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Webinar
Opportunity | MN Department of Education Team Nutrition | March 29
Time: 2 – 3 p.m.
Gail Anderson, Minnesota Team Nutrition
Coordinator, hosts a webinar about resources, training and tools for school
nutrition programs. It will highlight free team nutrition resources, Smarter
Lunchroom materials and HealthierUS School Challenge. Click here
to register.
Do you have a resource or success story (“gem”) to share for a future issue? Submissions for each week’s Thursday publication are due by noon every Tuesday to Health.MakingitBetter@state.mn.us or community specialists for:
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The Minnesota Department of Education is accepting
applications from school nutrition staff who want to be mentored in
2016-2017 through a U.S. Department of Agriculture Team Up for Success
initiative! The initiative’s goal is to provide mentoring to newer school
nutrition program managerial staff or existing staff in school nutrition
programs who want additional assistance. Help us identify school nutrition
program staff who could benefit from this positive relationship building
experience. Applications are due April 1. For more information and to apply go
to: http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/2628527/TeamUp.
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Funding
for school wellness initiatives for the 2016-2017 school year are available.
Action for Healthy Kids is accepting School Grants for Healthy Kids
applications for School Breakfast or Game on Grants (for
physical activity and nutrition initiatives).
Visit actionforhealthykids.org/grants for more information. Registration deadline is April
1.
Questions? Interested in learning more about MN AFHK?
Contact Ann Kisch, MN AFHK State Coordinator or connect with us on Facebook.
More than 12,000 Minnesotans have shared their thoughts on
the future of transportation in the state, which will be used to shape updates
to the Statewide Multimodal Transportation Plan and the Minnesota State Highway
Investment Plan. Stakeholder forums are being scheduled to review the collected
information and provide input before plans are written this summer.
We still need your help!
RSVP for an upcoming stakeholder forum in your area. Each three-hour meeting
will include an opportunity to:
- Learn about public input received
- Review proposed policy and state highway investment direction
- Provide input on the direction before plans are written this summer
- Share priorities for state highway investments beyond those
expressed in the fiscally-constrained draft investment direction
Forum times and locations are:
Detroit Lakes
9 a.m. - noon Wednesday, April 27
Grand Rapids
9 a.m. - noon Thursday, May 5
Willmar
9 a.m. - noon Wednesday, May 4
South Metro
1 - 4 p.m. Monday, May 9
For more information, go to: www.minnesotago.org.
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Time:
2 – 3 p.m. Date:
March 29
The
Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan's National Native Network present a webinar
series: Cancer Risk Reduction in Indian Country.
Presented by Isaiah Brokenleg,
MPH
Learning Objectives:
- Attendees will know
what a theoretical win is.
- Attendees will be able
to articulate the age and preferences for a smoke free environment.
- Attendees will be able
to tell three differences between commercial tobacco and traditional
tobacco.
Target
Audience: Physicians, nurses, health educators, administrators, and
support staff working with American Indian and/or Alaska Native communities.
Register at https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8437125938810373380
To view them, click on the highlighted topics.
Time: Noon
-1 p.m. Date: April
21
The teleconference
includes an informational session that provides an overview of what tobacco
users experience when they call QUITPLAN Services. You’ll hear a recording of a
mock registration call and a coaching session. After listening to the calls,
there will be a question-and-answer session with staff from QUITPLAN Services.
This session is designed for individuals who share information about the
program or refer clients, patients or community members to QUITPLAN Services.
Please note:
This program includes the same information and recorded calls that were presented
at the Dec. 9, 2015, QUITPLAN Services teleconference.
RSVP by
email to Pamela Jensen at pjensen@clearwaymn.org
by April 15. Call-in information will be provided via an email that will be
sent closer to the date of the teleconference.
For more
information, please contact Randi Lachter, Senior Cessation Manager, ClearWay
Minnesota, at: rlachter@clearwaymn.org;
or contact Megan Whittet, Senior Cessation Manager, ClearWay Minnesota (from April
7 – 15) at: mwhittet@clearwaymn.org.
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Location: RiverCentre, 175 W. Kellogg Blvd., Saint
Paul
Our connection to nature plays a critical role in children’s
physical health, cognitive development and emotional well-being—and develops
the next generation of environmental stewards. Presenters will share innovative
policies, programs and partnerships for creating nature-rich communities,
including strategies for breaking down barriers to nature for urban and
underserved families. It will include 600 cross-sector leaders from around the
world, including sessions by keynote speakers, breakout sessions, dozens of
exhibitors and local field trips.
Conference fee is $425; limited scholarships are available.
Registration
deadline: May 6
For more information
or to register, go to: www.childrenandnature.org/connect/cnn-conference/.
AARP Minnesota
and Pollen launched a new program called “50 Over 50,” which is a list
of 50 incredible individuals over the age of 50 from across Minnesota who are
making an impact and show no signs of slowing down. They don’t adhere to the
belief that you have to be under the ages of 40, 30, or 20 to blaze a trail or
shake things up. They’re living life on their own terms and improving the lives
of others at the same time.
Do you know
someone over the age of 50 who should be on the “50 Over 50” list? For more
information or for nominations, which are due May 13, go to: 50Over50MN.org.
A 10-member selection
committee comprised of statewide, cross-sector leaders will select 10 honorees
in five categories: Nonprofit; Arts & Culture; Business; Community Building;
and Disruption. Honorees will be announced in mid-August.
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Healthy Eating in Community, School and Child Care Settings
Time: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Dates | Locations:
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April 12 |
Southwest | Southwest
Service Cooperative (SWSC), 1420 East
College Drive, Pathfinder and Navigator Rooms, Marshall
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April 14 |
Northwest | Essentia Health St. Mary’s, Lower Level Conference Rooms, 1027
Washington Ave., Detroit Lakes
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April 21 |
Northeast | Duluth
Public Safety Building, 2030 N. Arlington
Ave., Duluth
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April 28 |
Southeast | Southeast Service Cooperative
and Wood Lake Meeting Center, 210 Wood Lake
Dr. S.E., Willow Conference Room, Rochester
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May 10,
2016 | Metro | Metropolitan Mosquito
Control District, Metro Counties Government Center, 2099 W. University
Ave., St. Paul
More information will be posted closer to the
dates.
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For upcoming SHIP
regional workshops, SHIP staff that work with schools are asked to bring a copy
of a COMPLETED School Health Index assessment for a skill-building training in
action step planning. A summary print out will be sufficient. In addition,
staff are encouraged to bring a laptop or a tablet to access online resources. For
more information or if you have questions, please contact: Terri.Swartout@state.mn.us.
To get a summary,
follow the instructions below:
- Log
on to www.healthiergeneration.org/
- Select
top tab, “Log In/Register” with your personal log in
- Under
Take Action heading, select “Schools”
- Select
orange ”My School” button and from the drop down menu on the top right select a
school that you would like to use for the upcoming skill building session with
action planning. Please note, they must have at least modules 1-4, 7-8
complete.
- After
school is picked from the drop down menu, select “Assessment” from the tab
options on the left side of the screen
- Select
the download icon on the right side of the screen and select open from the pop
up window
- Once
spreadsheet is open, go to file “print”. If you change your setting to
landscape orientation from portrait orientation you will have four pages
total. Please note, the full headings/responses are NOT needed in the hard
copy print out as we will be focusing on the 2nd and the 5th column of the
print out, including question number and the school responses identified by a
0,1,2 or 3.
Bring hard copy to the regional training that
you will be attending.
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