We Can! in Action eNewsletter - Summer 2006

Summer is here and things are heating up for We Can! families and community sites across the country.

Save the Date for the National
We Can! Rally, October 6-7, 2006, at the NIH in Bethesda, MD. During the first full year of We Can! the program experienced many successes and learned valuable lessons, so it is hosting a national rally this fall to share this information. The program is inviting current and prospective community sites and partners to gather for this exciting information-sharing and networking event. Visit the We Can! Web site for registration and logistics information!

The rally is preceded by another important event, Game On! The Ultimate Wellness Challenge, scheduled for October 5, 2006, on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and Action for Healthy Kids (a We Can! national partner), along with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and U.S. Department of Education and other leading organizations, have teamed to conduct Game On!—an event that engages families, students, and communities to support wellness practices in their school districts.

We Can! wishes you a healthful, fun-filled summer!

In just over one year, We Can! has grown to over 95 community sites in the United States, Canada, and the Philippines.

This summer, many We Can! sites will participate in
Game On! by incorporating this educational and non-competitive challenge into their community events. In fact, several sites piloted the challenge course earlier this year. The Game On! challenge is one way that school districts across the U.S. can begin to implement the required wellness policies that are based on new legislation that marshals the President's HealthierUS initiative.

Readers are encouraged to join these communities and participate in the Game On! events that are taking place across the nation between August 1st and October 1st.
Visit www.ActionForHealthyKids.org or call (800) 416-5136 to learn more about Game On! and register today.

We Can! is pleased to make available additional resources in Spanish that are helping community sites reach Hispanic and Spanish-speaking audiences. Be sure to visit the newest section to the We Can! Web site—
Recursos en Español—where you can access all of the program's resources that are available in Spanish.

Summer is a busy time for We Can! and the program has acquired some new partners to support its efforts. The National Latina Health Network featured We Can! in its newsletter and national health summit materials, and are promoting new We Can! Spanish-language resources; Univision is promoting the We Can! Web site and toll-free number during a televised special on nutrition and physical activity during the month of July; the Florida state team of Action for Healthy Kids is presenting We Can! at the Florida annual PTA meeting, and Nestlé Waters North America Inc. is promoting We Can! on their nationwide tour of a new bottled water and is donating bottled water to many of the program's community sites for summer events.