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News, Tips and Ideas 

• Feeding Kids when Afterschool Programs turn into Summer Programs
  When school lets out, millions of children lose access to the school breakfasts, lunches and afterschool snacks they receive during the regular school year. The summer nutrition program is key to filling this gap.
• White House Releases Obesity Prevention Report- Afterschool Programs Play Major Role
• Out-Of-School Time Summer Tips   
  Summer is quickly approaching and if your afterschool program is transitioning into summer camp here are a few tips to keep your kids safe, healthy and having fun.
• Get Your G.A.M.E. On! Karate Kid Fitness Program
  Sony Pictures' "Get Your G.A.M.E. (Get Active, Move and Exercise) On" is a fun-filled, standards-based fitness program designed to encourage kids to be active 60 minutes a day.
• Summer-Long, Move It Movement Tour
  Cartoon Network is partnering with NASPE's Let's Move in School platform to launch the Move It Movement Tour, an all-new summer-long initiative created to empower youth 6-14 to get more active in order to experience healthier lifestyles.
• Design the 2010 Lights On Afterschool Poster
  Calling all afterschool artists: The Afterschool Alliance seeks artwork for their 2010 Lights On Afterschool poster!
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Webinars

• Taking Action – Before and Afterschool
  This recorded Webinar provides an overview of Before and Afterschool, helps you identify action steps based on best-practices, provides tips for implementation and/or proven ways to spend (or request) grant funding based on best-practices, and identifies resources to help you along the way.
• Expand your professional development, no matter where you are, with the NEW, FREE, 30-minute, California Healthy Kids Resource Center CHKRC online trainings! Learn how to help youths make healthy choices and become advocates for health in their schools, afterschool programs and communities with Engage Youths to Live Healthy Lives and Build Healthy Communities.
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Special Member Deal

• Skillastics® is a series of standards-based, fitness games that allow 1 to 100 children of varying ages and fitness levels to participate and enjoy being active at one time. Check out the new addition to the Skillastics games, Tennis Skillastics! 
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Funding Opportunities

• 2010 Subaru Healthy Sprouts Awards
  Amount: $500
  Deadline: October 1, 2010
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Success Story

Afterschool Program Empowered to Focus on Health
Dare County School District - Dare County, North Carolina

The afterschool program at this beachside school district has recently benefited from a wave of new resources, including the Alliance for a Healthier Generation’s empowerME curriculum.

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