Fuel Up To Play 60 Smoothie Day
I started this Fuel Up to Play 60 club 2 years ago in my middle school with only 2 people, which we have grown to 12 active members. One of our favorite activities in our club is Smoothie Day. It happens once ...
Annual Dairy Meeting in Arizona
Reporting from the Fuel Up to Play 60 field in Arizona! When I think of FUTP 60 I think of leadership opportunities, eating healthy and being active. I just had the best opportunity to showcase FUTP 60 at the ...
Making a Difference
About two years ago I was watching a basketball game at a local high school when I noticed something that really inspired me. Almost every student was drinking chocolate milk. They were actually choosing a hea...
Highlighting Fuel Up to Play 60 at the “Building a Culture of Health in NJ” conference
I was invited by the NJ Chapter of the American Academy of
Pediatrics to co-present a workshop at the “Building a Culture of Health in New
Jersey: Thriving Communities Transform Lives” conference that was held...
Thank You, Dairy Farmers!
Did you know U.S. dairy farms produce roughly 21 billion gallons of milk annually? Or did you know dairy farmers begin their day before almost all of us, at 4 o’clock in the morning? How about this one: Did you...
Smoothie Day at Our Local Elementary School
Last month, our Fuel Up to Play 60 team and I went over to the local elementary school and had a smoothie taste day. The elementary school hosts children who range from ages 5 to 7 in grades Kindergarten throug...
UDIM Annual Meeting
In March, my Program Advisor and I were invited to the UDIM (United Dairy Industry of Michigan) Annual Meeting! At the meeting, we met a lot of people that help with FUTP 60 in Michigan! There were people that ...
Harvest of the Month
For the fourth year in a row, I coordinated Fuel up to Play 60 Ambassadors from my middle and high schools to ring the Salvation Army bell at our local grocery store. While doing so, they also spread the word t...
Visiting a Dairy Farm
Recently, my school Program Advisor, Ms. Riley, arranged for the FUTP 60 team and myself to visit a local dairy farm in our area. While at the dairy farm, we were able to learn where our milk comes from and how...
Operation Eat Smart
When I attended the Student Ambassador Summit last summer, I received a grant from AdCap to create a project to help improve healthy eating. I named it Operation Eat Smart, and it is basically a booklet with he...
Meeting with Our School’s Nutrition Council
I had the opportunity to meet our Nutrition Council on September 25th. We discussed different parts of our menus and how we would like to add healthier options for the kids. One example of a food that was added...
My First Summit Experience
The Fuel Up to Play 60 Student Ambassador Summit was a bit nerve-wracking for me at the start because it was my first time at the Summit. After a while it got really fun! Having a roommate was making me a littl...
Sharing Our Vegetables
This summer, between my sister and me, we were able to show 22 vegetables in our local County Fair. We grow these veggies in our garden and enjoy educating the community about them. We use the County Fair as a ...
Waring Pizza Cook-Off
From July 21 - 27, I attended my 4th Student Ambassador Summit, but only my first as a Youth Council member. Team 6 (my team) was blessed with some special qualities such as intelligence, respect, (and most imp...
Nourish to Flourish School Meals Summit
When I first found out that I was going to the Nourish to Flourish Summit, I was ecstatic. I’ve heard of the plans that the Urban School Food Alliance and the National Dairy Council had for making a summit for ...