First 5 San Luis Obispo County is looking for a community representative to serve as a Representative at Large

The Commission is responsible for allocating approximately $1.4 million dollars per year to promote and improve programs that support the health and early development of children. For more information and to apply, please visit the Commission website at www.first5slo.org. Deadline to apply is January 11, 2012.

The Commission meets on the fourth Wednesday of the month in January, March, May, June, August, September and October and the first Wednesday of the month in December. Meeting times are 4:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. and locations may vary throughout the county. In general, applicants should plan to spend 3-5 hours on Commission activities and reviewing materials during the months the Commission is scheduled to meet.

Periodically, commissioners may also be required to attend additional meetings, including but not limited to strategic planning, the assessment of community needs and grant proposal review.

The legislation that created the Children and Families Commission requires that members have expertise in areas related to early childhood development. Representatives at Large may be parents; recipients of project services included in the Commission’s strategic plan; or educators specializing in early childhood development or involved with a child care resource and referral agency. They may also be representatives of a local child care coordinating group; a local organization for prevention or early intervention for families at risk; a community -based organization that has a goal of promoting and nurturing early childhood development; a local school district; or a local medical, pediatric, or obstetric agency, association or society.

To download an application click here.

HEALSLO E-Update 7-10

http://www.healslo.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/HEAL-SLO-Meeting-Calendar-2010.pdf

http://www.stride.calpoly.edu/index.html

Part I – Fall/Winter Season
This FREE, two-day training provides tools to support an increase of fresh fruits and vegetables on school campuses through interactive and skill-building activities.
Day ONE – 8:45 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Nutrition education promoting fruit and vegetable consumption
Garden-enhanced nutrition education
Academic connections to nutritious school gardens
Greening school campuses: gardening, composting, and more
Team-building and communication strategies to support your effort

Day TWO – 8:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Connecting schools with local farms
Serving and promoting seasonal fruit and vegetable snacks
Safe culinary skills from garden to classroom

To Register No    Register now, go to or click on: www.lifelab.org/ffv.php

Early registration encouraged, as seating is limited. The first 20 people to register at each location will receive a set of 140 beautiful fresh fruit and vegetable photo cards. Register now!
Registration ends two weeks prior to each training date.

Notes:
1.This training replaces the Fall Shaping Health as Partners in Education (SHAPE) workshop.
2. If you are a Network for a Healthy California contractor, only Day One is 100% Network allowable. Any costs associated with attendance on Day Two must be covered by non-Network funds.

1.    Funding ($8000 per community) is available for obesity prevention
efforts in San Miguel and Oceano to fund pilot projects that demonstrate
the cost effective implementation of school wellness policies at the
school (or district) level related to promoting increased physical
activity or healthier eating. Please see the attached document for
details. We have established a deadline of October 1, 2009 for the first
round of funding.

2.    The San Luis Obispo County Community Foundation (SLOCCF) announces
the release of application guidelines for its Healthy Eating Active Living
San Luis Obispo (HEAL-SLO) Grant Program.  In 2009, $15,000 is available
for small one-year grants, maximum $5,000, for healthy eating active
living projects that address a variety of strategic actions and
environmental influences related to behavior change and reversing the
rising trend in obesity.  Applicants for SLOCCF funds should target
projects and community interventions that address the adopted Community
Action Plan recommendations.  Currently, funds are available through
HEAL-SLO’s California Endowment grant to address school wellness policy
implementation, so these will not be considered by SLOCCF in this round.
Applicants must be an organizational member of the HEAL-SLO Coalition and
have completed the Partner Commitment Form.  Priority will be given to
proposals that address the increase in preschool children ages 3 & 4 who
are overweight or obese.  Deadline for applications is October 1, 2009 for
projects to be conducted beginning in January 2010.  Applications may be
downloaded at www.sloccf.org/grant_apply.php or at www.healslo.com

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Vanessa Adame at
the Public Health Department (vadame@co.slo.ca.us; 788-2718), Janice Fong
Wolf at the SLO County Community Foundation (543-2323; jwolf@sloccf.org)

These programs provide gift certificates for seeds and materials for garden programs that actively engage kids in gardening and the connection between plants and food.

Deadline: October 17 for Health Sprouts and November 2 for Youth Garden grants.To be eligible for these awards your school or organization must plan to garden with at least 15 kids between the ages of 3 and 18. (Mantis Awards are also open to non-youth organizations.)For information, see:
http://www.kidsgardening.com/grants.asp