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Make Health Happen in Schools

Schools help children grow their minds, but they can also help children grow up healthy. How can you help?

  • Write a restaurant review about the nutritional quality of your school lunch or your child’s school lunch and post it on Yelp, Facebook or Patch.com.
  • Attend a Wellness Council meeting at your local school, and if your school doesn’t have a Wellness Council – ask why not.
  • Advocate common-sense school discipline. Tell your district’s school board that suspending and expelling kids isn’t the answer.
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Make Health Happen with Prevention

Prevention can be a critical step in making health happen where you are. But sometimes it can be difficult to know where to start.

  • Get a check-up. Under the new health care law your annual wellness visit to your doctor is free with your health care plan.
  • Small business owners can take advantage of the small business health care tax credit to help provide health coverage to your employees. Learn more at healthlawguideforbusiness.org.
  • Encourage your state and national representatives to remove subsidies for junk drinks, like sugary-soda, in the CalFresh (food stamp) program.
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Make Health Happen in Neighborhoods

Your neighborhood isn’t just the place where you live, it is also a great place to make becoming healthy a reality.

Become healthier by:

  • Riding your bike to school.
  • Invest in the California FreshWorks Fund (for as little as $20). Companies, community organizations, and individuals can help bring grocery stores to neighborhoods that need then by donating to www.calendow.org/InvestInCAFWF.
  • Ask your local council member and city or county department of transportation for lighting in your neighborhood parks. Find a list of local and state government websites at www.calendow.org/AskYourGov.