Vending Machine Mini Grant

Safe Routes to Schools Mini Grant

Southeast Healthy Youth Day Events

The southeast region grantees conducted Healthy Youth Day events around the region. Click on the link to see a video of their efforts. Thank you for all your support and doing a great job at your event.

http://animoto.com/play/VEBVLEmA8yazXMc4FXT0wg

San Francisco Ordinance on Toys in Childrens Meals

While reviewing some information on the San Francisco ordinance, I ran across a few articles that are interesting and thought I'd pass them along.....

www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6A16PR20101102

www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2030383,00.html

www.calorielab.com/news/2010/11/05/san-francisco-happy-meal-law/

Proposed Cigarette Warning Labels

The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (TCA) requires that cigarette packages and advertisements have larger and more visable graphic health warnings.

www.fda.gov/TobaccoProducts/Labeling/CigaretteProductWarningLabels/default.htm

Prevention Connections School Vending program

The Prevention Connections Vending program is accepting applications for up to 75 mini-grants for $500 each. The mini-grants are to support a healthy vending initiative in Virginia Title I middle schools as well as high schools with at least a 40% enrollment in the school's free and reduced lunch program.

This is a great opportunity for schools/students to look at what is offered in their vending machines during the school day.

To apply, visit http://www.preventionconnections.org

Walk to School Event

VFHY is mentioned the Times-Dispatch article on the Walk to School Event.

http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/oct/07/walk07-ar-547206/