Each year on October 24th, Food Day is celebrated nationwide with a goal of helping people learn to “eat real.” The event, created by the Center for Science in the Public Interest, aims to give individuals the encouragement …
Summer Health Resources for Parents and Families
During the summer months, kids put the thought of school on the back burner, but the same doesn’t have to go for eating smart and staying active! The USDA’s Summer Food, Summer Moves program has created a collection of free, …
Assessment Tools for School Food Programs and Environments
Assessment is the first step in identifying opportunities for improvement and starting a planning process for making schools even healthier. This page provides a summary of 5 different assessment tools that school food service professionals, school administrators, and program leaders …
Backpack Programs Impact More than Student’s Hunger
For some students whose families experience food insecurity or hunger, the only consistent meals that they receive may be the ones served at school. As a result, many students experience hunger during school breaks, closures, and weekends. For more than …
Healthy Fundraising
Promoting healthy behaviors outside of the classroom is a natural way to encourage hands-on learning; why then, do we use candy and other sweets to raise money at many school fundraisers? Common fundraisers, such as bake sales, may increase calorie …
The Cornell Healthy After-School Environment (CHASE) Self-Assessment Tool: Encouraging Supportive Food and Activity Environments
Developed by Wendy Wolfe, Cornell University, Division of Nutritional Sciences, and Sally Crosiar, healthypeoplelearn.com, the Cornell Healthy After-School Environment (CHASE) self-assessment tool is designed to help after-school staff examine their current support of healthy eating and active play in …
Healthy Fundraising Guidelines
Creating fundraising events that encourage health can be a challenge but there are many options for creative, innovative fundraisers that will encourage kids, parents, and the community to raise funds while having fun and promoting health and wellbeing. The suggestions …
Choose Health: Food, Fun, and Fitness (CHFFF) and Choose Health Action Teens (CHAT): Research-Based Resources for Youth Educators
What are they?
Housed in the Division of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell University, Food and Nutrition Education in Communities programs include youth-focused healthy eating and active living curricula such as Choose Health: Food, Fun, and Fitness (CHFFF) and its related …
Healthy Hosting Toolkit
Incorporating wellness resources and activities into your school’s community event is a cost-effective way of providing valuable health information and screening services to the community at a single event. It is also a way to motivate individuals to make positive …
Cougar Cupboard – Addressing Hunger through Community Support
School food service staff and teachers on the frontline in their communities are aware of the prevalence and impact that hunger causes among students. One food service director knew that the number of students eligible for free and reduced meals …