Fuel Up to Play 60 Grants for schools

Fuel Up to Play 60 Grants award funding to schools to start or maintain a healthy nutrition and physical activity program.

Programs should be designed to increase:

    * Student awareness of the importance of healthy eating and increased physical activity

    * Student access to and consumption of nutrient-rich foods, including low-fat and fat-free dairy, fruits, vegetables and whole grains

    * Student opportunities for and participation in physical activity in school

    * Sustainable changes in making schools healthier

Eligibility: Schools must enroll in Fuel Up to Play 60 for the 2012-2013 year and participate in the National School Lunch Program.

Amount of funding: Up to $4,000.   Deadline: November 1, 2013 and June 4, 2013

 

Schools: N-Visioning a Brighter Future

The Westinghouse Electric Company’s  N-Visioning aBrighter Future Grant is awarded to schools that exhibit creativity in energy, science, technology and mathematics education of middle and high school students.

Five grants of $1,000 will be awarded to select applicants. Elementary, middle and high schools are eligible to apply.

Deadline: November 15, 2013

American Honda: STEM, Literacy, Job Training

The American Honda Foundation supports youth education, specifically in the areas of science, technology, engineering, mathematics, the environment, job training and literacy.

Deadlines are four times a year (February, May, August, November) and grants range from $20,000 to $75,000 over a one-year period. 

Proposals are submitted online in a process that begins with applicants taking an Eligibility Quiz to ensure the program meets certain qualifications. There's a pretty robust informational page about these grants, too.

Fuel Up to Play 60 Grants for schools

Fuel Up to Play 60 Grants award funding to schools to start or maintain a healthy nutrition and physical activity program.

Programs should be designed to increase:

    * Student awareness of the importance of healthy eating and increased physical activity

    * Student access to and consumption of nutrient-rich foods, including low-fat and fat-free dairy, fruits, vegetables and whole grains

    * Student opportunities for and participation in physical activity in school

    * Sustainable changes in making schools healthier

Eligibility: Schools must enroll in Fuel Up to Play 60 for the 2012-2013 year and participate in the National School Lunch Program.

Amount of funding: Up to $4,000.   Deadline: November 1, 2013 and June 4, 2013

 

Safety and Health for Older Women Grant

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office on Women's Health Safety and Health for Older Women program will provide funding for activities and events that enhance access to information and health care resources for women over the age of 50. 

Deadline: November 15, 2012; Amount of funding: Award ceiling: $2,500

Community-based partnerships and collaborations are strongly encouraged. Activities that educate health professionals on issues related to older women are also strongly encouraged. 

Proposed activities should focus on one of the three focus areas:

1.         Prevention and Behavioral Health, such as:

o          Chronic disease self-management

o          Cardiovascular disease

o          HIV/AIDS in older women

o          Oral health care in older women

2.         Abuse in Older Adults: Including but not limited to interpersonal and domestic violence prevention, elder rights protection, and trauma

3.         Care Giving: Including the role of older women as a caregiver for spouse or parent, and the role of guardian for grandchildren/children

Eligibility        Applications will be accepted from:

•           Public and private organizations

•           Community- and faith-based organizations

•           Health professionals’ organizations

•           Colleges and universities

•           Community health centers

•           Hospitals

•           Health departments

Free webinar: Developing a Family Resource Center

Webinar: “Developing a Family Resource Center to Promote Healthy Child Development and School Readiness”

Early childhood care and education in the first few years of a child’s life have a long-lasting impact on a child’s development. However, low-income immigrant parents and caregivers with low-English proficiency face many barriers when navigating the health care system and are less likely to access early childhood development and education services. Community based, culturally competent approaches are key to promote healthy child development and school readiness. “Steps to a Right Start (STARS): Developing a Family Resource Center to Promote Healthy Child Development and School Readiness” will show how one AAPCHO member community health center worked to improve early identification of parental developmental concerns and provided child development education for Asian American patients’ parents and caregivers. Daisy Tsao and Shao-Chee Sim will highlight strategies and lessons learned from Charles B. Wang Community Health Center’s (CBWCHC) Steps to a Right Start: Developing a Family Resource Center to Promote Healthy Child Development and School Readiness project.

The webinar will be on Wednesday, November 14, 2012 at 4:00-5:00pm EST.

Register at http://bit.ly/SBKJlq

Free Webinar 11/14: Introduction to Finding Funders

The Foundation Center offers crackerjack free online webinars.

This one is an introduction to Grantseeking Basics and is scheduled for Wednesday, November 14, 2012 1:00PM - 2:00PM.

It is free. 

Learn to find funders for your nonprofit with the Foundation Center's comprehensive funding research tool.
This session provides an introduction to the Foundation Center's comprehensive online database, Foundation Directory Online Professional. Learn how to create customized searches to develop targeted lists of foundations that will match your nonprofit organization's funding needs. We will spend time exploring Power Search, which allows you to search across nine Foundation Center databases – grantmakers, grants, companies, 990s, news, jobs, RFPs, nonprofit literature, and PubHub reports.

Note: The webinar assumes no previous experience with Foundation Directory Online Professional.

If you've never taken a Foundation Center webinar before, here is a page on how they work.

'Livable Communities for All Ages' event- Hartford

The CT Commission on Aging & Connecticut Conference of Municipalities, in partnership with the CT Council for Philanthropy & the CT Chapter of theAmerican Planning Association invites you to an important event: "Livable Communities for All Ages"

Thoughtful leaders are taking a close look at how demographic changes will impact their community ~ and through innovation have begun to prepare.

This is an important opportunity for chief elected officials, town planners, town administrators, providers, the philanthropy community, policymakers and other key stakeholders.

Thursday, November 1, 2012
9:00 am – 10:00 am coffee & networking (Atrium)
10:00 am – 12:30 pm (room 2C)
Legislative Office Building - Hartford, Connecticut

Keynote: Coralette Hannon, National AARP

Featuring best practices from across the state and nation, plus

·         Jim Finley ~ CT Conference of Municipalities

·         Julia Evans Starr ~ CT Commission on Aging

·         Nancy Roberts ~ CT Council for Philanthropy

·         Dawn Lambert ~ Dept. of Social Services

·         Jim Lisher ~ New Canaan

o Presentations to outline the problem and share possible solutions
o An open discussion with experts
o Future information exchanges

To RSVP: email: coa@cga.ct.gov or call: 860.240.5200

By now, you know that the state and nation are growing older at an unprecedented rate. In CT, there are approximately 1 million baby boomers (people born between 1946‐1964) representing a third of our population. The leading edge of these baby boomers is now turning 66 years of age. In illustration of their impact, in CT our 65+ population is set to increase by 64% between 2006 and 2030. Most importantly, however, is the fact that these individuals are overwhelmingly choosing to stay in their own homes and communities as they age. Developing “Livable Communities for All Ages” looks beyond the fields of healthcare and economic security and explores housing, economic development, transportation, community support systems and civic engagement.