Changing in the New Year
As someone with a type A personality, the holidays can stress me out instead of serve as a break. I’ve decided to set two New Year’s resolutions that ...
Achieving Your New Year’s Goal
Before the New Year, everyone usually sets a goal. The goal is normally to get better at something. I have read that only 8% of people can accomplish ...
New Year’s Resolutions and Wishes from the FUTP 60 Youth Council!
“My New Year's Resolution is this: I want to have our most successful Student Ambassador Summit yet, this summer. I want to fully establish our Youth ...
Celebrating the Holidays
To raise awareness in our community for our school's FUTP 60 program, I came up with a few holiday ideas and got my team involved.
Earlier this mon...
Including Everyone and Making a Difference
Last year I was in gym class and there were a few students with disabilities in my class. Unfortunately, some of the other students in my school were ...
Autumn Wrap Up
As autumn comes to a close I want to share my experiences of what my school's Fuel Up to Play 60 team has been up to for the past couple of months. To...
Finding New Leadership Opportunities
When I was in 7th grade, I threw together an essay to help my school win a Fuel Up to Play 60 grant. I was barely a part of my school’s Fuel Up to Pla...
Veteran’s Day
Outgoing, confident, unreserved, humorous, powerful, lively: all words used to describe Fuel Up to Play 60 Program Advisor and U.S. Army veteran, Mrs....
Helping Our Community
I first got involved in my community by joining the service club at my school. We are currently helping the veterans in our local area by planning a s...
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...
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 Chica...
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 tryi...
Healthy Food Drive
I recently went on a mission trip to Gary, WV this summer with my church youth group. It is one of the poorest areas in our state. I learned the child...
What Student Empowerment Means to Me
Student empowerment. To many, that can mean different things. At my High School, student empowerment came into play when our Program Advisor g...
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...