Growing Strong with Greens
I was recently cleaning out my family garden for the winter and decided to multi-task by exercising with the vegetables at the same time! Not only are they good for eating, but good for a workout too as they ar...
How Fuel Up to Play 60 Supports Farm to School
I am a Student Ambassador at my middle school in Wisconsin. I live in a dairy state. We have a lot of farms. In the short six mile drive from my house to school, I go by seven farms! There are also some green t...
Fuel Up to Play 60 en español
I have been involved with Fuel Up to Play 60 for three years, and it has given me many wonderful experiences. Fuel Up to Play 60 gave me the opportunity to become a leader on our school's leadership t...
Setting Goals for My Fuel Up to Play 60 Program
At the Fuel Up to Play 60 Summit this year, I learned much more about Fuel Up to Play 60 and everything it stands for; especially that it is led by students themselves! It was amazing to see so many k...
New Ideas this School Year
Hello, my name is Katie, a State Ambassador from Pennsylvania, and I attended the 2015 Fuel Up to Play 60 Student Ambassador Summit in Chicago this year. I can't begin to say how much I learned at the...
Life Lessons with Fuel Up to Play 60
Fuel Up to Play 60 is such a great program, and is so easy and beneficial for everyone...no matter their age. It is very important to me and I am trying to lead the change at the middle school level.
I first...
Picturing the Future with Fuel Up to Play 60
3..2..1... Rrrrrrring! Students run out of school at the end of the day. Some of the kids at my school are headed out to community fields to play sports like soccer, lacrosse, and football. Other kids...
Back to School with Fuel Up to Play 60!
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Even though a lot of people think going back to school is dreadful, you can make it fun by adding topics that will interest everyone. So me and a couple of friends got together and we came up with an ...
Making a Case for Fuel Up to Play 60
It all started back when I was still in 6th grade. Team members Gregory and Patrick had just moved into the Middle school, where they got with Mrs. Eyre to start a Fuel Up to Play 60 program, and when I moved u...
Fueling Greatness at the Student Ambassador Summit!
At the 2015 Student Ambassador Summit, students were given the opportunity to work with a TV director, writer and producer to make their own videos about Fueling Greatness in the Quaker Fuel Greatness...
Volunteering for Summer Feeding
During the school year, students receive healthy and balanced meals from their school cafeteria. When school is over, eating healthy shouldn’t end (just as learning doesn’t), and with summer feeding programs we...
Summer Feeding Programs
I'm sure most of the students who are reading this either participate in a Summer Feeding program, know someone who does, or have heard of one. For those who haven't, here is a quick explanation as to...
2015 Student Ambassador Summit!
This summer I had the opportunity to go the Fuel Up to Play 60 Student Ambassador Summit in Chicago, Illinois. Before the Summit, I thought it would be a great adventure and was looking forward to lea...
Kids State Dinner (Part II)
My visit to the White House for the 2015 Kids State Dinner was AMAZING! The first day in Washington DC we rode the Metro and toured the Smithsonian of American History. Our first stop was the FOOD exh...
Kids State Dinner (Part I)
As I arrived at the Reagan National Airport in Washington DC from Orlando, Florida to attend the Healthy Lunchtime Challenge and Kids State Dinner, I couldn’t help but wonder how much excitement and f...