Healthier Schools
New York City Gets Moving
We are delighted to report that a recent celebration of the first anniversary of the First Lady’s Let’s Move! Initiative in New York City, was a tremendous success!
A School and Community with Distinction
When First Lady Michelle Obama addressed the School Nutrition Association last year to promote her recently launched Let’s Move! Initiative, she mentioned Anji Baumann by name. Why? Anji was the first Food Service Director in the nation whose school, Gooding Elementary School, had achieved the HealthierUS School Challenge Gold of Distinction Award.
California Celebrates the Let's Move! Anniversary
California's capitol city of Sacramento was the backdrop on February 8th for an exceptional and lively morning celebration on the one-year anniversary of First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let's Move! Initiative.
A Wellness Community Achieves the HealthierUS School Challenge
On a sunny October morning at Columbia School in El Monte, California, Allen Ng, our Regional Administrator at the USDA Food and Nutrition Service presented El Monte City School District with the first HealthierUS School Challenge (HUSSC) Awards in California since the Challenge joined the Let’s Move! initiative one year ago.
Spokane, Washington Joins the Let’s Move! Initiative
Spokane is ready to get moving in the fight against childhood obesity!
Leading by Example
This Wednesday, I had the most exciting day yet in my service at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. I attended and participated in First Lady Michelle Obama’s oneyear anniversary event for Let’s Move!, the campaign to solve the problem of child obesity in the next generation.
Chef Inspired, Kid Approved
I had the distinct pleasure to join the White House Assistant Chef and Senior Policy Advisor for Healthy Food Initiative Sam Kass, to participate in a unique Chefs Move to Schools event at Edgewater High School Auditorium, Orlando, Fla., in celebration of First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! initiative.
Celebrating the Let's Move! Anniversary with Yoga and Cheers
What began as a peaceful Lets Move! one-year anniversary celebration at Namaste School, with daily yoga, soon changed to energetic cheers and jumps, as Benny the Bull, mascot of NBA’s Chicago Bulls, and USDA’s Power Panther, led 2nd-7th graders in chants and exercises, as the School received the HealthierUS School Challenge’s Gold of Distinction award.
Let’s Move! in the Right Direction for Kids
It has been one year since First Lady Michelle Obama kicked off her Let’s Move! initiative with the goal to solve the problem of childhood obesity within a generation. The anniversary calls for a time to reflect on its vast contributions, but to also continue the important momentum.
City of Orlando hosts a Day-Long Let’s Move! Celebration
Last Tuesday the City of Orlando celebrated the anniversary of First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let's Move! Campaign with an incredible day full of events that was an unqualified success from all perspectives.
