Help Protect PE in CO: Join the Statewide Listening Tour for New Federal Education Law In six Colorado cities throughout May—plus an online webinar session on June 1—the Colorado Department of Education (CDE) is conducting a statewide listening tour to gather feedback from the public on how our state should carry out the Every Student […]
By Leslie Levine, Technical Assistance & Research Manager, LiveWell Colorado I am the longest-running employee at LiveWell Colorado, so I have been around to witness many transitions in the LiveWell@School Food Initiative program model since its launch in 2010. Today, the School Food Initiative (SFI) provides comprehensive training in culinary arts, marketing, and operations
“Good and good for you.” That’s always been Chef Sally Ayotte’s motto when describing her passion for food, and it shows. Her LiveWell@School Food Initiative recipe, Craisy Pumpkin Breakfast Bars, just won the Learning ZoneXpress Soar with School Breakfast Recipe Challenge. “Whenever I develop recipes, I consider what may already exist in a school food service
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Each year, the Colorado Education Initiative’s Healthy School Champions program recognizes Colorado schools that have successfully created a healthy school environment. With the support of the Colorado Health Foundation, the program has awarded more than $250,000 in grants over the past six years. In 2016, 43 Colorado schools were award winners. Lake County Intermediate School
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By Leslie Levine, LiveWell Colorado Technical Assistance and Research Coordinator On my way into work the other morning, I listened to the radio DJ talk about her young son selling cookies for a school fundraiser. I then remembered that my girls’ middle school was holding a fundraiser at a local pizza restaurant that night. “Should
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LiveWell Mom Alli Howe is not your average health-minded parent. “Complaining about cookies is short-sighted. I love our school community at Sherman Early Childhood Center and wanted to see healthy changes really stick,” she says. Motivated by her desire to see sustainable, healthy changes at her kid’s school but unsure how to get real results,
How One Mom Went from “Complainer” to “School Health Advocate” Read More »
The farm to school movement has been building momentum throughout the country, as schools and communities look for innovative ways to get kids eating healthier. One of our community coalitions, LiveWell Chaffee County, has gained increased recognition for building a highly successful farm to school program that can now be used as a model for
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“Steamboat Springs is very bike friendly, but everyone still likes their suburbans,” says Sally Cariveau, Steamboat Springs School District’s Safe Routes to School coordinator. To tackle the challenges presented by a largely rural population, the district has established “Hike and Bikes” on Friday mornings in the spring and fall with drop-off points for busses that
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This school year, Wellness Connections, the Jefferson County Public Schools’ employee wellness program, created customized fitness programs, called “Flourish with Fitness,” for various job types including: bus drivers, food service workers, custodial services, administrative staff and educators. These fitness programs (available in video format or a downloadable pdf) include strength training and stretching exercises that target
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Chicken shish kebabs. Homemade hummus. Orange mélange. The recipes and cooking expertise displayed at Friday night’s EatWell@School Cooking Competition looked like an episode of Iron Chef. The skillets were hot, the competition was fierce, and, at the end of the night, Denver Human Services Family Crisis Center was declared the 2014 winner. Jo Ellen Mitchell
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