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GRANT CALLS

ParticipACTION Teen Challenge is a program created for one reason: to help youth challenge themselves and their friends to get moving. 

 

Grants are distributed to any event/challenge/activity that gets teens between the ages of 13-19 physically active. Click for more info.

The Wellness Fund is offering a new grant funding opportunity for projects that support healthy school communities. Five grants are available. Click here for details.

NEWS & EVENTS

There has been a lot of interest and effort across the province to improve the food environments within recreation facilities. 

 

You are invited to a provincial webinar that will provide strategies and solutions to promote healthy eating environments in recreation facilities. 

 

Click here for more information.

March Newsletter

AMA Youth Run Club - Winter Running

Watch this video from the Alberta Medical Association (AMA) Youth Run Club with tips for running in the winter! 

Alberta Health Services' Healthy Children and Youth team is pleased to announce the re-launch of the Comprehensive School Health Approach website. This site provides evidence-informed tools and resources that can be used to support healthy school communities in Alberta.

 

The website now includes more practical information, resources, and tools to support Comprehensive School Health (CSH). Our new resources address many topics that support healthy school communities, such as:

• Forming a school health team and identifying champions
• Engaging students as leaders
• Developing a shared vision of a healthy school community
• Completing school health assessments and action plans
• Celebrating and sharing success
• Creating healthy school policies. 

Visit the site to learn more about building a healthy school community today!

Looking for healthy recipes? These websites have lots to choose from:

• Healthy U 
• Alberta Health Services School Nutrition
• Eating Well with Canada's Food Guide 

Submitted by Lisa Tink, Alberta Tourism, Parks and Recreation

 

Recognizing that after school is a complex issue and cannot be solved by individual programs or investments, commitment from many vested stakeholders will be essential. Alberta Tourism, Parks and Recreation is therefore working with partners in the development of an Alberta After School Agenda using a Collective Impact approach. Read more here.

Register for HPEC 2014 here. Ever Active Schools is pleased to be offering a wellness pre-conference. It will address physical activity, healthy eating and mental well-being. See you there! Early bird registration closes March 15!

Professor Charlene Elliot from the University of Calgary is offering two Media Literacy & Food Marketing lesson plans to help expand children's critical capabilities when it comes to packaging, labelling and nutrition. The lesson plans are designed for children aged 8-12 and 10-14. 

Contact Tannis Baker at bakert@ucalgary.ca to get more information about participating in the pilot or take a look at the fact sheet here.

Ever Active Schools is hiring a Healthy School Communities Provincial Projects Coordinator. Application deadline extended to Thursday, March 13. Read the job description here.

Thank you for your continued dedication to the health and wellness of our children and youth.

Sincerely,