1. All’s Well that Ends Well
Joan Love, MS, LDN, SFNS
Illinois State Board of Education
Nutrition Programs

2. Overview of Presentation
Local Wellness Policies – the LAW
Initiatives, Events and Projects
Tips, Tools, and Training

3. Wellness well·ness (wlns) n.
The condition of good physical and mental health, especially when maintained by proper diet, exercise, and habits.

4. CN and WIC Reauthorization Act of 2004
Section 204 of Public Law
Nutrition education, physical activity and other school-based activities- GOALS….
Nutrition guidelines selected by the LEA for all foods available on school campus…..
Funding for Institute of Medicine, NAS, Nutritional Standards for Foods in School.
Report- Oct. 06

5. Local Wellness Policies
IT’S THE LAW!!!
Every school that participates in the NSLP must have a local wellness policy in place by the first day of school FY07.
Involves parents, students, and representatives of the school food authority, the school board, school administrators, and the public ….

6. STATE LAW- PA 094-0199 Barriers & Solutions to implementation
Affects ALL public school districts
Created School Wellness Policy Taskforce
Reports due 1/06, 1/07, and 1/08.
Barriers & Solutions to implementation
State Nutrition Standards
5-10 School Districts evaluated-findings

7. What’s in YOUR School Wellness Policy?
Recess before Lunch
Adding the School breakfast program
Walking clubs
Faculty programs
Adding water machines in cafeterias
After School enrichment programs- ReCHARGE!
Encouraging Nonfood Rewards

8. Initiatives, Events & Projects
HealthierUS
Challenge
KidsFest 2006
Eat Smart. Play Hard. Campaign
Team Nutrition
Child Nutrition & WIC Reauthorization Act
Recess Before
Lunch
Game On! The
Ultimate Wellness Challenge
School Health
Index
Action for Healthy Kids

9. What’s Working Database
Tips, Tools, & Training
What’s Working Database
Profiles of successful school-based interventions, programs and practices

10. GRANTS

11. State Agency Local Wellness Policy Grant
State Agency Wellness Policy (ISBE) Grant
ILAFHK- Needs Assessment
IL Extension- Community Training
ROE training of school district teams on LWP
Micro grants to SFAs

12. Team Nutrition Training Grant 2006
Illinois Schools Can!, Elementary Schools- Feb grants available
Principals “Step and Crunch” challenge- spring of 08
Wellness Conference early Fall of 2007

13. GRANTS
Local Wellness Policy Minigrants for foodservice professionals- IL NET/ISBE
State School Breakfast Start-Up Grant ($3,500 per eligible school)
Alliance for Healthier Generations (AHA) – 7 Illinois School Districts
CATCH Program

14. Upcoming Grant Opportunities
Nov. 15-Grant applications are available at
TNT06 Minigrants, Illinois Schools Can!
Postings on AFHK-IL website

15. HealthierUS Challenge
Silver and Gold Levels
Nutrition, Nutrition Education, Physical Activity

16. TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES

17. 3rd Annual KidsFest October 12-14, 2006 DuPage Expo, St. Charles

18. Eat Smart. Play Hard. ™ Campaign
Download resources to distribute at conferences, workshops, & seminars
Laminated posters, hang
Use emoticons in s
Clip-art in newsletters
Order Power Panther mascot costume for special events
Power Panther Zone /

19. Join Team Nutrition USDA Initiative Simple enrollment form Free
Age-appropriate, science-based Nutrition education materials
1,077 Illinois schools have enrolled!

20. FAST Walk Faculty and Students Together Walk

21. How can YOU take action for healthy kids?
Become a member of the
Illinois AFHK team

22. Game On! The Ultimate Wellness Challenge
Event statewide, and at local school districts
National event, Oct. 5
KidsFest event, Oct , St. Charles
5- 12 minute Stations, 60-minutes
Target audience, Kids 9-14
Student Piloted, 350 kids in 5 states
Download course and materials at

23. Nutrition Education Loan Library www.kidseatwell.org
Free, only return shipment
Order items online
700+ items
State-specific, grant projects
(BodyWalk)
800/ or 618/

24. Loan Library www.kidseatwell.org
Body Walk Spark
Planet Health Take 10
Eat Well and Keep Moving CyberShop
Know Your Body CATCH
CATCH TN Curriculum
Michigan Model Comprehensive Health Curriculum

25. FREE Resources
Changing the Scene: Improving the School Nutrition Environment-
USDA Team Nutrition
Healthy School Meals Resources,
School Health Index-
Making It Happen! School Nutrition Success Stories,
Fit, Healthy & Ready to Learn, NASBE

26. Bookmark these Websites
AFHK –
ILNET –
USDA –
Institute of Medicine -

27. More Websites to Bookmark
A Day --
3 A Day-
Verb ™ Campaign-

28. All’s Well that Ends Well
If we are concerned about a person’s lifelong need to read or be able to do mathematics or understand scientific concepts, I don’t think it is a big stretch to realize that their health is as equally important. Paul Edwards, Superintendent of the Wayne Highlands School District, Honesdale, PA