Fuel Up to Play - School Nutritiondocs.schoolnutrition.org/.../wednesday/FUTPPeggyLeeFinal.pdf · Peggy H. Lee, MBA, SNS Director, Dairy Health & Wellness National Dairy Council ©2009

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Fuel Up to Play

Are your kids ready to score?

School Nutrition Association

2009 Annual National Conference

Las Vegas, NV




School Wellness Game Plan

2008-2009 Program 2009-2010 Program

KERN

HALLS

Senior Training Manager

Orange County Public Schools

Orlando, Florida

ORANGE COUNTY PUBLIC

SCHOOLS

�173,800 students

�54% FRP

�200 schools

�Over 125 schools participated in the

National Dairy Councils and NFL 2008-09

school wellness program

WHY DID WE UTILIZE THIS

PROGRAM?

SPREADING THE WORD TO

SCHOOLS ABOUT “DO AMAZING

THINGS”

�E-Mail Blast to Managers

�Monthly Meeting

�Direct Delivery via Couriers

EMPOWERING MANAGERS

�Be creative at individual school location

�Post information in cafeteria

�Talk to students

3RD ANNUAL FOOD SHOW

� Participants� SWAC (Student Wellness

Advisory Council and others)

� Health/PE Teachers

� 225 Students

� 28 Vendors

� Testing Results� Menu for next Year

� Share with Vendors

AT THE FOOD SHOW

TASTE TESTING IN

INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS

�Demographic Considerations

� Free and Reduced

� High Paid

� Mix of Race/Gender

�Multiple Schools

�Use Scoring System

� Scale of 1 to 5 (Poor to Excellent)

STUDENT FOCUS: SWAC

�Meet our bosses…THE STUDENTS

�Keep Customer Driven Mentality




Tasting New, Healthy Foods

• Series of taste tests – one or more days

• Frequent tastings

• No right or wrong way to schedule tastings

• Focus on foods can add to regular menu

• Reasonable cost

• Introduction of new foods – one time – special treat

• Utilize commodity foods




Tasting New, Healthy Foods

• Let teachers also taste test

• Serve good-sized samples

• Consider ways to deliver food samples

– Special table inside or outside the cafeteria

– Part of the regular meal line

– Mobile via a cart

– Times other than breakfast or lunch




Foods to Taste

• Different flavors and fat levels of milk

• Fruit smoothies parfaits

• Serve fat free or low fat yogurt dip with

– Fruits

– Veggies (add herbs)

• Whole grains with cheese or peanut butter




Get Up and Play

Everyone Stand Up!




2008/2009 Program Success

• Glenridge Elementary - Kent, Washington

• Won 4 week challenge

• Washington State Dairy Council partnering

with Seattle Seahawks

• Students tracked nutrition and activity for

points

• Championed by Megan Martin, 5th grade

teacher




Glenridge Elementary School

Washington State




Fuel Up to Play

Are your kids ready to score?

Peggy H. Lee, MBA, SNS Director, Dairy Health & Wellness

National Dairy Council




Tell me and I forget

Show me and I may remember

Involve me and I understand

- Chinese proverb




Fuel Up to Play = Partnerships

• National Dairy Council® and the National

Football League

• Local Dairy Council and School

Districts/Buildings

• School Stakeholders and Students

• Healthy Eating and Physical Activity




School Nutrition Professionals:

What’s the Benefit?

• Showcase School Healthy Foods, Beverage

Offerings

• Students Become Your Advocates

• School Nutrition/Student Partnership

• School Nutrition/Physical Activity/School

Health Partnership

• Helps you meet your school wellness needs




Why Focus on

School Wellness?

• Schools ideal setting for teaching healthy

eating, physical fitness behaviors– Optimal approach to combating obesity combines nutrition,

physical activity

– Student health, classroom performance affected

– Up to 50 percent of student daily calories consumed at school

– Only 2 percent of youth get adequate daily servings from all

food groups

– Only 4 percent of elementary schools have physical education




How Fuel Up to Play Can Help

The Nutrition Link…Increased participation in breakfast programs:

�Increased test scores�Improved attendance, reduced tardiness�Better class participation

The Physical Activity link…Physical activity in adolescents related to:

�Higher levels of self-esteem�Lower levels of anxiety and stress�Better academic performance

Source: Executive Summary, The Learning Connection: The Value of Improving Nutrition and Physical Activity in Our Schools, Action for Healthy Kids, October 2004 (page 9)




How Fuel Up to Play Is Different

• Invites Collaboration

– Youth-led with adult advisor supervision

– Motivates, empowers youth

• Engages youth to invest in one’s own health

– Nutrition Strategy

– Physical Activity Strategy

• Activates Youth

– Materials, Competition, Awards, Etc.




What is Fuel Up to Play

• Youth-led, In-school

Program

– Student and adult teams

– Total school building

implementation

• Youth Engagement

Approach

– National Competition

– Activation Kit

– Interactive Web site




National Competition




Activation Kit

In-School Promotion Support:

• Large Banner

• Inter-locking Cube Display (4 cubes)

• Removable Clings (15 large, XX small)

• Tear pads

• DVD




Interactive Web Site




Online “Tracker”




How Fuel Up to Play Works

• School enrolls in Fuel Up to Play

• School creates Student Team with

Adult Advisor(s)

• Student Team/Adult Advisor(s) Select:

– Healthy Eating Activation Strategies

– Physical Activity Activation Strategies




How Fuel Up to Play Works

• Student Team engages entire student body

– Display Fuel Up to Play signage around school

– Program Kick-off event (or other engagement activity)

– All students take a pledge to eat healthier/be active

– Students track healthy eating and physical activity




What’s My Role?

• Enroll yourself/enroll your school

(www.FuelUpToPlay.com)

• Form a Fuel Up to Play Team

• Be a Fuel Up to Play Program Advisor

• Collaborate with Other School Stakeholders

• Be a Team Member

– Team-building ideas at www.fueluptoplay.com




How SNA is Helping

• Goal– 6,000 Members Enroll their Schools in Fuel

Up to Play

• Continuing Education– Up to 8 CEUs

• Fuel Up to Play Ads– “School Nutrition”

• Fuel Up to Play Designated Web Page

– www.schoolnutrition.org

• SNF Learning Lab for more info




Additional Support

National Dairy Council recognizes General

Mills as our 2009 breakfast sponsor

supporting grants to expand school breakfast

in elementary, middle, and high schools

©2009 National Dairy Council® Fuel Up is a service mark of National Dairy Counci l.

©2009 NFL Properties LLC. Team names /logos are trademarks of the teams indicated. All other NFL-related trademarks are trademarks of the National Football League.

Additional Support

National Dairy Council recognizes General

Mills as our 2009 breakfast sponsor

supporting grants to expand school

breakfast in elementary, middle, and high

schools




Get Started!

Ready to Fuel Up to Play?

For more information, go to

www.FuelUpToPlay.com




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Fuel Up to Play - School Nutritiondocs.schoolnutrition.org/.../wednesday/FUTPPeggyLeeFinal.pdf · Peggy H. Lee, MBA, SNS Director, Dairy Health & Wellness National Dairy Council ©2009