As an interested parent I would like to direct your
attention to efforts made by several school districts in
California to increase student awareness of the importance
of fitness and nutrition. The Linking Education Activity and
Food (LEAF) Pilot Program, funded by California's SB19, ends
in June, but there are several lessons learned by the
districts which may be helpful to other districts nationwide
interested in benefiting students' health.
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I am interested in spreading the word further than our
district because I believe the students are benefiting from
the healthier food choices on campus, the removal of soda
machines and junk food, and even sales of junkfood for
fundraisers. (Contrary to what they expected, our fund
raisers have discovered they CAN make as much money selling
non-junkfood items.)
Please see this link to find PDF Files of the Orcutt
newsletters and links to other schools taking part in
the program.
Print out the newsletters...take them to your schools, your
superintendents, your private schools, your school board
members. Take them to your mayors, supervisors, whoever
might be able to learn from them...and perhaps make some
changes that will benefit our children.