Virtual Splash Event: Winning at Health and Wellness
Tuesday, July 13 (1:00-2:00 p.m. ET)
Presented by Discovery Education (View their Summer of Learning Resource Center)
- Rachel J. Thornton, MD, PhD, Johns Hopkins Medicine Office of Population Health, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, NSLA Board of Directors
- Pharlone Toussaint, We Coach Foundation
- Daniel Hatcher, Alliance For Healthier Generation
- Derrick Lambert, No Kid Hungry
- And featured resources from Discovery Education!
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Stay Fit, Eat Healthy, and Take Action
Jr. NBA at Home
As part of NBA Together, “Jr. NBA at Home” is an interactive content series providing basketball skills and drills featuring NBA and WNBA players to help young players around the world stay active and develop their game in a safe and healthy way. Videos are posted daily on Jr. NBA social channels (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram).
No Kid Hungry
Summer also is about ensuring our country’s most vulnerable youth have access to good nutrition. Using No Kid Hungry‘s summer meals texting service, parents, grandparents, and caregivers can text ‘FOOD’ to 877-877 to find free summer meals sites in their neighborhoods. Families can also use the USDA’s Summer Meal Site Finder.
Applegate’s Favorite Kids Books About Cooking
Here are some great children’s books, about cooking, eating, and doing all things food from Applegate® Natural and Organic Meats Chef and Food Stylist, Kate Winslow, author of Onions Etcetera: The Essential Allium Cookbook and former editor at Gourmet magazine.
Kohl’s Moving More at Home
Kohl’s Cares has partnered with Alliance for a Healthier Generation for Commit to Moving More, Day by Day! To make physical activity easy and fun for your family, use our free tools, resources, games, activities and more.
Hunger Doesn’t Take a Vacation
2020 Report by the Food Research & Action Center (FRAC)
This report measures the reach of the Summer Nutrition Programs in July 2019, nationally and in each state. A companion piece, FRAC’s Hunger Doesn’t Take a Vacation: Summer Breakfast Status Report, focuses on summer breakfast participation. For more information, check out our interactive map and tables that provide state-by-state data on participation in breakfast and lunch service through the Summer Nutrition Programs.
Contact Congress
Tell Congress to provide grants to state libraries to allow schools with summer lunch programs to keep their libraries open for student use.
#SummerLearningWeek
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#SummerLearningWeek is July 12-16, 2021 and we want kids to win at wellness! Find resources for #summermeals from @summerlearning: http://bit.ly/2UVUNe1
Free food, friends and fun! Kids and teens can get FREE #summermeals all summer long at sites across the country by texting ‘FOOD’ to 877-877. @nokidhungry #SummerLearningWeek #SummerMatters
Find tips to keep kids active and healthy during the summer with this tip sheet from @summerlearning! #SummerLearningWeek is July 6-11, 2020. http://bit.ly/2FB0PeB
Facebook, LinkedIn, and More
#SummerLearningWeek is July 12-16, 2021! Find resources for #summermeals and tips to to keep kids active and healthy during the summer from the National Summer Learning Association. https://www.summerlearning.org/summer-learning-week/
Tell Congress to provide grants to state libraries to allow schools with summer lunch programs to keep their libraries open for student use during the summer months. https://www.summerlearning.org/contact-congress/ #SummerLearningWeek #SummerMatters
National Summer Learning Week Resources for the Arts Career & College Readiness STEM Literacy