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Free "Fuel-Up to Play 60" Kits Still Available for Southeast Schools
 Are you looking for new ways to help support your school's wellness policy goals? Do you want to encourage students to eat right and stay active? By ordering a FREE Fuel-Up to Play 60 Wellness Activation Kit, you can provide your school with tools to help students develop healthy eating habits and active lifestyles.
Promote your school's meal program with the kit tools and messages encouraging students to "fuel-up" with essential food groups such as low-fat dairy, fruits, vegetables and whole grains.
Each kit includes:
- Activity ideas to support healthy eating and physical activity.
- Colorful display materials customized with NFL Team insignia for hallways, classrooms and your cafeteria.
- Ideas and tips for expanding wellness activities to include your community.
- E-newsletters and access to online materials for all school personnel who enroll.
In partnership with the NFL and National Dairy Council, the Southeast United Dairy Industry Association (SUDIA) is providing free Fuel Up to Play 60 Wellness Activation Kits to all Southeast schools. Only one kit is allotted per school; however, there is no limit to the number of wellness champions that can receive the e-newsletters.
For more information about the Fuel-Up to Play 60 program or to order your free kit, visit www.fueluptoplay.com.
 American Heart Association Finds Dairy Foods, Including Flavored Milk, Healthy for Children
On Aug. 24, 2009, the American Heart Association (AHA) released a scientific statement regarding new guidelines for sugar consumption and the relationship between sugars and cardiovascular health.
According to AHA, foods such as sweets, sugars and soft drinks are more likely to have a negative impact on the quality of people's diets, whereas dairy foods and milk drinks may have a positive impact.
AHA explained, "When sugars are added to otherwise nutrient-rich foods, such as sugar-sweetened dairy products like flavored milk and yogurt and sugar-sweetened cereals, the quality of children's and adolescents' diets improves, and in the case of flavored milks, no adverse effects on weight status were found."
"All flavored milk contains the same nutrients as white milk," said Molly Szymanski, SUDIA's assistant manager of child nutrition. "Children who drink flavored milk have better overall nutrition and lower body weights than children who do not drink milk."
View these resources for a more in-depth look at the role of dairy in a nutrient-rich meals:
General Mills Offers Breakfast Grants To Qualifying Schools
 In support of National Dairy Council's (NDC) Child Nutrition and Fitness Initiative (PDF), General Mills Foodservice (GM) is sponsoring $75,000 in breakfast grants to schools in need of new or improved breakfast programs. The grants will help schools implement innovative breakfast programs, including grab-and-go options, to increase students' opportunities to eat breakfast at school.
The grants will be made available to schools that:
Schools serving grades K-12 may apply for up to $3,000 in grant funding, allowing NDC and GM to help more than 20 schools nationwide.
Key Dates for participation:
| Application Web site opens: |
September 4, 2009 |
| Application deadline: |
September 30, 2009 |
| Schools notified (accept/declined): |
By October 10, 2009 |
| Breakfast program implementation: |
Through December 15, 2009
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For more information on how your school can apply, please click here.
SUDIA Offers Schools Free Dairy Promotion Kits
 In addition to free Fuel-Up to Play 60 Wellness Activation Kits, SUDIA is offering schools an opportunity to order two additional FREE kits, "Milk. Show It Off!" and "Powered by Dairy," to help promote dairy in schools.
Milk. Show It Off!: The theme for this kit features silhouettes of students engaged in a variety of activities including sports, academia, music and dance. Each silhouette is shown interacting with milk.
This kit includes: wall clings, table clings, wall danglers, banners, milk bottle magnets and pins.
 Powered by Dairy: This kit provides you with a toolbox of graphics and messaging to help you spread the word that dairy is available, satisfying and a powerful drink choice!
Each kit includes: posters, static clings and dry erase boards with markers.
To order your FREE dairy promotion materials, please contact info@sedairy.org.
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In this issue:
Free Fuel-Up to
Play 60 Kits Still Available for Southeast Schools
American Heart Association Finds Dairy Foods Healthy for Children
General Mills Offers Breakfast Grants to Qualifying Schools
SUDIA Offers Schools Free Dairy Promotion Kits
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