Healthy Fundraising BRIGHT IDEAS

Listed below are BRIGHT IDEAS about Healthy Fundraising. You can view all of the Healthy Fundraising BRIGHT IDEAS by Submit Date, Academic Year Implemented, Title or Organization. Click on the title to read the bright idea.

Superintendent's Challenge Winner!

Achieving a District Ban on Soda and Unhealthy Snacks

Who	:	Los Angeles Unified School District
Where	:	school
When	:	2002-2003 Academic Year
Submitted On	:	August 26, 2005

A diverse coalition of community groups, health advocates, students, teachers, and parents lobbied the Los Angeles Unified school board to eliminate the sale of soda and unhealthy snack items.  Using a very organized approach, advocates achieved policy change in the nation's second largest school district.

Superintendent Challenge Winner - Columbia School District

Who	:	Columbia School District
Where	:	school
When	:	2005-2005 Academic Year
Submitted On	:	June 28, 2005

A Columbia School District collaborative developed draft policy that would increase healthy food options and improve the P.E. program. After promoting the policy to the community, the school board unanimously adopted it.

Green Academy

Who	:	Santa Barbara High School
Where	:	school
When	:	2004-2005 Academic Year
Submitted On	:	June 27, 2005

Green Academy students and a teacher developed a healthy fundraiser by planting seeds and selling plants to the school community.

Grant Environmental Organization

Who	:	Grant High School, GJUHSD
Where	:	school
When	:	1998-2004 Academic Year
Submitted On	:	June 27, 2005

Students at Grant High School come from many diverse backgrounds, and live in one of the more limited-resource neighborhoods in Sacramento. Although many of the neighborhood residents have a cultural history of gardening, major grocery stores cannot be found in the neighborhood. The food stores that are present offer primarily pre-packaged, less-nutritious products, and limited produce of questionable quality. In the late 1980's, a series of neighborhood surveys highlighted the need for greater investment in this community, and timely funding opportunities gave birth to a garden-based education program on the campus of Grant High School. This program continues to be a youth-led program that works on entrepreneurial garden and community beautification projects. The program trains youth in horticulture, business and landscape design principles so students have the skills and knowledge to obtain employment, access higher education and actively improve the community.

Superintendent Challenge Winner!!

Who	:	East Side Union High School District (Santa Clara
Where	:	school
When	:	2003-2004 Academic Year
Submitted On	:	July 26, 2004

The East Side Union High School District hoped to change eating behaviors and conform to the District's new nutritional focus. The District limited competitive food sales and decreased the anount of junk food sold at fundraising activities. The District also marketed the nutritious school lunch program by creating a promotional week of free meals for all students and staff and providing the nutritiious meals at reduced prices thereafter. The District also drafted a physical activity policy and integrated innovative and slef competitive concepts into the PE program to provide opportunities for students to be physically active outside of PE Classes.