HCHY List: Go Healthy Month 2009 - less than a week away

[Daniel Hatcher]

Each September the Alliance for a Healthier Generation's empowerME
Movement engages, educates and activates kids across the nation to
motivate themselves, their families, and friends to eat better and move
more. 

 

Here are a few simple ways you and youth you know can get involved and
make your community a healthier place. 

 

5 Simple Ways Adult Allies Can Encourage Youth to Get Involved:

 

JOIN the Movement!

ONE:

Put an empowerME web banner
<http://www.healthiergeneration.org/media.aspx?id=3796>  on your site,
blog or social networking page. If your organization has a Facebook
group page, newsletter or website, send your network a message
<http://www.empowerme2b.org/gohealthymonth> about Go Healthy Month.

 

INSPIRE with Your Story

TWO:

Encourage youth to share their own story at empowerme2b.org.
<http://www.empowerme2b.org/stories> 

 

ORGANIZE or ATTEND a Go Healthy Month Event in Your Community

THREE:

Work in partnership with youth to organize a Youth-Hosted Forum or
Recess ROCKS! Event - download Playbooks
<http://www.healthiergeneration.org/teens.aspx?id=3372>  for ideas and
support. 

 

FOUR:

Distribute empowerME materials
<http://www.empowerme2b.org/downloads?type=Go+Healthy+Month>  at
schools, community centers or events.

Download empowerME Flyers
<http://www.empowerme2b.org/downloads?type=Go+Healthy+Month>  -
distribute empowerME flyers to your family, friends and community. Give
away empowerME Postcards
<http://www.empowerme2b.org/downloads?type=Go+Healthy+Month>  - empower
kids to make a commitment to their health.

In addition, a limited number of hard copy materials are available at no
cost on a first come, first served basis-send your request to
empowerme at healthiergeneration.org
<mailto:empowerme at healthiergeneration.org?subject=Go%20Healthy%20Month%2
0Materials> .

 

FIVE:

Add your local Go Healthy Month event to the empowerme2b.org event list
so we can spread the news - contact us at
empowerme at healthiergeneration.org
<mailto:empowerme at healthiergeneration.org?subject=Go%20Healthy%20Month%2
0Event>  to tell us about the details.

 

 

10 Simple Ways for Youth to Get Involved:

 

JOIN the Movement!

1. Visit empowerme2b.org <http://empowerme2b.org/>  and sign up
<http://www.empowerme2b.org/join-preview>  for news, events and
exclusive empowerME opportunities. 

 

2. Change your Facebook status to "Your Name joined the empowerME
Movement: empowerme2b.org."  Encourage your Facebook friends to do the
same.

 

3. Friend empowerME on MySpace <http://www.myspace.com/empowerme2b>  and
Facebook
<http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=98368455219&ref=search&sid=168022
94.3701080457..1> .

 

4. Send a tweet to invite your friends to "Join the Movement at
empowerme2b.org."

 

INSPIRE with Your Story!

5. Share UR Story <http://www.empowerme2b.org/stories>  (written, photo
or video) and inspire others at empowerme2b.org.

 

6. Take pictures and videos of how you're making your school or
community a healthier place and send them to
empowerme at healthiergeneration.org
<mailto:empowerme at healthiergeneration.org?subject=Go%20Healthy%20Month%2
0Story> 

 

7. Send a letter to the editor
<http://www.empowerme2b.org/downloads?type=Go+Healthy+Month>  of your
local paper-raise your voice and let your community know how passionate
you are about wiping out childhood obesity.

 

ORGANIZE or ATTEND a Go Healthy Month Event!

8. Attend or volunteer at a Go Healthy Month event. Check out the events
calendar <http://www.empowerme2b.org/events> .

 

9. Organize a Youth-Hosted Forum and raise your voice. Download the
Playbook <http://www.empowerme2b.org/raising-youth-voices> .

 

10. Host an empowerME t-shirt day at your school or organization. Visit
the Clinton Foundation Store
<http://www.clintonmuseumstore.com/istar.asp?a=29&Search=AHG&sortby=Alph
a%20>  to purchase t-shirts.

 

 

 

Daniel W. Hatcher, CHES, MPH

Youth Mobilization Manager

Alliance for a Healthier Generation

A partnership between the American Heart Association and the William J.
Clinton Foundation 

1150 Connecticut Ave., NW Suite 300  |  Washington, DC 20036

T   270-320-2209
www.HealthierGeneration.org

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