February 7th, 2012
Students nationwide, submitted applications on FuelUptoPlay60.com to represent their schools and to be named Fuel Up to Play 60 Local Student Ambassadors!
The leadership demonstrated by these students is an inspiration to other students, families, and communities to consume nutrient-rich foods and to stay active!
Congratulations to the following students for being wellness leaders in their schools!
Claire Moton, Grade 4, Chehalem Elementary
Camryn Fink, Grade 4, McKay Elementary
Keep up the great work!
January 27th, 2012
Hi Program Advisors!
A few Oregon Fuel Up to Play 60 schools have inquired about novel ideas to highlight certain food groups during lunch time at school. The Milk Mustache Booth is a great way to highlight dairy and engage students of all ages.
The Milk Mustache Booth comes with paper picture frames, stick-on milk mustaches (white, chocolate, and strawberry), Got Milk? cups, a large Got Milk? poster and 3 celebrity milk posters.
Your job – recognize students drinking milk with their lunch, take pictures of your students with a milk mustache, and post their pictures on the cafeteria wall! It’s fun, quick, and easy.
Contact me at caras@oregondairycouncil.org for a free Milk Mustache Booth for your school.
December 21st, 2011
Are you thinking about Fuel Up to Play 60 in your school? Already involved and want to share/hear ideas from other schools? Need technical support?
These are all great reasons to join me! I am organizing a Fuel Up to Play 60 meet/share/learn meeting for all program advisors, supporters, and interested parties to get together and talk FUTP60!
A casual, open discussion is what I’m envisioning with some specific topics to cover. Hot topics/questions include:
- “Play” ideas
- What are other schools doing?
- How can I spend grant dollars?
- What does a winning grant application look like?
- How to develop a student team
- Milk promotion ideas (ie: milk mustache booth)
- Credible nutrition sources
- Ways to expand existing plans/ideas
- + more!
I’m aiming to hold the meeting during the first couple weeks in January! Specific date & location TBD. Email me and let me know you’re interested or to get more information.
Looking forward to seeing you there (or conference calling with you if you live too far away to join us in person!) Happy holidays!
Cara
December 5th, 2011
Check out Fuel Up to Play 60′s Student Cookbook, Beyond PB&J; Cooking with Kids for healthy recipe ideas!
Brady, 8 years old, from North Bay Elementary (North Bend, OR) submitted a Citrus Chicken & Veggie Kabobs recipe that was selected to the cookbook! You can read his yummy creation on pages 16-17!
Click here to visit Beyond PB&J; Cooking with Kids!
November 18th, 2011
This one goes out to all schools that are leaders in school wellness! The Oregon School Wellness Award is another opportunity to earn grant funding for your hard work and commitment to healthy eating and physical activity! The goal of the Wellness Award is to recognize/award schools that have made an effort to create and sustain a wellness environment/culture.
- Winners Receive: $2,500 Grant + Recognition Banner
- Application Due Date: Friday, Jan 27, 2012
- Go to application: click here
- Being a FUTP60 participating school increases chances of receiving grant award!
Past Winner - Sacramento Elementary
November 11th, 2011
Great job Oak Hills Elementary!
A Fuel Up to Play 60 (FUTP60) student leadership group organized and performed a skit at an all-school assembly Monday morning. Their skit highlighted the FUTP60 plans for the school year, encouraged healthy eating & physical activity, and entertained the crowd!
Thank you Jenifer Hiatt (Cafeteria Lead & FUTP60 Program Advisor) for inviting us to your school to watch the kick-off performance!
October 25th, 2011
During the 2011-12 school year there will be three student “challenges” that students can participate in to win prizes.
The first Fuel Up to Play 60 Kick-Off Challenge just wrapped up on October 24th, and an Oregon winner has been selected! Congratulations to JAMISON from COQUILLE HIGH SCHOOL for submitting his Fuel Up to Play 60 video commercial highlighting the wellness efforts at Coquille High School. Your video was creative, entertaining, and certainly prize worthy!
For his winning video submission, JAMISON won a $50 Safeway gift card so he can “fuel up” with healthy foods, as well as a pair of Fuel Up to Play 60 customized Nike LunarGlide +3 running shoes so he can “play 60.” Keep up the good work, and don’t forget to participate in the next challenge! The next Fuel Up to Play 60 challenge runs from November 14th-January 2nd. ALL students are welcome to submit their videos! Contact Cara Seger (caras@oregondairycouncil.org) for more information.
October 5th, 2011
All Fuel Up to Play 60 participants in Oregon were invited to complete the Fuel Up to Play 60 Scavenger Hunt in September 2011. Scavenger Hunt participants acquainted themselves with FuelUptoPlay.com, Oregon Fuel Up to Play 60 Blog, and Oregon Dairy Council’s websites by answering 10 simple questions based on their website navigation.
Two lucky Oregon participants won Fuel Up to Play 60 engraved iPod Shuffles for taking the challenge.
iPod Shuffle Winners:
TRAVIS JOHNSON (Franklin School, Corvallis School District)
LINDA DEVEREUX (Coquille High School, Coquille School District)
September 27th, 2011
Milk Carton Design Contest Celebrates World School Milk Day
Oregon residents can win a year’s supply of milk
Oregon students and parents can create a milk carton design from now through Oct. 14 for a chance to win a year’s supply of milk.
Oregon Dairy Council is holding the contest in celebration of World School Milk Day on Sept. 28. It is one day when the international community can focus on the importance of drinking milk at school and milk’s health benefits for growing children.
The contest is simple, visit School Milk: All Kinds of Good Facebook page to enter a creative milk carton design and learn more about the healthy benefits of milk. The design should include something about your local school and also highlight why school milk is all kinds of good.
The winner will receive a year’s supply of milk for their family. That’s two gallons of milk a week at an estimated value of $350. Oregon Dairy Council will announce the winner on Oct. 18 on the Facebook page School Milk: All Kinds of Good.
“Milk is a high-protein, nutrient-rich beverage that provides essential nutrients for growth and development in students here in Oregon, across the nation and abroad,” says Diane Stadler, PhD, RD, Assistant Professor of Medicine at OHSU and volunteer team leader with the Tigard-based Medical Teams International for nutrition enhancement programs in Honduras. “Milk is the number one food source for three of four nutrients, critical for health and wellness, the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans says students and adults need more of — vitamin D, calcium and potassium.”
World School Milk Day was started in 2000 by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. More than 40 countries around the world celebrate the health and nutritional benefits of milk on the last Wednesday in Sept. each year.
September 12th, 2011
Have you created a username and password on FuelUpToPlay60.com? If so, use the Fuel Up to Play 60, Oregon Dairy Council, and Fuel Up to Play 60 blog websites to help you through the Fuel Up to Play 60 Scavenger Hunt! Names will be drawn to win one of two (2) iPod Shuffles or five (5) Fuel Up to Play 60 pedometers.
Click here to get started! Good luck!
Contact Cara Seger with questions, caras@oregondairycouncil.org
