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"The school is successful because it has engaged students, staff, parents and the entire community in its efforts to provide healthier choices in a school that is located in a rather remote rural area and has 49 percent of its students enrolled in the National School Lunch Program."
- Terry Johnson, HEAL Director, on selecting North Charlestown Community School as the 2012 HEAL 'ED'ie Award Winner.
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New Hampshire's Healthy Eating Active Living (HEAL) Campaign Connecting sidewalks, crosswalks, parks - and new partners - to build healthier New Hampshire Communities.
In December 2011, the Nashua Regional Planning Commission (RPC) received some very good news: it was awarded $3.37 million from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Sustainable Communities Initiative (SCI). The Initiative is designed to promote economic competitiveness by connecting housing (HUD's main focus) with jobs, schools, and transportation across New Hampshire. It's just one indication of a national shift that connects the dots among all of these inter-connected sectors, instead of viewing them as separate.
As proposed in the SCI application, HEAL staff will provide technical assistance to New Hampshire's nine planning commissions to assure healthy eating and active living principles are incorporated into their regional plans.
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Principal Paula Southard-Stevens, SAU 60 superintendent Debra Livingston, students and Foundation for Healthy Communities Executive Director Shawn LaFrance at North Charlestown Community School award ceremony.
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CONCORD - The North Charlestown Community School in Charlestown has been selected as the recipient of the 2012 Annual Healthy Eating Active Living NH 'ED'ie Award.
As part of the HEAL 'Ed'ie Award, North Charlestown Community School received $500 to support its work promoting healthy eating and active living. The school was recognized during the New Hampshire Excellence in Education Awards Program - also known as the "ED'ies" - on June 2 at the Radisson Hotel in Manchester.
The school, with an enrollment of 71 children in grades 1-5, was cited for demonstrating that healthy students are better learners, according to HEAL NH Director Terry Johnson.
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CONCORD - Fats Domino liked to sing about "Walking to New Orleans" and the Police dreamed of "Walking on the Moon," but why not do your walking right here in New Hampshire?
That's the message behind "Walk New Hampshire Week," which runs from June 1-7.
Schools, businesses, hospitals and other organizations are already planning group walks in their communities on the day of their choosing during Walk NH Week, which is sponsored by the Foundation for Healthy Communities and the Governor's Council on Physical Activity & Health.
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New Hampshire: Promoting Preschool Play and Healthy Plates New Hampshire child care licensing regulations primarily address immediate health and safety hazards and education requirements of child care providers. Currently, they do not address or restrict sugar-sweetened beverages, and other foods with low nutritional value, prolonged television watching, and extended sedentary time. Because of this, the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (NH DHHS), Obesity Prevention Program decided to implement the Nutrition and Physical Activity Self- Assessment for Child Care (NAP SACC) program in 12 child care centers. Continue Reading and download this article as a PDF... |
