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For more about what

Fuel Up to Play 60

can do for you and

your program, read

on. We’ve got great

stories from school

professionals just like

you who have used Fuel

Up to Play 60 to enhance

their programs.

Fuel Up to Play 60, an in-school nutrition

and physical activity program launched

by National Dairy Council®, local Dairy

Councils and National Football League,

in collaboration with United States

Department of Agriculture (USDA), is

helping to:

• Make wellness part of the game plan

in more than 60,000 schools across

the country.

• Ensure that fitness and nutrition

changes made in schools are long

lasting and sustainable.

• Make it possible for children to enjoy

fun physical activities before, during,

and after school.

• Support tasty, nutrient-rich foods

in the cafeteria and throughout the

school environment.

When you’re ready to sign up for Fuel Up

to Play 60 (www.fueluptoplay60.com),

and want links to specific pages on the

website go to The Right Ways to Get

Into the Game on page 11.

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The Right Program for Today’s Students

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Implementing Fuel Up to Play 60 in your school is easier than you think. here are the basics:

• A Program Advisor (http://school.fuelup toplay60.com/welcome/program-advisor. php)—you, teacher, wellness coordinator, or volunteer parent—works with a group of students to choose appropriate “plays” to implement.

• Students chose (or create) at least one Healthy Eating Play (http://school.fueluptoplay60. com/playbook/playlist.php?type=Healthy %20Eating)—focused on breakfast, cafeteria restyle, or healthy food choices—to get kids ex-cited about better nutrition at school and home.

School Nutrition programs have a lot on their trays these days—coming changes in nutrition standards, ongoing fiscal challenges in school districts, and scrutiny from the media and others. In the pressure cooker of school nutrition, Fuel Up to Play 60 can help your program succeed. Fuel Up to Play 60 can help increase participation and get the recognition that your program deserves. Fuel Up to Play 60 offers materials, tools, and funding to enhance schools meals—and demonstrate your commitment to the long-term health of students and schools.

The Right Program for School Nutrition

Alicia Hernandez, Director of Support Services (including Child Nutrition) at Granbury ISD, texas (www.granburyisd.org/page/450), is a serious fan of Fuel Up to Play 60. She by enrolling one school and will have the program in eight of ten Granbury ISD schools.

“Fuel Up to Play 60 has helped our Child Nutrition Program build strong partnerships with administrators and teachers, especially PE teachers.

Implementing Fuel Up to Play 60 is like finding your BFF—really!! Nutrition information is now all over our schools, including the walls of the gym and the front display case of the school. Pairing up with the PE teachers has helped our students begin to make different choices in the cafeteria line. The Child Nutrition staff has gone from being just the cooks in the kitchen to the professionals who know what’s best for kids. Fuel Up to Play 60 has been a big boost for our program.”

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• With a list of more than a dozen Kickoff

and Promotion Plays (http://school.

fueluptoplay60.com/playbook/playl

ist.php?type=Promotion) students can

find the right way to get their peers,

families, and school staff excited about

Fuel Up to Play 60—and school well-

ness in general.

• Students also choose (or create) at

least one Physical Activity Play (http://

school.fueluptoplay60.com/playbook/

playlist.php?type=Physical%20Activi

ty)—with options for before, during, and

after school—that challenge students

to find easy ways to be active and have

fun with friends.

As you probably know, the HealthierUS School Challenge (HUSSC) is a key

component of First Lady Michelle obama’s Let’s Move! (www.letsmove.gov) initiative

to raise a healthier generation of kids. Schools participating in the challenge adopt

USDA standards for the food that they serve, provide nutrition education, and offer

opportunities for physical activity.

the challenge features four award levels: Bronze, Silver, Gold and Gold Award of

Distinction, with monetary incentives ranging from $500 to $2,000. Program details,

criteria, lists of winning schools, and more can be found online at team Nutrition

(http://teamnutrition.usda.gov/healthierus/index.html). Are YOU Up to the

Challenge? in the May 2011 School Nutrition Magazine identifies best hUSSC

practices (www.schoolnutrition.org/Content.aspx?id=15366).

Fuel Up to Play 60 and HealthierUS School Challenge are the perfect combo for

anyone wanting working for healthier school environments. When these two

programs work together, they are more effective than either one alone! As many

school districts have discovered, using healthierUS School Challenge and Fuel Up

to Play 60 together has helped them reap big benefits for healthier students.

here are just a few examples of how Fuel

Up to Play 60 can help your school meet

the criteria of the HealthierUS School

Challenge:

• Any of the Physical Activity Plays (e.g.,

School-Wide Walk It! Club, Activity

Zones, and Culture Dance Club) can

help a school fit in the required

minutes of physical

activity.

• Many healthy Eating Plays (e.g., taste

test Breakfast, Salad Bar tryouts, and

If you Ask them, they Will Eat) can

encourage more students to eat

school meals and to eat some of the

new vegetables, fruits, and whole

grains offered in breakfast or lunch.

• Several of the healthy Eating Plays

(e.g., how Many Can you ...? or

taste test Days) can also help a

school provide the required nutrition

education.

The Right Fit for HealthierUS Challenge

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“ “ “Anji Baumann, directs the school nutrition programs in three small southern Idaho districts, including Gooding (www.goodingschools.org/). As an early adopter of Fuel Up to Play 60 and the first-in-the-nation recipient of a healthierUS School Challenge (hUSSC) Gold with Distinction Award, Anji has an infectious enthusiasm for both programs—and how they work together to support healthier schools.

“Since many of Healthy Eating Plays are an integral part of the Food Services daily program, Fuel Up to Play 60 really helped Gooding meet the fitness criteria for HUSSC. Using the Physi-cal Activity Plays, we have found large and small ways to fit fitness into the school day, including everything from a major Walk-to-School celebration to regular classroom mini-energizers. Fuel Up to Play 60 has helped me build a strong partnership with the PE folks in my district.”

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• the five Healthy Eating Plays under

Cafeteria restyle, including Menu

Makeover and Cafeteria Culture, are

specifically designed to make school

cafeterias pleasant places to eat. With

appealing signs and menu names,

students promote student participation

in school meals and help to influence

healthier choices in the process.

here are direct ways that Fuel Up to

Play 60 resources can support your

professional goals—while making your

work life easier and more fun!!

Want to increase participation in school

breakfast and lunch?

Fuel Up to Play 60 provides all kinds of

different ways to build awareness and drive

participation. you can help students get

excited so they’ll want to eat the tasty,

healthful breakfast and lunch options—

and encourage their friends to participate

as well.

• All of the Healthy Eating Breakfast

Plays encourage students to eat

breakfast for better performance.

Breakfast in the Classroom and

Grab-n-Go Breakfast show students

how to promote alternative breakfast

service options—great ways to

increase breakfast participation in

any school!

Doreen Simonds, Nutrition Services Manager in Waterford School District, Michigan (www.waterford.k12.mi.us/foodservice/) oversees 20 buildings with an enrollment of about 11,800 students. For Doreen, the Fuel Up to Play 60 program has been a huge help in the ongoing process of applying for and receiving healthierUS School Challenge awards in several of the district schools.

“In Mason Elementary, we have a teacher ‘champion’ who goes all the way, so we have 60 to 80 kids at the monthly meetings. We have seen a huge increase in breakfast and lunch participation—and their fruit intake is unbelievable! The kids have helped with taste tests, like whole grain waffles, and our state dairy council (United Dairy Industries of Michigan) provides super support and lots of wonderful materials.”

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Want funding for exciting nutrition projects in your schools?

Fuel Up to Play 60 funding opportunities can support cafeteria equipment, nutrition promotions, and other Healthy Eating Plays. Complete funding details are online (http://school.fueluptoplay60.com/funds/funds_for_futp60.php). For the 2012-13 school year, the basic funding opportunities include:

• Up to $4,000 per year is available to any qualifying K-12 school enrolled in Fuel Up to Play 60. the competitive, nationwide funding program can help your school jumpstart and sustain healthy nutrition and physical activity improvements.

• there are four funding application deadlines June 1, 2012, October 1, 2012, and January 15, 2013.

Shanelle Gray, Director of Nutrition in Coffee County Schools, tennessee (www.coffeecountyschools.com), is responsible for approximately 4,400 students in nine schools, including Deerfield Elementary, which received a 2011 hUSSC Gold Award of Distinction.

“Our middle school received a Fuel Up to Play 60 grant of $2,050. As program advisor, I purchased materials to promote healthy eating and physical activity. Our students conducted Breakfast Promotion with prizes for a drawing among all students who participated in breakfast. The grand prize was a Wii Fit™, so the kids were very excited about eating breakfast. Some funds were also used to purchase physical activity equipment, such as a stationary exercise bike and resistance bands, for all the students to use.”

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Want recognition for impressive improvements in your program?

Fuel Up to Play 60 has dozens of tools and resources, like those to help you maximize media coverage of positive changes in your school.

• Getting media attention for your program is a great way for more people to find out how your school is taking action for good nutrition—and to “bust the myths” about school meals.

• For example, Spread the Word: Publicize Your Results (http://school.fueluptoplay60.com/tools/view.php?id=15749499) has step-by-step instructions for getting positive stories into your local media.

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Sue Anderson is the Assistant Nutrition Services Director in Colorado’s Douglas County School District (www.facebook.com/SchoolNutrition). DCSD is the 3rd largest district in the state, in one of the highest income counties in the US (6 percent free/reduced).

“We implemented a very successful Fuel Up to Play 60 project in 4 mid-dle schools with the help of the Denver Broncos, Leprino Foods, and Western Dairy Association. The involvement of so many high profile ‘players’ enabled our department to get very positive media coverage both with internal, district media and in the wider community. Fuel Up to Play 60 has helped us build new partnerships within important district stakehold-ers, like the DCSD PE teachers. Most important, Fuel Up to Play 60 gives us an effective way to engage hard-to-reach middle school students with positive nutrition and activity messages.”

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Want to earn CEUs for certification or your SNS credential?

through a partnership with SNA, school nutrition professionals can earn CEUs for participating in many Fuel Up to Play 60 activities. It’s a win-win-win for your education, your schools, and your students. Details of potential CEUs are on the SNA website (www.schoolnutrition.org/Level2_FUTP60.aspx?id=13098). Some examples of CEU opportunities include:

• Earn 1 CEU by coordinating a one-hour team Kick-off meeting (http://school.fueluptoplay60.com/gameplan/team/).

• Earn 1 CEU by promoting Fuel Up to Play 60 to all students with a school-wide kick-off event (http://school.fueluptoplay60.com/gameplan/ kickoff.php).

• Earn 1 CEU by organizing and holding a student taste test or food show as included in the Healthy Eating Plays.

Want to build stronger partnerships with other school staff?

Fuel Up to Play 60 also has many tips and tools that can help you gain allies and advocates for your school nutrition goals.

• Fuel Up to Play 60 is a team effort—and teams can come in many forms! one of the most important things you can do for your program is to get people involved and excited.

• For resources on strong partnerships with any group, check out Who Can Help and How (http://school.fuel upto play60.com/gameplan/team/who-can-help.php). Working with students, administrators, community members, and others, you can create healthier schools —and a positive attitude toward your program at the same.

Leah Schmidt, SNS, Child Nutrition Director at hickman Mills District (www.hickmanmills.org/domain/51),10 miles southeast of Kansas City, Missouri. She oversees 12 sites with a total enrollment of 6,100 students and a free/reduced rate of 82 percent.

“Fuel Up to Play 60 has helped me—and my staff—earn CEUs from SNA. For example, one of our managers earned three CEUs—one for a team kick-off meeting, one for a cafeteria taste test, and one for tracking milk consumption with the help of our local dairy. Fuel Up to Play 60 has provided our district with numerous needed resources, including the opportunity to continue our professional education.”

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• Fuel Up to Play 60 supports the goals of

First Lady Michelle obama’s Let’s Move!

initiative to end childhood obesity within

a generation by getting more youth and

families to commit to becoming active and

eating better.

• read about wellness at Fuel Up to Play

60 Helps Your School Meet Its Goals

(http://school.fueluptoplay60.com/

welcome/meets-needs.php)—then

make an appointment to discuss them

with your district administrative team,

school wellness council, or school health

advisory council (ShAC).

Want to help your school achieve

identified wellness goals?

When you help implement Fuel Up to

Play 60 programs in your school, you’ll

be helping your school achieve its goals

for local school wellness and other na-

tional guidelines.

• you’ll be part of a growing collection

of outstanding schools across the

nation dedicated to the success and

wellbeing of youth. P

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3. Identify your significant wellness needs with a School Wellness Investigation (http://school.fueluptoplay60.com/gameplan/survey-field/).

• the School Wellness Investigation helps students collect information about the current nutrition and physical activity environment in the school—and identify opportunities to make it even better.

• It is also an opportunity for you to brief your school’s Fuel Up to Play 60 team on the issues and challenges of running a school food program.

4. Help your Fuel Up to Play 60 team choose the right Healthy Eating Plays to help you improve students’ nutrition choices.

• Consult the healthy Eating Plays list to find activities that match up with new foods you may be planning to introduce in your meals—or with positive changes you want to make in the cafeteria environment. 5. Help your team by completing a funding application form through the Fuel Up to Play 60 competitive nationwide funding program for schools.

• remember, you may apply for up to $4,000 per year per school.

• review complete details on Funding opportunities and plan which deadline makes sense for the schools in your district: June 1, 2012, October 1, 2012, and January 15, 2013.

As a school nutrition professional, here are five ways you can get started—today—on implementing Fuel Up to Play 60 in your district. It really is this easy!

1. Enroll in Fuel Up to Play 60 and link yourself to a school—or multiple schools—in your district. here’s how:

• Go to Fuel Up to Play 60 and click through on Join Now (found in upper right on the home page), An Educator/Adult, and REGISTER NOW to follow the detailed instructions.

• once you are registered, you will have a Fuel Up to Play 60 Dashboard with your personal activities, your school activities, other folks enrolled in your school, and direct resources within the Fuel Up to Play 60 website.

2. Log into your Fuel Up to Play 60 Dashboard and connect with your school’s Program Advisor.

• If your school already has a Program Advisor, find out who is leading the effort in your school and help that person build a strong team.

• If your school does not have one, consider signing up to be the initial Program Advisor or Supporter. you’ll be recognized for your efforts—and you’ll make a difference.

• once Fuel Up to Play 60 has been implement in a school, many directors find they are able pass the Program Advisor role on to someone else, like a PE teacher, counselor, or parent volunteer.

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© 2012 National Dairy Council®. Fuel Up is a service mark of the National Dairy Council. © 2011 NFL Properties LLC. All NFL-related trademarks are trademarks of th National Football League.