
easy choices for students and staff. As a California Action for Healthy Kids volunteer, there are a lot of things you can do to make a difference in your school,
your community, and in a child's life!
Name/Organization
Email
Resources
Action for Healthy Kids
www.ActionforHealthyKids.org
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E-newsletter and online resources
Game On! The Ultimate Wellness Challenge
ReCharge! Energizing After School
Students Taking Charge
California Action for Healthy Kids
www.ActionforHealthyKids.org/califor
nia
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California-based resources for student wellness
Funding opportunities, periodically
Alliance of a Healthier Generation
www.HealthierGeneration.org
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Healthy Schools Program
Free resources, including toolkits for making a
school environment healthier
American Cancer Society
www.cancer.org/schoolhealth
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Coordinated school health materials
California Association for Health,
Physical Education, Recreation &
Dance
www.cahperd.org
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Professional development
Advocacy and education materials
California Department of Education
www.cde.ca.gov/ls/nu
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California Nutrition Standards
California Physical Education Content Standards
California Health Education Content Standards
California Nutrition Competencies
FitnessGram Testing results
California Department of Public Health
www.cdph.ca.gov
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Network for a Healthy California
Children's Power Play campaign
Harvest of the Month
California Food Policy Advocates—
Breakfast First: Healthy Food for Healthy
Minds.
http://www.breakfastfirst.org/
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Offers successful breakfast models, a tool kit, best
practices, legislation, a local wellness policy guide,
Breakfast Fact sheets
California Healthy Kids Resource
Center + After School Resource Center
www.californiahealthykids.org
www.californiaafterschool.org
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Free loan library for nutrition, physical
education/activity, and health materials
Name/Organization
Email
Resources
California Project LEAN (Leaders
Encouraging Activity and Nutrition)
www.californiaprojectlean.org
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California School Boards Association
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Fact sheets, research, and policy briefs on
physical activity and nutrition
Monthly e-news
www.csba.org/wellness.aspx
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School wellness policy resources
Community collaboration resources
California School Nutrition Association
www.calsna.org
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Resources for healthy school meals
California State PTA
www.capta.org
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Parent involvement resources
Wellness resources
Center for Collaborative Solutions
www.afterschoolsolutions.org
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Healthy Behaviors Initiative
Changing Lives, Saving Lives guide
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
www.cdc.gov
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School Health Index
School health data
Center for Science in the Public Interest
www.cspinet.org/nutritionpolicy/policy
_options.html
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Sample wellness policies
Research briefs
Dairy Council of California
www.healthyeating.org
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Free nutrition education programs and materials
for teachers (K-12), parents/families and adults
School Wellness Policy development and
implementation support
Fuel Up to Play 60
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National Association of State Boards of
Education
www.nasbe.org
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Education and policy resources
National Center for Safe Routes to
School
www.saferoutesinfo.org
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Materials for creating safe routes to school
Society for Nutrition Education
www.sne.org
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Nutrition education resources
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Food Nutrition
Service
www.fns.usda.gov/tn/Healthy/wellnesspoli
cy.html
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Wellness policy information
Nutrition Education materials
Team Nutrition information