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Action for Healthy Kids

Action for Healthy Kids is dedicated to improving children’s health and well-being by bringing together and mobilizing educators, families, and other key stakeholders to help children lead healthy lives. Through its core programming and family-school partnerships, Action for Healthy Kids has impacted more than 20 million children in 55,000 schools nationwide to address systemic challenges in underserved communities. To learn more about its growing network of volunteers and champions, visit: actionforhealthykids.org

    Action for Healthy Kids Awards Nearly $30 Million to Boost School Nutrition in 264 Small & Rural Communities Through Cooperative Agreement With USDA Image

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    08-07-23

    Action for Healthy Kids Awards Nearly $30 Million to Boost School Nutrition in 264 Small & Rural Communities Through Cooperative Agreement With USDA

    Action for Healthy Kids today announced that it is awarding nearly $30 million in subgrants to 264 school districts across 44 states and the District of Columbia, reaching students in some of our nation’s highest need schools.
    Action for Healthy Kids Launches Healthy Meals Incentives Recognition Awards To Celebrate School Food Authorities Making Significant Nutritional Improvements to School Meals Image

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    07-05-23

    Action for Healthy Kids Launches Healthy Meals Incentives Recognition Awards To Celebrate School Food Authorities Making Significant Nutritional Improvements to School Meals

    Action for Healthy Kids has launched the Healthy Meals Incentives Recognition Awards to celebrate school food authorities that have made significant improvements to the nutritional quality of their school meals.
    Action for Healthy Kids Offers Healthy Meals Incentives Grants to Small and/or Rural School Food Authorities (SFA)  Image

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    04-11-23

    Action for Healthy Kids Offers Healthy Meals Incentives Grants to Small and/or Rural School Food Authorities (SFA)

    Action for Healthy Kids is offering competitive grants, up to $150,000 per SFA, to small and/or rural SFAs to support efforts to improve the nutritional quality of their school meals. The grant application is now available at www.healthymealsincentives.org.
    Action for Healthy Kids Signs Cooperative Agreement With USDA Food and Nutrition Service To Implement Healthy Meals Incentives Initiative Image

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    02-06-23

    Action for Healthy Kids Signs Cooperative Agreement With USDA Food and Nutrition Service To Implement Healthy Meals Incentives Initiative

    Through this historic investment in school nutrition, Action for Healthy Kids aims to help school districts across the country overcome challenges and develop creative solutions to provide nutritious foods for the children they serve.
    Better Together: Action for Healthy Kids and RMC Health Join Forces to Tackle Child Health & Well-Being With Greater Impact Image

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    11-03-22

    Better Together: Action for Healthy Kids and RMC Health Join Forces to Tackle Child Health & Well-Being With Greater Impact

    Better Together: Action for Healthy Kids and RMC Health join forces to tackle child health & well-being with greater impact. Together, the organizations will provide a wide range of resources to schools to meet the urgent needs of America’s youth and families.
    Action for Healthy Kids to Host National Conference on Child Health and Well-Being 2022 Image

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    10-25-22

    Action for Healthy Kids to Host National Conference on Child Health and Well-Being 2022

    Action for Healthy Kids will convene over 300 school leaders, educators, parents, caregivers and stakeholders for the 2022 National Conference on Child Health and Well-Being: Real Talk. Real Solutions! at Loews Chicago Hotel from November 2 – 4, 2022.
    Action for Healthy Kids, Kellogg Company Fund Partner to Launch Expanded Bilingual Child Health Resource Library for Schools and Communities Image

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    02-23-22

    Action for Healthy Kids, Kellogg Company Fund Partner to Launch Expanded Bilingual Child Health Resource Library for Schools and Communities

    Action for Healthy Kids, a nationwide grassroots non-profit that mobilizes family-school partnerships to prepare kids to be healthy in body and mind, has announced the launch of an expanded comprehensive, digital bilingual resource library.
    Schools, Families, and Communities Nationwide Prepare to Celebrate Every Kid Healthy Week, April 26-30 Image

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    04-21-21

    Schools, Families, and Communities Nationwide Prepare to Celebrate Every Kid Healthy Week, April 26-30

    Action for Healthy Kids (AFHK), the nationwide nonprofit mobilizing schools, families, and communities to take action to support the health of the whole child, announces the dates for this year’s Every Kid Healthy Week.
    Dr. David Satcher to Keynote National School District Wellness Coalition Convening Image

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    10-07-20

    Dr. David Satcher to Keynote National School District Wellness Coalition Convening

    Action for Healthy Kids (AFHK) will host a timely conversation on October 13 about health equity between CEO Rob Bisceglie and the organization’s founder, Dr. David Satcher,16th surgeon general of the United States, former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and founder of th...
    Action for Healthy Kids and Cargill Provide Emergency Meal Distribution Equipment Grants to Help School Districts Feed Hungry Students Image

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    05-18-20

    Action for Healthy Kids and Cargill Provide Emergency Meal Distribution Equipment Grants to Help School Districts Feed Hungry Students

    As children across the country are displaced from their typical educational routines, millions who rely on school meals are left without access to proper nourishment. With funding support from Cargill, the national nonprofit Action fo...

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