Gaylord
April 27th, 2011
Throughout the last couple of months, local daycare and preschool providers had the opportunity to participate in a free training called I am Moving, I am Learning. Through this training, they received the skills and resources to get the young children in their care up and active.
This training was offered to all local daycare and preschool providers that have been participating in the Statewide Health Improvement Program and making policy, systems and environmental changes in their own environment to make it easier for the children in their care to be active.
Categories: Arlington, Biscay, Brownton, Cedar Mills, Cosmos, Darwin, Dassel, Eden Valley, Gaylord, Gibbon, Glencoe, Green Isle, Grove City, Henderson, Hutchinson, Kingston, Lester Prairie, Litchfield, McLeod, Meeker, New Auburn, News, Plato, Sibley, Silver Lake, Stewart, Watkins, Winsted, Winthrop | Tags: daycare training, I am Moving I am Learning, preschool training
February 14th, 2011
Through SHIP, schools in Sibley County have access to a unique resource to help them grow their farm-to-school program. Casey Walters is working as a local forager, available to area schools participating in SHIP. A farm-to-school forager is someone who can help the schools find locally grown foods to serve in their school food programs. We are excited to have Casey on board with SHIP through June 30, 2011.
While Casey is with us, she is also creating a directory of local farmers interested in selling their products to schools. If you are intersted in being a part of this directory, please contact Casey at rick0152@umn.edu .
Categories: Arlington, Biscay, Brownton, Cedar Mills, Cosmos, Darwin, Dassel, Eden Valley, Gaylord, Gibbon, Glencoe, Green Isle, Grove City, Henderson, Hutchinson, Kingston, Lester Prairie, Litchfield, McLeod, Meeker, New Auburn, News, Plato, Sibley, Silver Lake, Stewart, Watkins, Winsted, Winthrop | Tags: Farm-to-School, forager, locally grown foods
January 14th, 2011
Get your new year off to a healthy start by joining in the Biggest Loser Minnesota Challenge! The Alliance for a Healthier Minnesota created this statewide competition to encourage all Minnesotans to eat better and move more. When you sign up for the Biggest Loser Minnesota Challenge, you can earn points for healthy behaviors, like dropping extra pounds, hitting the gym and eating low-fat foods. The competition is broken into three categories – weight loss, exercise, and nutrition. You can choose to be involved in all 3 categories or just one – it is all up to you!
The 12-week competition begins January 24. To participate in this challenge, you register at www.competeforhealth.org. For more information, contact your local SHIP Coordinator.
Categories: Arlington, Biscay, Brownton, Cedar Mills, Cosmos, Darwin, Dassel, Eden Valley, Gaylord, Gibbon, Glencoe, Green Isle, Grove City, Henderson, Hutchinson, Kingston, Lester Prairie, Litchfield, McLeod, Meeker, New Auburn, News, Plato, Sibley, Silver Lake, Stewart, Watkins, Winsted, Winthrop | Tags: Biggest Loser
November 18th, 2010
On November 3, representatives from several worksites in Sibley County met to discuss and share ideas on how to make healthy changes for their organization. Changes already taking place at some of the worksites include healthier options in the employee vending machines, healthy foods served for meetings, creating a tobacco free campus policy, and offering employees preventative health screenings.
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Categories: Arlington, Gaylord, Gibbon, Green Isle, Henderson, New Auburn, Sibley, Winthrop | Tags: Sibley County, worksite
August 21st, 2010
Now that students and staff have returned to classes at GFW, they’re going to notice some healthier changes both in the classroom and the cafeteria. Since the fall of 2009, GFW has been participating in the Statewide Health Improvement Program (SHIP) in partnership with Sibley County Public Health. They have been working on creating policies as well as systems and environmental changes that increase student access to healthy foods.
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Categories: Gaylord, Sibley, Winthrop | Tags: Farm-, Healthier Schools
