Healthy Steps News

Congratulations to the Rochester participants!

First Place Winners:
John H. Williams School #5, Incardona's Inventors
East High School, Team Honors

Honorable Mentions:
School No. 1, Team Dewitz
The Children's School of Rochester #15, Team Athleticizum
School Without Walls, 15 Wonders of the World
School Without Walls, 16 Chosen Ones

Photo's from the Winner's Luncheon:

First Lady Paterson visits Rochester

2/3/09 First Lady Michelle Paige Paterson visites Rochester City Schools to promote "The Healthy Steps To Albany: First Lady's Challenge."

Students of School 35-Pinnicle, Superintendent Jean-Claude Brizard, and Mayor Bob Duffy.

Events Calendar

February 25th 2009: Sugarless Wednesday in New York State

Studies have found that an increase in sweetened food and beverage consumption is associated with increased weight gain and obesity. It is also linked to higher rates of many preventable illnesses including diabetes, heart disease, cancer, acute asthma events and hypertension. Reducing consumption of sweetened foods and beverages has been shown to improve oral health and overall body health. 

March 9th 2009: Healthy Steps Kick Off Expo

School Without Walls Foundation Academy
111 N Clinton Avenue, Rochester, NY  14604
9am

To kick off the Healthy Steps Challenge in Rochester, participating schools are coordinating  activities throughout the day.  Students will compete in jump rope and basketball competitions, participate in fitness station workouts and obstacle courses.  One of the larger events will take place at School Without Walls Foundation Academy, 111 North Clinton Ave.  Team Captains have designed the “Step Challenge Without Walls” for 80 7th graders.  The students have compiled background information pamphlets about childhood obesity that they will hand out to students and community members in order to create awareness. Students will start the day at 9am with a rally where they will receive information on childhood obesity and t-shirts  designed by classmates. The “Step Challenge Without Walls” contines with the students leaveing the school to walk the neighborhoods, passing out literature and logging steps.

Participating Schools

Get involved with the Healthy Steps Challenge! Volunteer at a participating school:

Clara Barton School #2
Dr. Charles T. Lunsford School 19
East High School
Francis Parker School #23
Henry Hudson Elementary #28
John H. Williams School #5
Monroe High School
Pinnacle School #35
School No. 1
School Without Walls
The Children's School of Rochester #15
Thomas Jefferson High School

Community Support

CORNELL NUTRITION WORKS offers continuing education, online, anytime. Becoming a Cornell NutritionWorks members is FREE and will allow you to access cutting edge nutrition information, download resources and tools that enhance practice, collaborate with peers through discussion forums, and take self-assessments for continuing professional education units. Continuing professional education units are also available for a fee through this interactive, web-based continuing professional education program.  For more information visit www.nutritionworks.cornell.edu or contact nutritionworks@cornell.edu, 607-255-2141.

CORNELL COOPERATIVE EXTENSION OF MONROE COUNTY offers a FREE student classroom lesson series to increase consumption of fruits and vegetables, low fat dairy and whole grains and to increase daily physical activity. Amazing tips and display ideas for students to learn about what’s in fast foods Contact Margo Bauer at 585-461-1000 x230 or mcd25@cornell.edu for 4-H Youth Development experiences available and see the 4-H Choose Health website at http://nys4h.cce.cornell.edu/program/events/choosehealth.php. 

HIP4KIDS has been teaching children and their parents practical lifestyle techniques to combat childhood obesity and type II diabetes for almost nine years.We conduct Celebrity Chef Hosted Community Cookshops and provide free online curriculum to any teacher who contacts us. Contact Christopher Daly for details at (212) 772-6215, by writing to Hip4Kids Inc.1202 Lexington Avenue Suite 217 NY,NY 10028 or by email christopher@hip4kids.org

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