"Every child is an artist: The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up."
-- Pablo Picasso
September is National Childhood Obesity Awareness
Month. This is why we have chosen this
month to announce our national 4th Annual Poster Contest for Growing
Healthy Kids. This year's theme is “My Favorite Family Foods”. Our
goal is to encourage kids to express their visions about healthy foods. Parents, please use this theme to talk with
your children about family food traditions, preparing favorite recipes as a
family, or favorite foods to grow at home.
Guidelines for the 4th Annual Poster
Contest for Growing Healthy Kids are below:
- · The poster contest is open to all children in the U.S. who are 13 years old and younger on October 16, 2014.
- · Artwork must be no larger than 8-1/2” x 11”. All media are accepted. Chalk, charcoal and pastel entries should be sealed with a fixative spray to prevent smearing. Combinations of media (crayons, colored pencils, chalk, pen, torn pieces of paper, pictures from magazines, markers, etc.) are acceptable.
- · Only one entry per child.
- · On back of the poster please include:
o
Parent’s
name, email, phone number, and address
o
Child’s
name, age, and school name
Deadline: Posters must be received or postmarked by October
16, 2014.
Mail posters to: Growing Healthy Kids, 762
S. US Hwy 1, #106, Vero Beach, FL. 32962. Winners will be notified by November
16, 2014.
Each poster is
judged on originality, artistic merit, and expression of the theme. Participants agree to allow Growing Healthy
Kids, Inc. to use their names and posters for educational, promotional, and
publicity purposes. Three posters will
be selected by a panel of educators and artists and will be published on the
Growing Healthy Kids website and in the next Growing Healthy Kids’ book about good food and health. When posters are published, only the child’s first
initial, last name, city and state will be included. No other information will be published or
shared. Certificates of Recognition will
be sent to the three children whose posters are selected, along with a signed
copy of NOURISH AND FLOURISH:
Kid-Tested and Approved Tips and Recipes to Prevent Diabetes. All entries become property of Growing
Healthy Kids, Inc.
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| A mother and daughter at a Growing Healthy Kids program held at Gifford Youth Activity Center in Vero Beach, Florida. |
We have a generation of kids at risk for obesity-related diseases. The board of
directors and volunteers who are part of the Growing Healthy Kids movement feel
strongly about unleashing the power of the youth voice to improve the health –
and lives – of America’s children and their families to reverse, prevent and
halt childhood obesity and obesity-related diseases. We can learn from our children. They can learn from us. Kids are very observant about their world. There are teachable moments all around us.
Studies have shown that having dinner together as a family
is one of the most important ways you can teach your children how to stay at a
healthy weight. Planning meals together,
shopping together, cooking together, taking care of a kitchen herb garden, and enjoying food together as a family…these
tasks are about so much more than food! So enjoy talking about this year’s
theme and start creating some family food traditions of your own. Most of all, have fun!
In gratitude,
Nancy Heinrich
Founder, Growing
Healthy Kids, Inc. 