Posts

I'm a master planner. I love organizing and planning for fun, efficiency, safety and thrill. So when Cathey Sell, a college friend of my mothers sent me two Churchill Down shareholder passes for the 2014 season, I knew I'd be in attendance May 3, 2014.You may have noticed a lapse in daily blog posts recently. I'd love to admit I took time off throughout Derby Festival to enjoy each and every day's offerings in and about town. However, it has been a few weeks of out-of-balance work days. I Read ▸ about Bicycling. To the Kentucky Derby!

“We used to think a person’s IQ would determine professional success. Now we know that the first year of life may determine a lot more than we once thought. ” — http://www.ket.org/health/safe-and-sound.htm Last week I attended the premiere viewing of Kentucky Educational Television's (KET) Special Report called "Safe and Sound; Raising Emotionally Healthy Children in a Stressful World," produced by Laura Krueger, and in part funded by the Foundation for a Healthy Read ▸ about Safe and Sound, KET Special Report

School district teams working on their 5 year vision. Yesterday I had the opportunity to work with 4 school districts in Connecticut that will be working with the CT Department of Public Health and CT Department of Education on physical activity and nutrition programs under the CDC's State Public Health Actions to Prevent and Control Diabetes, Heart Disease, Obesity and Associated Risk Factors and Promote School Health also known as the 1305 Read ▸ about Connecticut School Health Guidelines Training

I'm not sure how much this blog post will relate to school health. But does that really matter the day of the National Championship? I didn't think so.I grew up 30 minutes from Storrs, CT. Yes, home of cow pastures and open fields, but also the University of Connecticut. A university known for it's exemplary soccer and basketball programs. I moved from CT in 1993 and never went back, but as many of you can relate, the loyalty was established in my first 18 years of life. Being a Husky and living Read ▸ about Cheering for UCONN… in Kentucky

Welcoming the participants for the day. Yesterday, LMAS held it's first-ever LMAS PAL training at a national conference. Judy LoBianco and I facilitated the full-day event and had the opportunity to work with 40 fabulous new PALs from around the country and even the world! The goal of the training is to bring participants through a process in which they gain knowledge and skills to go home and implement a Comprehensive School Physical Read ▸ about Let’s Move Active Schools Physical Activity Leader Training

How can those of us in the school, community, public, business health field walk the talk? If we encourage schools to send consistent messages, I think we should model that as well. That does not mean we all have to complete an Iron Man, or bike across the country ;) or go on 5-day non-verbal meditation once a year (although, wouldn't that be great??). But, as ambassadors of health, it does mean we should all be working on our mental, emotional, physical and social health Read ▸ about Walk the Talk

Formerly the KY Teen Pregnancy Coalition, the KY Youth Health Network has decided to expand their scope of work to all areas of preventative youth health behaviors. This organization, currently a 501c3, is going through a planning process to develop a new mission, purpose and strategic plan. This past Monday, I was fortunate enough to facilitate a strategic planning session with this passionate Board including representation from the Kentucky Department of Education, Kentucky Cabinet for Health Read ▸ about Kentucky Youth Health Network

Surprisingly, the most difficult, heated, complicated, divisive discussions in school health right now do not have to do with sex education, but celebrations and competitive foods (vending/fundraisers). I recently saw a friend post on Facebook that she brought cupcakes to her son's pre-school birthday party. I texted her that she was killing me! Her response? It's the last year he gets them. Well, I didn't respond, but I don't think she got it. I'm not against cupcakes or sugar. But, here's the Read ▸ about “It’s Just One Cupcake… What’s the Big Deal?”