Authored by Barbara Crowley RSU 20 School Health Coordinator Linda Hartkopf helped elementary school children in RSU 20 celebrate ‘Harvest Week’ recently, with taste testings at Nickerson and East Belfast Schools. At Nickerson, she met with 1st and 2nd graders to explore the difference between raw, mashed and cooked apples and squash. Students were encouraged… Read more »
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Waldo County YMCA uses Belfast Farmers’ Market to Support the Let’s Go! “5” Message.
Authored by Barbara Crowley Check out a great video from the Waldo County YMCA Summer Camp Koda project organized by Let’s Go! Waldo staff Barbara Crowley and Sarah O’Blenes. The group made four trips to the Belfast Farmers’ Market, allowing the kids to pick out their own veggies and then prepare salads and simple stir… Read more »
You Asked for it, you Got it: New Let’s Go! promotional items available for purchase!
Authored by Karen Schebaum You love the 5-2-1-0 message and want to spread the word. You helped make the healthy choice the easy choice for kids in your community, and now you want to shout out, “It’s the FUN choice too!” Let’s Go! heard you loud and clear and are happy to announce that we… Read more »
Lots of Tots Child Care in Princeton, Maine is one of our newest featured child care sites!
Authored by Emily Cooke, RDN, LD Lots of Tots Child Care reports that 5-2-1-0 Goes to Child Care (5-2-1-0 GTCC) has “totally given us the tools and the incentives to not only promote health and nutrition within our program, but within the community as well.” Owner, Penni Theriault, says being involved with 5-2-1-0 GTCC has… Read more »
Let’s Go!’s Newest Featured School – Kennebunk Elementary Students Get “Money for MyPlate”
Authored by Van Beckman, Let’s Go! York County Incorporating nutrition education and physical activity into a single school day can be a challenge for some schools, but one York County teacher has found a way to work both into the same lesson. Diane Dyer, PE instructor at Kennebunk Elementary and “Redy” Award-winning Let’s Go! champion,… Read more »