Wellness Committee e-Updates Feb. 2010

Upper Valley HEAL e-Updates offers monthly news, education, resources, and research to support the work of Wellness Committees.

1. What is Upper Valley HEAL and HEAL NH?

Upper Valley Healthy Eating Active Living (UV HEAL) Partnership links and supports community efforts to build the healthiest possible Upper Valley communities, with a special focus on Lebanon and the Mascoma towns. NH HEAL leads implementation of NH's Healthy Eating Active Living Action Plan.

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2. What is the role of school wellness committees?

All school districts participating in the Federal Nutrition Program are required to have Wellness committees with specific responsibilities. Do you know your role?
http://www.uvheal.org/notes/Wellness_Committee_Roles

3. How do nutrition, physical activity, and obesity impact school performance?

Research indicates activity, nutrition, and obesity impact school readiness and performance.
http://www.actionforhealthykids.org/resources/files/learning-connec...

4. Three things you can do this month to build your wellness committee

• Ensure parents and students are represented in your Wellness Committee.
• Ask when the last time your district’s policies were reviewed and updated.
• Educate yourself about eight steps to build effective wellness policies. http://www.actionforhealthykids.org/school-programs/our-programs/we...

5. Research & Resources

• Poll Shows Strong Parental Support for Healthier Schools. http://www.rwjf.org/childhoodobesity/product.jsp?id=50589
• NH Promising Wellness Policies. http://www.ed.state.nh.us/education/doe/organization/programsupport...
• Story Walk: An adaptable tool to encourage literacy, writing, and movement for kids and families. This model has been adapted locally for 3rd graders at the Hanover Street School in Lebanon, and by the Norwich Public Library. http://www.kellogghubbard.org/storywalk.html
• Nominate a HEAL Healthy Hero. Read about Amy Ballou, this month's HEAL Healthy Hero. Want to nominate someone you know who helps kids and families learn lifelong healthy habits of healthy eating and active living? Tell us!

6. Become a Member, Unsubscribe, and Share Your Thoughts

• To Become a Member of UV HEAL, click the "Sign Up-Sign In" link in ... www.uvheal.org. Members can blog, share events and resources, and join discussions about how to make our community as healthy as possible.
• To Unsubscribe from the Wellness Committee e-Updates, please send an unsubscribe message to Maudi Silver-Mallemat, the UV HEAL Partnership Coordinator.
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The Upper Valley Healthy Eating Active Living Partnership

includes the Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth-Hitchcock (CHaD), Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital, Lebanon Schools, Mascoma Schools, Upper Valley Trails Alliance, Lebanon Recreation and Parks, Mascoma Valley Health Initiative, Vital Communities / Valley Food & Farm, Willing Hands Enterprises, and other individuals and community groups. Upper Valley HEAL is a community grants recipient of the HEAL NH Initiative. Funding provided by Foundation for Healthy Communities, HNH Foundation, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation, Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Foundation, Endowment for Health, and New Hampshire Charitable Foundation. UV HEAL is hosted at CHaD, the Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth. Contact Maudi Silver Mallemat, UV HEAL Partnership Coordinator, 603-653-1929, for more information.