News & Events

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Recent News Stories

We Can! Events and Challenges Get Baltic, SD Students Moving
Posted November 20, 2012
Realizing there was a need for health programming in Baltic, the high school's Health and Wellness Committee conducted their own background research to inspire We Can! programming.

MARC Academy Cooks Up Healthy Habits
Posted November 20, 2012
MARC Academy and Family Center in South Bronx, New York, a community center serving children ages 5-12 years old, is implementing a creative We Can! program by educating parents on the importance of positive food choices and demanding the very best from their food suppliers.

We Can! Champion: Ted Everett from Washington County
Posted November 20, 2012
As the Executive Director of the Washington County Chamber of Commerce, Ted Everett took the lead in helping his community get healthy using his gregarious personality and passionate enthusiasm for the We Can! program as tools to recruit and involve local partners in the effort.

We Can! Parent Program Training "TOPS" Expectations
Posted November 20, 2012
When We Can! national partner Take Off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS) contacted the We Can! team about providing a Parent Program training for their field staff, the team saw it as a great opportunity to share the program's messages and resources with a whole new grassroots force.

We Can! Takes to the Airwaves to Mark September as National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month
Posted September 26, 2012
To mark September as National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month, We Can!, in collaboration with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Ad Council, launched a multimedia public service announcement campaign focused on helping parents and caregivers help children maintain a healthy weight.

We Can! in the News
Posted September 11, 2012
We Can! partner BAPS Charities of Lansdale—a nonprofit international charity organization committed to sincerely serving the world by caring for individuals, families, and communities—recently hosted its annual Children's Health and Safety Day in Lansdale, Pennsylvania. We Can! was the theme for this year's event, which offered seminars, workshops, and activities for parents and children from local health officials and administrators, all with the focus on how to improve nutrition choices, enhance physical activity, and reduce screen time.

Share Our Strength® Joins We Can! Efforts
Posted July 25, 2012
In June 2012, We Can! welcomed Share Our Strength as an exciting new national partner that will be collaborating with We Can! to help spread the word about the links between nutrition and physical activity to childhood obesity.

Keeping the Best Interest of Children at Heart in Brunswick, Georgia
Posted July 25, 2012
An old adage claims that "slow and steady wins the race," but there's nothing slow about Children in Action Sports Club (C.I.A.)! Since joining We Can! as a City/County site in August 2009, C.I.A, a faith-based sports ministry program, and Brunswick, Georgia, demonstrate the importance of sustainable, consistent, and strong programming for families in the community.

We Can! Fun Is Contagious in Idaho Community
Posted July 25, 2012
From grandparents to kids, entire families in Council, Idaho, are getting active and eating healthy with We Can!, as the Adams County Health Center recently kicked-off its summer program. What started out as a relatively small group of children quickly expanded to a robust group including students, their parents and grandparents.

Coffee Talk Anyone? Lattes and Healthy Lifestyle Tips in Tampa, Florida
Posted July 25, 2012
Coffee is something many of us reach for once that morning alarm clock goes off. In Tampa, Florida, Fit Kids Playground founder and the We Can! Summer Champion Marisa Langford uses coffee to draw in parents for the We Can! Parent Program.

New Partnership Presentation
Posted July 25, 2012
A new, updated version of the Partnership Presentation, Community Partnerships: Helping Children Maintain a Healthy Weight, is now available. View or download the presentation on our website and use it to approach partners to support your local We Can! efforts.

Washington County Launches Its We Can! Program
Posted July 3, 2012
One of We Can! 's newest intensive community sites, Washington County, located in Chipley, Florida, launched its We Can! program on Thursday, June 21 to a packed room of community members and local government officials. Washington County plans to conduct outreach to parents and students at local schools and will hold a large community event this August to coincide with the back to school fair taking place in town. Learn more about Washington County's We Can! program.

 

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