Officials from the U.S. Departments of Agriculture, Health and Human Services, and Education recently met with GENYOUth’s National Youth Council to talk about their career paths and garner students’ perspectives on nutrition and physical activity in schools. The students also learned about the important and interrelated roles these agencies play in helping ensure students are nourished and active to be their best selves. A special thanks to the U.S. Department of Education's Andrew Palczewski, USDA's Alberto A. González, Jr., MPP and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Malorie Polster, MPH, CHES for speaking with our Council members, and to GENYOUth Chief Wellness Officer Karen E. Kafer, RDN for moderating this insightful discussion.
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GENYOUth is a national non-profit organization which creates healthier school communities. We convene a network of private and public partners to raise funds for youth wellness initiatives that give youth the inspiration to be healthy high-achieving students. GENYOUth's Pillars of Purpose guide our mission to empower America's youth: Give Youth A Voice -- We elevate student voices to lead and solve real world problems. Through GENYOUth Insights, we work to uncover and share knowledge and up-to-date information on America’s youth by generating ideas, publishing reports, and channeling actionable intelligence. Enhance Nutrition and Physical Activity in Schools – We are deeply committed to ensuring all youth have the resources in their schools to lead healthy, productive lives. Two flagship programs, Fuel Up to Play 60 with America’s Dairy Farmers and the NFL, and NFL FLAG-In-Schools, engage tens of thousands of schools and tens of millions of students every year. And with research showing that girls drop out of sports at twice the rate as boys, our Root4Her program will work with schools and other stakeholders in 2022 to level the playing field. GENYOUth’s longstanding commitment to providing school nutrition grants to increase access to healthy school meals has taken on added importance with the pandemic; our End Student Hunger Fund has raised over $12 million in support of over 10,000 schools, and the critical need to feed continues with grant request from thousands of schools being met by fundraising initiatives like 2022 Taste of the NFL. Nurture Youth Leadership and Workforce Readiness -- GENYOUth empowers students to raise their voice, lead with passion and purpose, and imagine the possibilities to make their world, schools and communities a healthier place. Adventure Capital is a social entrepreneurship program that funds student-led solutions by motivating and empowering participants to make changes in school and community health and wellness.
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Check out our CEO Ann Marie Krautheim, MA, RD’s interview with Food Research & Action Center on the importance of cultivating healthy eating behaviors in the future, the critical role school breakfast plays in reducing youth food insecurity, and why when it comes to youth one of GENYOUth’s key mantras is, “If it’s about them, don’t do it without them! #EndStudentHunger
GENYOUth’s newest Youth Insights report, Fostering Wellness in Youth: Cultivating Healthy Eating for the Future, offers a comprehensive overview of how schools and key stakeholders can foster healthy eating among youth and provides insights directly from students. Today’s students have a strong sense of responsibility for their health and wellness. We know because we ask them. GENYOUth Insights elevates youth voice through original, timely research on topics that matter to students and their schools. https://lnkd.in/edQS32F8
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We are moooved to celebrate #CowAppreciationDay 🐮 and salute the valuable milk and dairy products that cows provide to America’s youth. We also give thanks to hard-working dairy farmers who ensure students have access to #fresh, #delicious, and #healthy #dairy foods that fuel growing minds and bodies. Cheers to our legend-dairy bovine friends! 🥛
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For #July4th tomorrow 🎆, our GENYOUth interns are commemorating #IndependenceDay at the US Marine Corps War Memorial near our nation's Capital. Join us in celebrating America’s children and our mission to ensure the next generation is nourished and active for a brighter future. Morgan Bridges Jada Curd Joshua Morris Hayley Dunn
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Are you ready for some FLAG football? GENYOUth’s National Youth Council scores a touchdown with one of the nation’s fastest growing team sports, drilling down on the proper ways to throw and grab an opponent’s flag, and creating a fun and inclusive activity for all kids. Check out our winning Youth Council team for 2024-25! #physicallyactive #fitness #play
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Post it! Tag it! Pin it! Today on #WorldSocialMediaDay, we #celebrate the importance of posting with purpose, sharing with care, and communicating every day the importance of GENYOUth’s work to ensure all children are #WellNourished and #PhysicallyActive. A special thanks to our committed social media supporters for always rallying around our mission. #EndStudentHunger.
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As #NationalDairyMonth concludes, let’s give the mic 🎤 to two of GENYOUth’s most committed dairy champions – Barbara O'Brien, GENYOUth Board Chair & CEO of Dairy Management, Inc.; and Audrey Donahoe, a dairy farmer, GENYOUth Board Member, and Chair of the National Dairy Council to talk about the critical role dairy plays in nourishing children. We are #grateful to America’s Dairy Farmers 🐄, a founding partner of GENYOUth, for their support of GENYOUth’s efforts to help schools provide students healthy and nutritious dairy products 🥛. Together we will #EndStudentHunger!
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This is a bittersweet moment for all of us at GENYOUth, as we say goodbye to our National Youth Council’s graduating seniors. It’s been an incredible experience engaging with these student leaders, whose voices, perspectives, commitment, and hard work have been invaluable in furthering our mission and positively impacting their school communities. As you watch & listen to their thoughts on what Youth Council has meant to them, join us in thanking and wishing our students the best of luck as they move onto their next chapters. We will miss them! #Gratitude #YouthLeadership #YouthVoice #ChangeMakers
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Ask Barbara O'Brien what it takes to succeed in her CEO roles at Dairy Management Inc. and Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy; and as Board Chair of GENYOUth, and she will – not surprisingly – focus on America’s dairy farmers. Her commitment to listening, building trust, and taking action are helping to deliver nutritious dairy foods to nourish students’ bodies and minds. “My passion and admiration for dairy farmers, grounded in their values of hard work and humility, are central to who I am. I am grateful for their tireless efforts every day to nourish America’s children and their support, as co-founder of GENYOUth, to enable greater access to school meals and school milk.” #NationalDairyMonth #EndStudentHunger
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We are delighted to announce the appointments of three distinguished #NewMembers to our Board of Directors: Anna Isaacson, Senior Vice President of Social Responsibility at National Football League (NFL); Chelsey Antony (Thomas), Senior Business Counsel at NFL Players Association; and David M. Bersoff, Ph.D., Head of Research at Edelman Trust Institute. Their invaluable talents, perspectives, and experiences will help strengthen our impact in furthering GENYOUth’s mission and tackling the many health and wellness challenges facing our nation’s children. #Welcome Anna, Chelsey and David! #BoardOfDirectors http://bit.ly/3RF3hp6
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