OF Color Nov2010

Oliver TEAM Talk(R)

 
April 2016                                                             Volume 12 Issue 4
                                                      


Conferences & Events

Healthy Texas Week
April 4-10, 2016
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For more info

It's Time Texas
Conference
August 1-2, 2016
San Antonio, TX


Southern Obesity Summit
November 13-15, 2016
JW Marriott
Houston, Texas

More info to come......

The Oliver Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to the prevention of childhood obesity.

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Healthy Choices Grants
 
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Teen Advisory Board Grants

Next Deadline
April 15, 2016

 
YEAH Teem Board Nov2010

Annika Gandhi
Teen Board 
Co-Events Coordinator
               
High Protein Fruit Dip

3/4 cup of Greek yogurt (plain, vanilla, etc.)
3 tablespoons almond butter
1 tablespoon honey
1 teaspoon cinnamon

Directions: 
Combine  yogurt, almond butter, honey and cinnamon in a small bowl, stir to blend.

Drizzle with extra honey if desired before serving. 

Serve with apple slices, pear, celery, or graham crackers.




Bradlee Few
Co-Events Coordinator
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YEAH Teem Board Nov2010  
Healthy Choices Grant Recipient
Heritage Rose Elementary
HYPE -  Healthy Youth Pursing Excellence
Third, fourth and fifth grade student members of HYPE held their first
CHOPPED Event at Heritage Rose Elementary.  Three teams prepared healthy quesadillas, salads, fruit salads and smoothies for the competition. The mystery ingredient was eggplant.Tyenise Blackmon, District Lead Title 1 Parent Educator is the sponsor for the HYPE Club.






Healthy Choices Grant Recipient
HISD Nutrition Education Services
HISD Nutrition Education Services held a taste testing event at Reagan High School with students from the Ecology Club.  Fresh vegetables 
and herbs were used from the school's garden.






Meet the Oliver Foundation Teen Advisory Board
The Oliver Foundation Teen Advisory Board is a 12-18 member organization represented by students across the Houston area. 
Each month you'll meet a different member who will share their perspective on living a healthy life.  

Bradlee Few, Event Coordinator
The Kinkaid School - Houston, Texas 
Teen Board Member 2014 - Present

Bradlee is a senior at The Kinkaid School where she is fully engaged in academics, sports, service and is an avid writer. She is Team Captain of both her varsity cross country and track and field teams. She has served as Admissions Ambassador the past three years, representing Kinkaid to prospective families through tours, information sessions, and open houses. Bradlee is also a Peer Mentor, Deans Ambassador and Co-Founder of Bite of Kinkaid, a foodie club focused on exposing its members to world cultures through cooking, eating, and service. She has studied abroad in France and China, produced a documentary titled "Tipping the Scale" and delivered a Ted Talk. She recently created an educational website, blog, and program called "Should I Eat This or That?" teaching kids how to make healthy choices and healthy recipes! www.shouldieatthisorthat.org. Bradlee recently received her Girl Scout Gold Award for her work in childhood obesity and health.

It's April, so it's time to spring into a healthy lifestyle (and just in time for summer!). April weather, especially in Texas, is the perfect excuse to get outside and be active. Whether it's riding your bike, walking with a neighbor, or going for a run-use the good weather to find a new springy routine.

Not only does April mark the true beginning of Spring (and the end of school!), but it is also the month of World Health Day. On April 7th the whole world joins together to celebrate health and healthy living. Why not join in on the action? The seventh day of April can be the day you try a recipe from the brand new clean eating cookbook you just bought, run two miles instead of one, or even just use one sugar packet in your coffee instead of two. Your celebration of World Health Day can be something as small as those aforementioned actions, or you can resolve to make the day a start of a new you. Maybe that means cooking more or exercising with 
friends-whatever World Health Day may mean to you, make it count!
 
It may take some time to really get comfortable with new healthy habits, but it is definitely worth a shot. You only need twenty-one days to form a habit, so there is more than enough time to shape a healthy new one in April that will last you all the way through the year.       

The perfect spring recipe from my new favorite cookbook, Clean Slate. 

White Peach and Heirloom Tomato Salad
                   
2 ripe white peaches (pitted  and sliced)
2 large heirloom tomatoes, sliced
1/4 of small red onion, thinly sliced
2 Tbls fresh basil, torn (leave some for garnish)
2 Tbls crumbled ricotta salata
Coarse sea salt and freshly ground pepper
Extra virgin olive oil for drizzling.
Arrange peach and tomato slices on a platter. Top with red onion, basil, and ricotta salt.  Season with salt and pepper, drizzle with olive oil and garnish with basil.                                                     Serve immediately.
    
For additional information about the Oliver Foundation Teen Board go to the Oliver Foundation website.
  

Healthy Choices Nov2010   
Looking for nutrition integrated lessons? 
 
Go to the Oliver Kids Manual where you'll find 50+ lessons.
 
Have you created a Healthy School Environment in your district?  Send us an e-mail  and tell us all about it -  info@oliverfoundation.org .
You may be spotlighted in the next Oliver Foundation newsletter - T.E.A.M. Talk.
 

 

Sincerely,
 
Oliver Foundation