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WIN $2,000 for a School-Based Running Program
ING Run For Something Better (ING RFSB), in partnership with the National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE), has launched a new awards program to help schools increase moderate to vigorous physical activity in students and help fight childhood obesity nationwide through the creation of school-based running programs.
The new awards program will provide fifty $2,000 grants to schools that desire to establish a school-based running program or expand an existing one. The grant awards are available in all states to public elementary and middle schools for running programs that target fifth- through eighth-grade students.
Through activity plans created by NASPE and based on the National Standards for Physical Education (NASPE, 2004), the awards program will offer children a healthy start and foster their desire to be physically active before obesity ever begins. Step up to the starting line!
Application, program materials and additional information at www.naspeinfo.org/run.
Deadline for applications June 1, 2009.
BE ACTIVE YOUR WAY!
Celebrate National Physical Education and Sport Week
May 1-7, 2009
http://iweb.aahperd.org/naspe/MayWeek/2009/template.cfm?template=main.htm
NASPE has selected Be Active Your Way! as the theme for National Physical Education and Sport Week to help promote the government’s new Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans which were released in the fall 2008. Be Active Your Way is a program of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Each year NASPE develops special integrated activities for teachers and their students to do during National Physical Education and Sport Week, May 1-7. NASPE encourages all K-12 physical education teachers to invite school staff, administrators, parents and community leaders into your school May 1-7 to showcase the quality sport and physical education programs in your school and community. Have your guests participate in the Physical Education Fun for Everyone Contest for a chance to Win a Polar starter technology package!
Register today at http://iweb.aahperd.org/naspe/template.cfm?template=polarcontest.html
The first principal from each state and the District of Columbia to register online will win a FREE Polar E40 heart rate monitor for participants to wear while participating.
Let us know your plans for promoting National Physical Education and Sport week. You are encouraged to use the specially designed May Week logo on your school website, newsletter, bulletin board, letter to parents, invitations to special May events, etc. You can also use the sample press release found on the 2009 National Physical Education and Sport Week website to advocate for your May Week activities and for quality physical education and sport year round!
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