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High Five For Health
High Five For Health
2006-2008 Service Initiative
High Five For Health, the service initiative for 2006-2008, is designed to promote lifelong health for children through the three components of nutrition, wellness, and play.
Nutrition covers the importance of a healthy diet by following the food guide pyramid; Ideally, according to that guide, a child should have 5 servings of grain, 4 servings of veggies, 3 servings of both fruit and milk, and 2 servings of meat each day.
--Promote nutrition by handing out flyers and brochures on the food pyramid (See MEP resource CD, distributed to every club officer for resources or feel free to contact me), cooking healthy meals, challenging kids to eat better, putting healthy recipes into recipe books, and collecting healthy food at food drives.
Wellness covers the reasons why a nutritious diet is essential for the body, as well as the importance of other healthy life habits such as drinking plenty of water, washing hands, getting adequate sleep, and having doctor check-ups yearly.
2006-2008 Service Initiative
High Five For Health, the service initiative for 2006-2008, is designed to promote lifelong health for children through the three components of nutrition, wellness, and play.
Nutrition covers the importance of a healthy diet by following the food guide pyramid; Ideally, according to that guide, a child should have 5 servings of grain, 4 servings of veggies, 3 servings of both fruit and milk, and 2 servings of meat each day.
--Promote nutrition by handing out flyers and brochures on the food pyramid (See MEP resource CD, distributed to every club officer for resources or feel free to contact me), cooking healthy meals, challenging kids to eat better, putting healthy recipes into recipe books, and collecting healthy food at food drives.
Wellness covers the reasons why a nutritious diet is essential for the body, as well as the importance of other healthy life habits such as drinking plenty of water, washing hands, getting adequate sleep, and having doctor check-ups yearly.
--Promote wellness by
1) Handing out flyers and activity sheets about wellness habits (See MEP resource CD).
2) Hanging “wash your hands” posters in local elementary schools.
3) Setting up a table in the lunchroom so that kids can trade pop for water. Emphasize the importance of drinking eight glasses of water a day. Remind kids that caffeine, such as pop actually takes water away from the body, so instead of drinking eight glasses a day, they must drink nine if they were to drink pop also.
4) Working with your local clinic to get discounts on shots and sports physicals for your district’s schools
5) Talking to elementary teachers to see if there is a possible time for you to visit the classroom and teach the kids about wellness.
6) Reading books about wellness to kids during story time.
1) Handing out flyers and activity sheets about wellness habits (See MEP resource CD).
2) Hanging “wash your hands” posters in local elementary schools.
3) Setting up a table in the lunchroom so that kids can trade pop for water. Emphasize the importance of drinking eight glasses of water a day. Remind kids that caffeine, such as pop actually takes water away from the body, so instead of drinking eight glasses a day, they must drink nine if they were to drink pop also.
4) Working with your local clinic to get discounts on shots and sports physicals for your district’s schools
5) Talking to elementary teachers to see if there is a possible time for you to visit the classroom and teach the kids about wellness.
6) Reading books about wellness to kids during story time.
7) Lobbying your community to ban smoking in restaurants so that kids are less susceptible to the deadly effects of second-hand smoke.
8) With the help of parents, have kids fill out a sleep diary by recording when they go to sleep, when they get up, and how much energy they have that next day.
Play shows that simple games such as tag and riding one’s bike around the neighborhood are keys to reducing obesity.
Promote play by:
1) Advocating for physical education in schools.
2) Working to promote recess
3) Encouraging kids to walk or ride their bikes to school if possible.
4) Working to establish a yearly field day in school; instead of staying inside the classroom that day, all activities will be outdoors. There can be tug-of-war, Frisbee throwing, relay races, jumping contests…etc. Be sure to award everyone with prizes.
8) With the help of parents, have kids fill out a sleep diary by recording when they go to sleep, when they get up, and how much energy they have that next day.
Play shows that simple games such as tag and riding one’s bike around the neighborhood are keys to reducing obesity.
Promote play by:
1) Advocating for physical education in schools.
2) Working to promote recess
3) Encouraging kids to walk or ride their bikes to school if possible.
4) Working to establish a yearly field day in school; instead of staying inside the classroom that day, all activities will be outdoors. There can be tug-of-war, Frisbee throwing, relay races, jumping contests…etc. Be sure to award everyone with prizes.
5) Have a “Jump Rope For Heart”: solicit donations to help fight heart disease while letting kids have fun.
For more information, check out the Major Emphasis Project resource CD given to every club, district and international officer!
For more information, check out the Major Emphasis Project resource CD given to every club, district and international officer!