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May 17, 2012 from 8pm to 11pm

Location: Los Angeles Theatre Center (LATC) – Theatre 3

514 South Spring StreetLos Angeles, CA 90013
Organized By: SEA Los Angeles (Social Enterprise Alliance Los Angeles)

Chapter meeting will include Cornerstone Theater Company’s world premiere production of “Cafe Vida”.  Attend the play & then stay for a  discussion on how organizations can use social enterprise to combat hunger. The Latino Theater Company Presents a Cornerstone Theater Company Production,

Tickets: $10  Please RSVP to admin @sealosangeles.org

May 19 – Food Rev!

11:30 a.m. Santa Monica
Free event
Bring back food education. “Everything we do is about educating, empowering and inspiring people to make better food choices. We want to arm people with the tools to make those choices, because we believe that better food education means a better life. 100% of net funds raised through Food Revolution Day will go to food education projects. Contact me here

May 23 - Fitness Action LetsMove! West LA: a supportive arm of First Lady Michelle Obama's nationwide campaign to fight childhood obesity and raise healthier children.

Call Henry Hall, volunteer coordinator             310-845-5057 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting           

http://letsmovewestla.ning.com

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Ingrid Cheng

Health Advocate

Grant for Schools

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Action for Healthy Kids to Award $1.2 Million to Schools for Wellness Initiatives
Deadline Extended to May 18, 2012. 

Action for Healthy Kids will be awarding $1.2M to schools for the 2012-2013 school year to support your school nutrition goals. Funds can go towards supporting a number of school nutrition programs:

• School breakfast programs (Grab n' Go, Breakfast in the Classroom, 2nd Chance)
• School gardens
• Farm to school programs
• Salad bars
• Taste tests
• Healthy classroom parties
• Summer feeding programs
• Nutrition education
• Improving food quality in school stores, a la carte, athletic events, and fundraisers
• And more

Take advantage of these funds to reach your school's goals.  The application is simple, and the deadline has been extended to May 18, 2012. 

Make your school one of 500+ to receive these funds!  Average grant size is $2,000.  Granted schools will also receive valuable in-kind contributions from Action for Healthy Kids in the form of people, programs, and school nutrition and management expertise to support your efforts to create long-term positive changes in school breakfast, competitive foods, summer meals, and access to healthy food and nutrition education. 

• State Contacts - Action for Healthy Kids has key contacts in many states that can assist you with questions about your grant application.  Please use this list to connect with your State Coordinator.  They will also be in contact with you to make sure you have what you need to complete your application.   
• Grant Application - This is a link to the paper version of the grant application.  All schools are encouraged to complete the paper application with your school wellness team.  Once completed and reviewed, applications must be submitted online using the links provided in the application.  Filling out the paper application will save you time when going to submit online. Go to www.ActionforHealthyKids.org/SchoolGrantsforHealthyKids for more information. 

Sincerely,

Amy Moyer, MPH, RD
Director of Field Operations
Action for Healthy Kids

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Ingrid Cheng

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All of Us

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“It’s Up to All of Us” is a creative new public education campaign that seeks to reduce pedestrian injury and death.

Campaign materials are available free of charge and include a series of 18 media templates. Materials can be used “as is” or customized to address local needs.  The Campaign Guide below explains what the campaign is and how to make it work in your community.

“It’s Up to All of Us” is funded by the California Office of Traffic Safety through a collaborative project with the Pedestrian Safety Program of the California Department of Public Health (CDPH).  The campaign draws on CDPH’s longstanding work in the use of public education campaigns to influence individual and community behavior through norm change -- an approach that is well proven in public health and has contributed to reduced tobacco use, better control of disease transmission, improved cancer screening, and better dietary habits.

“It’s Up to All of Us” is one of several services and supports offered by CDPH’s Pedestrian Safety Program and grows directly out of CDPH’s work with communities across the state.  In 2009, CDPH produced a comprehensive workbook, “Communication for Pedestrian Safety: Risk, Response and Change” (available below) which provides communities with a “how to guide” for applying risk communication and norm change principles and practices to pedestrian safety.  In 2010-2011, CDPH conducted workbook trainings – and used that training – to inform the development of “It’s Up to All of Us.” 

Communities and advocates are urged to use these publicly funded materials and resources to save pedestrian lives.  It’s up to all of us to make a difference. Click here

Check out this provocative new 4-hour series on PBS, "Designing Healthy Communities." Host/Narrator Richard Jackson, MD, MPH, looks at the impact our built environment has on key public health indices – obesity, diabetes, heart disease, asthma, cancer and depression. Dr. Jackson connects bad community design with burgeoning health costs, then analyzes and illustrates what citizens are doing about this urgent crisis by looking upstream for innovative solutions. For more information, go to http://designinghealthycommunities.org

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Let's Move CA

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Contact Celine Sanchez at 323-730-7726 for Let's Move Summit Registration

Keely Hopkins at   323-730-7745 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting            323-730-7745      end_of_the_skype_highlighting begin_of_the_skype_highlighting      for Let's Move CA Program, Partners & Volunteers

Heather Hays at             323-730-7722 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting            323-730-7722      end_of_the_skype_highlighting begin_of_the_skype_highlighting         for Let's Move Fitness Feria

Heidi Jackson at              323-730-7700 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting            323-730-7700      end_of_the_skype_highlighting begin_of_the_skype_highlighting           5017 for Let's Move Faith, Family & Fitness

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Events in May

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5/3-5/4 Pedestrians Count! https://californiawalks.org/Peds_Count_2012.html
5/3-5/6 Awareness Film Fest http://awarenessfestival.healoneworld.com
5/5 Step Out: Walk to Stop Diabetes Training Walk at Griffith Park at 9:00am. RSVP is required and for further directions, email rreviere @diabetes.org or call 323-966-2890 ext. 7540.  
5/6 World Laughter Day! http://www.meetup.com/mypeopleconnection
5/12 Operation Fitness at Culver City Westfield Mall

5/19 Santa Monica Fest at Clover Park https://www.facebook.com/SantaMonicaFestival

5/19 Yoga for Hope at Santa Monica Place

5/23 Let's Move Fitness Action http://letsmovewestla.ning.com

5/28 5k Run/Walk for Warriors to raise funds for veterans service organization, New Directions.

Let's Move Faith and Communities promotes physical activity and nutrition in faith-based and secular non-profit organizations. Learn more about how you can empower members of your organization to improve the health of our nation's children, and gain inspiration from models and success stories from partners across the country. Sign up for Let’s Move Faith and Communities! http://www.wctsservices.usda.gov/LMFCS/

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Big Sunday

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On Sunday, May 6, University Synagogue is proud to again be a Big Sunday Hub location and a central part of the largest community service event in the country.

This year's Big Sunday promises to be even bigger and better than ever. We encourage members of all 

ages to come and participate on this special day. We continue to work with our friends from i-CERV 

the Ismaili community as we bring our faith communities together to meet the needs of the greater community

Please review this helpful Big Sunday Guide to Big Sunday to learn about all of the opportunities 

you have to get involved!

  

At 9am, open doors.

At 9:15am, kick-off and welcome, with a special interfaith prayer from all the communities involved.

There are over 300 ways and places to volunteer throughout Los Angeles and Orange County on Big Sunday. For a complete list, visit the Big Sunday web site!

E-Waste Collection
California Recycles will be on-hand to collect e-waste, including cell phones, batteries, computers, monitors, printers, electronics, and more! Drop off your items before 1pm at the designated area in
our parking lot.

Clothing/Book/DVD Collection and Sorting
Bring your clothing/book/DVD donations in advance or on Big Sunday and help sort, package, and ship these wonderful items to members in the greater community who are truly in need.

Lemonade Stand
Kids of all ages sell lemonade to raise money for charities benefiting children; a great way for
young kids to help other kids! Materials and instruction provided.

Art for Kids
Put together art projects for foster kids. Children's courts have limited space and money to be able
to provide for kids while court is in session. We are going to help them out by putting together
"ready to go" art projects so that kids can create and explore art while they are at the court house.
We need supervision at this station for kids.

Advocate for a Better World
Write your member of Congress and lend your voice to helping solve the great problems in this
world. Come to our advocacy table and learn about issues, sign your name to petitions and write

Bring your donations on Big Sunday or drop them off at the Synagogue in advance. They are
collecting clothes, toiletries, books, and DVDs. Tax receipts are available.

Rabbi Morley T. Feinstein
University Synagogue
11960 Sunset Boulevard
Los Angeles, California 90049-4228
Phone   310-472-1255
Fax      310-476-3237
Email    rabbifeinstein @unisyn.org


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