Additional Opportunities

Healthy Living Monthly Updates

4-H Healthy Living Monthly Updates are a communication vehicle that keeps you connected to healthy living-related news and opportunities. Updates also feature a county success story and funding opportunities to support healthy living projects in your community.

Healthy Living Monthly Updates

The President's Challenge

National 4-H has started a group to take the President's Challenge together—and you’re invited to join us! The President's Challenge is for one million Americans to complete the Presidential Active Lifestyle Award (PALA+). The Presidential Active Lifestyle Award recognizes individuals who log their recommended physical activity for six consecutive weeks, five days a week (minimum 60 minutes for youth, 30 minutes for adults). Signing up for the 4-H group is simple. All you have to do is register. It's quick, and there's no cost to participate!

How to join:
1.      Go to www.presidentschallenge.org/natl4-H/
2.      Fill out the registration form.
3.      After registering, start logging your activities. As you log activities you'll be able to track your progress toward achieving the award.

Revolution for Responsibility Service Learning Grants

The American Rivers 4-H Club poses with a young bike recipient during their May 2011 SACA Food Bank bike donation day.

The 4-H Healthy Living Grant Program is now part of the Revolution of Responsibility Service Learning Grants.

4-H groups can apply for up to $1,000 to identify, plan, and carry out a service-learning project in their community. Projects will be focused on the three key content areas that form the core of all 4-H programs, Science, Healthy Living, and Citizenship. An open application process has review dates of October 15, 2011; January 15, 2012; and April 15, 2012.

To apply, visit http://ucanr.org/join/.

For additional resources and to learn more about the 4-H Revolution of Responsibility, visit www.ca4h.org/Support/RofR/.

Don't know where to start? Here are 50 ideas for incorporating healthy living into service learning projects: 50 Ways to Include Healthy Living

For more information, contact Mandi Bottoms, 4-H Healthy Living Coordinator at mlbottoms@ucdavis.edu.

Healthy Living Opportunities at State Field Day

Special Recognition at 2012 State Presentation Day

A special recognition pin will be awarded for youth who participate in State Presentation Day and focus their presentations on healthy living. This year’s focus area is healthy food. Potential topics may include USDA’s MyPlate, serving sizes, sugar-sweetened beverages, nutrition facts labels, preparing a healthy meal on a budget, food groups, nutrients, healthy snacks, whole grains, food safety, dairy products, dietary fiber, and more. Visit www.ca4h.org/Programs/Events/SFD/PD/Recognition_Opportunities for details.

4-H MyPlate Challenge

In 2011 the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) unveiled the federal government’s new food icon, MyPlate, to serve as a reminder to help consumers make healthier food choices. 4-H is challenging you to show how you’re making YOUR plate MyPlate.

We invite you to submit a photograph illustrating how you’re creating healthy meals using MyPlate as a guide. 4-H members do NOT need to pre-qualify at a county event. More details about this new contest will be released soon!