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Action for Healthy Kids
Action for Healthy Kids (AFHK) is a nationwide initiative dedicated to improving the health and educational performance of children through better nutrition and physical activity in schools. This effort represents ...
http://www.actionforhealthykids.org/AFHK/team_center/team_public_view.php?team=MA&Submit=Go
Active Communication: A Guide to Reaching the Media
Features basic media relations techniques, providing the fundamental knowledge to assist you in building or enhancing your media activities.
National Coalition for Promoting Physical Activity (NCPPA)
http://www.ncppa.org/MediaGuide.pdf
After School and Youth Program Advocacy Day
BOSTnet is encouraging after-school and youth program professionals to schedule meetings with state legislators on March 23rd, 2006. These meetings are to tell your legislators about the important work ...
http://www.bostnet.org
CA Bill Requires Gender Equity in After School Sports!
California Takes Lead in Sports Equity
By Rebecca Vesely - WeNews correspondent
September 13, 2004

A bill banning gender bias in youth athletics programs run by cities and counties in ...
http://www.teamupforyouth.org/106.html
Coalition for a Healthy and Active America
The mission of the Coalition for a Healthy and Active America (CHAA) is to educate parents, children, schools, and communities about the vital roles physical fitness and nutrition education play ...
http://www.chaausa.org/index.asp?Type=NONE&SEC={09E62C65-EBB9-475D-898F-AAA2EF402667}
COHES Coalition Organized for Healthy Education in Schools
The Coalition Organized for Health Education in Schools (COHES) is the oldest statewide voluntary organization initially dedicated solely to establishing and promoting comprehensive health education for all students throughout Massachusetts ...
http://www.cohes.org/index.htm
Communicating Your Message to Legislators
Nonprofits engaged in advocacy must compete not only for the time and attention of elected officials, but also for time from their own members. Often the most successful campaigns involve ...
http://www.npaction.org/
Health Education Advocate
The mission of the Health Education Advocate is to provide a central, timely source of advocacy information related to the field of health education and health promotion.

Advocacy is ...
http://www.healtheducationadvocate.org/
Healthy People 2010
Healthy People 2010 is a set of health objectives for the Nation to achieve over the first decade of the new century. It can be used by many different people, ...
http://www.healthypeople.gov/
Improved Nutrition and Physical Activity Act
S. 1172, the Improved Nutrition and Physical Activity (IMPACT) Act, addresses the problem of obesity, overweight and eating disorders, primarily by expanding existing authorities under which the Department of Health ...
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=108_cong_reports&docid=f:sr245.108.pdf
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