Program & Materials Development

Healthy Kids Challenge develops appealing, interactive healthy eating and physical activity programs and materials for industry, publications, web-based learning-resource programs, health educators, and others.

HKC Helps Guide Program and Materials Development

…for organizations, schools, and programs to add or enhance healthy eating and physical activity components!

Let HKC’s experience work for you

• Comprehensive school wellness policy implementation plans
• Kids camps and youth organizations
• Service learning programs
• School and community initiatives
• Partnership development amongst organizations
• Events
• Special project design such as recipe contests
• Worksite wellness programs
• Kids activities
• Parent connections

Save time and other resources when you don’t reinvent the wheel.

HKC will help you

• Assess your needs, existing resources, strengths, & barriers
• Understand your target audience needs
• Design and implement surveys
• Facilitate focus groups
• Develop ideas to directly involve kids in designing and creating change
• Action plan goals, objectives, and timeline
• Identify evaluation measures
• Write grants
• Identify strategies for sustainability

Effective strategies

• A start where you are approach with step-by-step guidelines
• Development of ownership and leadership
• Reaching the greatest number of people
• Sustainable healthy lifestyle change

Examples of HKC programs development:

• • Corporate Initiatives
  • School-Community Initiatives

Examples of HKC material development

• • Wednesday W.O.W.S. E-newsletter
    A weekly E-newsletter going across the country to thousands who work with kids (KidLinks™)
  • CIGNA Fit and Fun Families Toolkit
    Underwritten by CIGNA, a toolkit in web-based, hard copy and CD formats. Designed with quick, simple messages to help healthcare professionals and staff deliver healthy messages to families. It includes family and kid tip sheets, and healthcare references.
  • Dairy Dazzling Calcium Carnival
    Developed as part of a National Dairy Council grant project, this "how to" guide supports educators in creating a simple educational event with a focus on calcium rich foods and physical activity.
  • Friendship Dairy
    Developed as a component of an event, to highlight a “3-a-Day of Dairy” message and the importance of calcium

Contact us NOW to create long lasting healthy eating and physical activity habits in your program, school, or community.