11/1/07: Get Up & Go at Jenks in Pawtucket
Students at Jenks Junior High School have been "getting up and going"
every morning in this unique before school program of physical activity
and a healthy breakfast, called "Get Up & Go!" Today, Kids First will
provide a special guest for the students to "get going" with. Physical
Activity Professional, Louis Moniz, makes an appearance to MOVE the kids!
11/1, 11/8, 11/15, 11/29: "After School Fit Kids" Series is at Curtis
Elementary
Tracy Provoyeur, Coordinator of the After School Program at the Flora
S. Curtis Elementary School in Pawtucket, wanted to get in on the afterschool
fitness "action." She wants the children in her afterschool program to
learn the importance of healthy eating and daily exercise through fun
hands-on activities, so she has arranged with Kids First to provide a
variety of programs. During the 13 week program, Kids First Chefs, Jessica
Williams and Aaron Lenart, will engage the children in a variety of healthy
food experiences that are age appropriate and guaranteed to peak their
taste buds. Also, Kids First Fitness Professionals: Dawn Anderson, Lori
Keough and Kristine DeSerres, will show the kids how to get moving and
get energized. And Kids First Master Gardener, Kim Korb, will teach the
children how to plant herbs that they can grow on their windowsill at
home. There's plenty more, as the entire 13-week program includes lots
of special guests who will engage the children in a wide variety of healthy
activities.
11/1/07:
Matunuck Students Get Moving with "Mad Louis"
Donna Lennon, School Nurse at the Matunuck School in South Kingstown,
wants her students to have fun when they exercise. Kids First will help
by sending in Kids First Physical Activity Professional, Louis Moniz,
to lead the large group of elementary school children in active dance
sessions. "Mad Louis" will teach them how to do the Bus Stop, Electric
Slide, Swing, or any dance they want to learn!
11/1,
11/8, 11/15, 11/29: Scituate Teachers MOVE Together for Better Health
School Nurse Colleen McCann and the teachers at the North Scituate
Elementary School in Scituate want to be great role models for regular
exercise. They have invited Kids First Physical Activity Professional,
Lori Keough, to exercise with the staff once per week. Lori will work
with all levels to get everyone to build their new pace.
11/3/07:
Kids First Presents at Quest 2007
Colleen Callahan, Director of Professional Issues for the RI Federation
of Teachers and Health Professionals, is coordinating the Quest Conference
at the Rhode Island Convention Center. She has invited Kids First Professionals
Jessica Williams and Sandy Sepe to provide a fun, hands on workshop to
get teachers thinking about new ways to make healthier choices in nutrition,
food safety and exercise and become role models for their students.
11/3/07: Rhode Island Family Shelter Gets Cooking with Kids First
Kids First and the Rhode Island Community Food Bank present a nutrition
workshop and cooking demonstration, in partnership with the Rhode Island
Family Shelter in Warwick. Participants will learn how to use the foods
that they receive at the pantry, simple ways to eat healthier, cooking
basics and meal planning. Kids First Chef, William McBride, involves participants
with great tasting, easy to make meals that can be reproduced at home.
Everyone will leave with simple, new and useful recipe ideas.
11/5,
11/7, 11/12,11/14, 11/19,11/26, 11/28: Scituate Teachers MOVE Together
for Better Health
Principal Karen Cappelli and the teachers at the Clayville Elementary
School in Scituate want to be great role models for regular exercise.
They have invited Kids First Physical Activity Professional, Lori Keough,
to exercise with the staff two times per week. Lori will work with all
levels to get everyone to build their new pace.
11/5,
11/19, 11/26: "After School Fit Kids" Series is at Cunningham School
Elaine Cruz, Coordinator of the After School Program at M. Virginia
Cunningham Elementary School in Pawtucket, wanted to get in on the afterschool
fitness "action." She wants the children in her afterschool program to
learn the importance of healthy eating and daily exercise through fun
hands-on activities, so she has arranged with Kids First to provide a
variety of programs. During the 13 week program, Kids First Chefs, Jessica
Williams and Aaron Lenart, will engage the children in a variety of healthy
food experiences that are age appropriate and guaranteed to peak their
taste buds. Also, Kids First Fitness Professionals: Dawn Anderson, Lori
Keough and Kristine DeSerres, will show the kids how to get moving and
get energized. And Kids First Master Gardener, Kim Korb, will teach the
children how to plant herbs that they can grow on their windowsill at
home. There's plenty more, as the entire 13-week program includes lots
of special guests who will engage the children in a wide variety of healthy
activities.
11/5/07:
Elizabeth Buffum Chace Center Gets Cooking with Kids First
Kids First and the Rhode Island Community Food Bank present a nutrition
workshop and cooking demonstration, in partnership with the Elizabeth
Buffum Chace Center in Warwick. Participants will learn how to use the
foods that they receive at the pantry, simple ways to eat healthier, cooking
basics and meal planning. Kids First Chef, William McBride, involves participants
with great tasting, easy to make meals that can be reproduced at home.
Everyone will leave with simple, new and useful recipe ideas.
