The Action for Healthy Kids-NFL After-school Program has been designed for boys and girls, grades 3-6, to instruct on good nutrition and physical activity habits through fun, team-based after-school activities. This program has been produced in partnership with the National Football League (NFL) and with advice and guidance from an expert advisory committee comprised of leaders from national education, after-school, and nutrition organizations. This program will feature:

• Fun, non-competitive, high-participation activities
• Information and materials highlighting the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sport's President's Challenge program, including a personal activity log for tracking time spent being active
• A series of flexible modules that teach about teamwork, nutrition, physical activity, and healthy snacks
• A family involvement component with teacher training materials

AFHK is the only non-profit organization specifically formed to address the problem of overweight, undernourished, and sedentary youth by focusing on changes in schools. This private-public partnership is comprised of 45 national organizations and government agencies; all supporting the efforts of 51 grassroots State Teams (includes the District of Columbia). To learn more, visit http://www.ActionForHealthyKids.org



Founded in 1973 as Bikecentennial, Adventure Cycling Association is America's premier nonprofit organization dedicated to bicycle travel, with over 42,500 members nationwide. Adventure Cycling is America's bicycle travel inspiration and resource, offering many programs for cyclists, including a national network of bicycle touring routes and organized trips.

Since 1973, our mission has been to inspire people of all ages to travel by bicycle for fitness, fun, and self-discovery. Everyone understands fun and fitness, but what about self-discovery? Well, all we can say is, judging by what we hear from cross-country cyclotourists stopping in at Adventure Cycling headquarters, traveling by bike is a truly life-changing experience. A common observation is that crossing our nation by bike is a way to see it at its best.

For more information visit www.adv-cycling.org.



The Afterschool Alliance is a nonprofit organization dedicated to raising awareness of the importance of afterschool programs and advocating for quality, affordable programs for all children. It is supported by a group of public, private and nonprofit organizations that share the Alliance's vision of ensuring that all children have access to afterschool programs by 2010.

The Alliance has a broad vision for afterschool, a defined mission and key underlying goals:

• To be an effective voice for afterschool in efforts to expand quality afterschool programs.
• To serve as an information source on afterschool programs and resources.
• To encourage the development of local, state and national afterschool constituencies and systems.
• To communicate the impact of afterschool programs on children, families and communities.

Creating more afterschool programs, increasing program quality and moving toward long-term sustainability requires building strong public will in support of afterschool. The Alliance was created to conduct this public awareness and advocacy work and to serve as a national voice for afterschool.

For more information visit http://www.afterschoolalliance.org/.



America On the Move Foundation is a national nonprofit dedicated to helping communities across our nation make positive changes to improve the health and quality of life of all their citizens. The Foundation's flagship program, America On the Move (AOM), initiates and maintains meaningful and measurable individual, social, and environmental behavior changes that support healthy eating and active living habits. AOM's science-based programs provide the support and tools that help individuals of all ages manage weight effectively through energy balance - a balance of energy in calories consumed with the amount of energy burned through daily activity. AOM programs are implemented through communities, employer groups, schools and other organizations. PepsiCo's Smart Spot is the National Presenting Sponsor of the America On the Move program and America On the Move Day of Action. For more information, please visit www.americaonthemove.org.



American Red Cross aquatic programs teach age-appropriate information, confidence and a commitment to safety in, on and around the water. GuardStart: Lifeguarding Tomorrow is an activity-based program designed to build a foundation of knowledge, attitudes and skills for future lifeguards or for those who enjoy spending time around the water. This foundation consists of five categories: Prevention, Fitness, Response, Leadership and Professionalism.

The GuardStart program is organized in a series of flexible lessons and introduces participants to—

• The skills needed for entry to the American Red Cross Lifeguarding course.
• Communication and decision-making skills.
• The basic responsibilities of a lifeguard.

As part of the Fitness category, Guardstart leaders strive to improve participants’ swimming technique, strength and endurance. Fitness is also emphasized through lessons that teach concepts of fitness, including how to measure heart rate and establish a workout plan. The President’s Challenge is integrated into lessons so that participants can measure their level of fitness.
For more information about GuardStart, contact your local American Red Cross or visit http://www.redcross.org/.



The ANNIKA Foundation teaches children the importance of living a healthy, active lifestyle through fitness and nutrition, and offers aspiring junior golfers opportunities to pursue their dreams.

In 2009, the ANNIKA Foundation partnered with SPARK, the leading physical education curriculum and program for schools, to implement the SPARK programs in as many schools as possible across the nation. The ANNIKA Foundation will take a leadership role in assisting in the implementation of the SPARK fitness and nutrition program in all 592 middle schools throughout Florida. In addition, the ANNIKA Foundation has recently awarded five SPARK grants to deserving elementary schools in Orange County (Orlando), Florida and intends to continue awarding SPARK grants to as many schools as possible. The Foundation is also involved with the SPARK program implementation in Arkansas and is currently evaluating other state opportunities.

The Foundation recently partnered with Florida Hospital’s Healthy 100 initiative, and will champion its children’s initiative, Healthy 100 Kids, by developing a fitness and nutrition program and by building a state-of-the-art children’s health and wellness facility in Orlando. The ANNIKA Foundation has become a President’s Challenge Advocate to encourage and sponsor as many schools as possible in Florida to participate in the President’s Challenge Physical Activity and Fitness Awards Program so they can be recognized by both the President’s Council and the ANNIKA Foundation for being successful by increasing physical activity in each respective school.

Please visit www.AnnikaFoundation.org to review all of the Foundation’s current initiatives.



The American Youth Circus Organization (AYCO) is a non-profit arts and education organization that strives to promote the participation of youth in circus arts. Since its founding in 1998 by Kevin O’Keefe, AYCO has sought to bring together youth circus educators, directors, and youth to build community, share knowledge and resources, and contribute through our members to the healthy development and fitness of our nation’s youth.

To that end AYCO:

• Produces the international AYCO Festival;


• Fosters communication among circus arts educators and organizations;


• Provides circus arts coaches with training procedures and guidelines for safety standards;


• Provides support for artistic performers wishing to pursue or expand their circus careers;


• Promotes youth circus activities through positive media coverage and a bi-annual newsletter;


• Provides circus related educational materials to schools and educators.

For more information visit www.americanyouthcircus.org.



Be Active New York State a statewide initiative to increase the physical activity of every NYS citizen by promoting active living throughout the lifespan. Their mission is to increase physical activity, and to inspire citizens of New York State to be physically active in their daily lives.

Be Active NYS focuses on increasing physical activity levels for all ages by:

• Building awareness of the health and economic impact of physical activity.
• Improving environmental support for physically active lifestyles.
• Implementing an ongoing plan to acquire the financial and human resources necessary to achieve our performance targets.
• Recruiting key players to the coalition from the private, public and civic sectors in mutual benefit to all.
• Reaching a consensus with stake-holders on a unified message that includes key points related to physical activity for all ages.
• Creating an organizational structure to include paid staff specialists in media, advocacy and collaboration with statewide grass root organizations.
• Implementing a three-pronged media strategy of professional marketing, collaboration of parallel agencies, and champion spokesperson(s).

For more information please visit http://www.nysphysicalactivity.org/.



Established in 1979, the Better Sleep Council (BSC) is the consumer education division of the International Sleep Products Association (ISPA). The BSC is a non-profit organization devoted to educating the public about the importance of sleep to good health and quality of life and about the value of the sleep system and sleep environment in pursuit of a good night’s sleep.

As part of its ongoing dedication to sleep education, the BSC sponsors a consumer education campaign each May in support of national Better Sleep Month. Beginning in May 2008, the BSC will launch its “Sleep and Physical Performance” campaign in collaboration with the President’s Challenge to raise awareness of the important link between sleep and physical fitness and educate consumers about:

• The important role sleep plays in overall physical and mental well-being
• The importance of the mattress in getting a good night’s sleep
• How to Start Every Day With a Good Night’s Sleep™

For more information on sleep and physical performance, please visit www.bettersleep.org.



BLU MOON Foundation is a California based non-profit and is the public benefit component of BLU MOON Group. Its mission is to advance cause marketing opportunities around issues of health, safety and the environment through the creation and management of cause-related educational programs and national campaigns. For its national health and fitness program, BLU MOON Foundation program partners include: Pinnacle Performance, an organization dedicated to enhancing the lives of individuals and organizations through its formative commitment to design and implementation of evidence-based solutions toward performance excellence. BLU MOON Foundation also works with national media outlets, sport and entertainment venues, and celebrities to carry and disseminate positive, pro-active messages about these important causes. As a President's Challenge Advocate, BLU MOON Foundation will incorporate the motivational physical activity and fitness tracking program, the President's Challenge, into its programs to raise awareness of the benefits of a fit, active, and healthy lifestyle.

For more information, please contact us at: info@blumoon.com.



Building on our 100 year history of emphasizing physical strength and mental alertness, the Boy Scouts of America is proud of its association with the President’s Challenge. Serving nearly 4.1 million young people between the ages of 7 and 20 with more than 300 local councils throughout the United States and its territories, the Boy Scouts of America is the nation’s foremost youth program of character development and values-based leadership training.

For more information on the Boy Scouts of America, please visit www.scouting.com.



The mission of the Diabetes & Wellness Foundation is to educate and encourage people with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes to use exercise and diet as a means of maintaining healthy blood sugar levels. Our goal is to keep diabetics healthy while our friends at the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and the American Diabetes Association work diligently towards the one day a cure is found.

http://www.DiabetesandWellness.orghas created a seamless link to the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, The President's Challenge and other portals that will serve as a communications network for people searching for information about diabetes and wellness.

In collaboration with The President's Challenge, a program of The President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and other stakeholders, the Diabetes and Wellness Foundation will provide programs and a place for diabetics to monitor activity, to be recognized for achievements, to exchange advice, to provide encouragement, and to create a sense of community while pursuing endeavors that enrich their lives and wellness.

Our motto: "Live your best life."



F.I.T. Decisions Foundation holds "Girls Only Conferences" in major cities across the U.S. The organization targets teenagers age 12-16, educating and motivating them by way of one-day interactive events. These high energy conferences cover the hot topics affecting adolescents today. Experts speakers present on: Exercise, Nutrition, Eating Disorders, Boundaries with Boys, Stress Busters, Conflict Resolution, Choosing Healthy Friends & Goal Setting. Activities include: Kick-boxing, Sports Condition, and Hip-hop dance routines. Each participant receives a "Girls Only" workbook, breakfast, lunch and snacks. Events are held at schools, churches and community centers. www.fitdecisions.org.



Through Kidnetic.com (www.kidnetic.com), the International Food Information Council (IFIC) Foundation (www.foodinsight.org) is working in partnership with The President's Challenge to promote healthy eating and physical activity for kids and their families. Kidnetic.com is a healthy eating and active living Web site for kids ages 9-12 and their parents.



Who We Are
Just Have A Ball is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that raises the awareness of play as a way to combat childhood obesity in Mississippi. In 2007, the Child and Youth Prevalence of Overweight Survey (CAYPOS) found that 25.3 percent of Mississippi elementary students grades K-5 are obese with another 18.3 percent overweight.

What We Do
In an assembly format, Just Have A Ball promotes to Mississippi elementary students the advantages of play and the dangers of a sedentary lifestyle. Each student takes home a sports ball that does not require other equipment. Balls are also given to the Physical Education program to assist them in meeting the Mississippi Healthy Students Act mandate of 150 minutes per week of activity based instruction. In addition, Just Have A Ball supports the Office of Healthy School’s initiative to promote family and community involvement in the school environment. Since its inception in January 2008, Just Have A Ball has given approximately 5,700 Mississippi elementary students a sports ball.

Our Mission
The mission of Just Have A Ball is to increase the opportunities for Mississippi elementary students to be physically active. Just Have A Ball is a simple, but effective tool for combating childhood obesity. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that young people say they like physical activity because it is fun. Just Have A Ball supports a child’s natural tendency towards play as a method for staying physically fit and active. Exercise sounds hard and daunting, but play is fun and accomplishes the same results! Research confirms that play not only keeps our children happy and healthy, but it also helps to stimulate brain development and attentiveness in children. Play also promotes social interaction that leads to skill development in coping, conflict resolution, creative thinking, communication, and imagination.

Furthermore, volunteer spokespersons – such as current and former professional athletes – reinforce the importance of play and motivate children to participate in this effort. We have all witnessed the excitement and joy of a child when presented with a gift. Just Have A Ball uses this simple foundation to expose children to healthy lifestyles. The gift is reinforced with simple instructions on how to play and endorsed by credible figures.

How We Measure Success
In conjunction with the Office of Healthy Schools, Just Have A Ball provides lesson plans to the Physical Education (or designated teacher) on ways the students can play and contests to engage the students in by using their sports balls.

The program is also measured by working with the school’s wellness coordinator, nurse (or designated employee) and community leaders to survey the students and schools.

Background
Youth Philanthropists Wilson (10 years old) and Hartwell (seven years old) Furr founded Just Have A Ball. Positive leaders with a sense of social responsibility, they identified a need in their community and through Just Have A Ball, they are addressing the need and seeking a solution.

Wilson and Hartwell are Peer to Peer Just Have A Ball Assembly Speakers. The Mississippi Preventing Obesity with Every Resource (POWER) Project recommends in their 2007 Environmental Scan of Childhood Obesity Efforts strategies that youth engage in planning and delivering programs. The report specifically states that youth can best reach their peers.

Youth philanthropy has a proven, substantial impact on participants and communities.

Contact Us
Allison Fisackerly: Parent, Member of International Ballet Competition Board, Former Grassroots Manager for two national trade associations, Former Political Action Committee Director for a national trade association. allisonf1@mac.com

Luis Bruno: Executive Chef to Governor of Mississippi, Author of Don’t Feel Guilty, Eat It! Community Leader and Healthy Living Speaker for organizations such as Marathon Makeover, Blair E. Batson Hospital for Children, The Diabetes Foundation of Mississippi, The American Heart Association, The Junior League of Jackson Kids in the Kitchen and numerous others.

Denise Furr: Community Advocate and Parent, Realtor, Member of Jackson Association of Realtors and Mississippi Association of Realtors, Advisory Board Member of Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum, Former Executive Director of LifeShare Foundation, Past Member of Mississippi Children’s Home Society, Past Junior League of Jackson Promotions Director of Mississippi Children’s Museum, Past Chairman of Pepsi Pops. 601.503.4000



LGRAW is a local non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the sports of running, walking and fitness in the Lake Grapevine, TX area. The club is committed to promoting the President's Challenge program on its website and at local running events. Even though the President's Challenge website was launched in 2003 in the DFW area, the program is still attracting much interest. LGRAW plans to continue these efforts with its monthly updates online, newsletters, postings in chat rooms, and making printed materials available at their events. For more information on the LGRAW or to visit their clubhouse next time you are in the DFW area visit www.runnersandwalkers.com



The Let’s Go Paddling Initiative intends to grow paddlesports participation wherever there’s water. Each year, the marketing campaign will climax in June, National Let’s Go Paddling Month, when Canoe and Kayak Welcome Centers across the country will open their doors to introduce new and lapsed paddlers to the sport. World Kayak’s Let’s Go Paddling Official Welcome Centers will be encouraged to promote and supply materials as available to encourage paddlers to participate in the Presidents Challenge, Active Lifestyle and Champions materials, purchasing awards, and/or allowing time for participants to be physically active and to log their activity.




Make a Splash is a national child-focused water safety initiative created by The USA Swimming Foundation.
Make a Splash works by aligning the nation’s top learn-to-swim resources in an effort to save lives. Make a Splash educates parents through a national awareness campaign, saves lives through grassroots learn-to-swim programs and reaches thousands of children through wide-reaching in-school curricula.

The National Initiative:

• Educates parents through a national awareness campaign.
• Saves lives through grassroots learn-to-swim programs.
• Reaches thousands of children through wide-reaching in-school curricula.

The initiative aims to reduce youth drownings, especially among minorities and create opportunities for children of all economic and ethnic backgrounds to learn to swim by the 3rd grade.

How to get involved:

• Find a place to learn to swim. Then make sure every member of your family is safe around the water.
• Sponsor a Swim Lesson for a child who may not otherwise be able to afford one by visiting www.makeasplash.org.
• Join the Local Partner Program and become a provider for your community.
• Wear the Make a Splash water drop to raise awareness of this important issue.

The National Association for Health and Fitness (NAHF) is a non-profit organization that exists to improve the quality of life for individuals in the United States through the promotion of physical fitness, sports and healthy lifestyles. NAHF accomplishes this work by fostering and supporting Governor's and State Councils and coalitions that promote and encourages regular physical activity.

NAHF is also the national sponsor of National Employee Health and Fitness Day, the largest work site health and fitness event in North America. NAHF encourages you to use the President's Challenge in planning your employee health and fitness activities. For more information about NAHF please visit http://www.physicalfitness.org.



PE Central is the premier web site for health and physical education teachers, parents, and students. Their goal is to provide the latest information about developmentally appropriate physical education programs for children and youth. PE Central also offers the Get Active Stay Active website. This exciting Web site is designed to encourage middle and high school students to increase their physical activity participation. The site features cool graphics and cutting edge tools that allow students to record their physical activity minutes and/or pedometer steps.

Students can:

• create their own exercise log and record their activity time or pedometer steps each day
• view their progress on a daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly time period
• earn the Presidential Active Lifestyle Award from the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports
• earn certificates of improvement for regularly logging physical activity minutes or steps
• see fitness tips and exercise ideas so they can find new ways to be active

For more information visit http://www.pecentral.org.



People to People Sports Ambassadors is excited to announce that we have partnered up with the President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports. Each year People to People travels thousands of student athletes across the world promoting our founder, President Dwight Eisenhower's, vision of peace through understanding. Sports Ambassadors utilize sport and athletics as a way to interact and promote understanding with other young athletes from all across the world. Sports Ambassadors will have a chance to participate in the Presidents Challenge in the months leading up to the overseas journey, reinforcing that health and nutrition is a major area of focus for today's youth.

For more information visit http://www.sportsambassadors.org/.



Together, the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD) and the Cooper Institute for Aerobic Research have signed an agreement with the President's Challenge to enhance the health, physical activity and fitness of all Americans through the Presidential Active Lifestyle Award (PALA) program. All elements within the Cooper Institute's FITNESSGRAM® / ACTIVITYGRAM® and AAHPERD's Physical Best program are designed to assist teachers in accomplishing the primary objective of youth fitness programs, which is to help students establish physical activity as a part of their daily lives. Information on PALA is being incorporated into Physical Best and FITNESSGRAM® / ACTIVITYGRAM® materials and workshops. The philosophies of both programs are supportive of recognition that emphasizes participation in regular physical activity. The PALA program is an excellent philosophical match for these programs.

For more information on Physical Best, please visit: www.aahperd.org/physicalbest. For information on FITNESSGRAM® / ACTIVITYGRAM® from the Cooper Institute, visit http://www.cooperinst.org/ftgmain.asp



The Potomac Rugby Foundation is a non-profit organization with vision and purpose that promotes, develops and preserves rugby football in the Mid-Atlantic Region.

The Foundation will represent all rugby interests and coordinate with, but remain independent from the region’s rugby governing bodies.

The Foundation will accomplish its mission through:

• Development and enhancement of rugby programs and special events
• Promotion and development of public relations for rugby
• Sponsorship and grant making for individual, group and program advancement
• Stewardship of ideas and identification of strategies for "smart facilities" growth
• Creation and strengthening of strategic alliances and partnerships

The Foundation will be expanding to include additional trustee and board members experienced in sports and non-profit administration, fundraising and marketing/public relations to spearhead programming.

For more information please visit www.rugby-foundation.org.



Project ACES, an acronym for All Children Exercise Simultaneously, is a community outreach program proven to be non-competitive, educational, motivational, and fun. Our mission is to educate and promote physical fitness as preventative medicine. Our approach is to reach children early on. Empower and encourage them to make lifelong informed choices about nutrition, physical activity, and stress management habits.

Since 1989, on the first Wednesday in May, millions of children, parents and teachers all over the world participate in a symbolic gesture of fitness and unity that underscores the need for quality Physical Education in our schools. Project ACES Day is "The World's Largest Exercise Class", as part of National Physical Fitness and Sports Month. Project ACES Clubs continue the momentum year long to combat obesity and physical inactivity. To learn more please visit our site www.projectaces.com or contact us via email yfcprojectaces@yahoo.com or via phone 201-433-8993.



The Prostate Cancer Prevention Project (PCPP) is focused on significantly improving rate of early detection of prostate cancer, while the disease is still curable stage. The PCPP accomplishes its mission through the creation of local, grassroots fitness/exercise events (bicycling, running, hiking, tennis) that appeal to men and their families in the 30+ demographic. Past events have included father-son and father-daughter activities, since prostate cancer affects the entire family. The Prostate Cancer Prevention Project is working actively to create and sponsor high school bicycling programs and teams to help in the process of instilling a love of exercise and to reach parents with the message monitoring and early detection message. The PCPP works with local and national organizations and corporations to create both local events and national event series. The PCPP encourages organizations to use the President’s Challenge website to track physical activity and to use it as a basis for incentive award programs. To team with the Prostate Cancer Prevention Project, just write or email Robert Hess, Founder/Prostate Cancer Survivor, at Robert.Hess@ProstateCancerPreventionProject.org,
2905 N. Sepulveda Blvd, A-261, Manhattan Beach California, 90266.



The Roller Skating Association International (RSA) is holding their second annual Skate A Million Miles event to promote a healthy lifestyle. The event will focus on the health benefits of roller skating.

In the spring, skaters across the country were asked to register for the event at their local skating center. 10,000 skaters, skating at least five times throughout the event, is what is needed to help the RSA get to the overall goal of one million miles skated.

Roller skating is also a unique way to achieve health benefits while having fun. The average person can burn 350 calories by skating at a rate of six miles per hour. This number increases to 600 calories if the person averages 10 miles within the hour. This is the basic equivalent of calories burned in jogging. Roller skating is also recommended by the American Heart Association as an aerobic fitness sport.

The dates of Skate A Million Miles coincide with the National President's Challenge so participants can log their time spent roller skating as one of their activities in working to achieve the President's Active Lifestyle Award (PALA.) For more information on the National President's Challenge please visit www.presidentschallenge.org.



Get Fit, Get Right is a Web-based program that targets overweight youth 13-18 on how to adopt and sustain healthier behaviors such as increasing physical activity, drinking more water, and making better nutrition choices. Get Fit, Get Right teens will be encouraged to take on the President’s Challenge to help their state’s participation and then connect with the Get Fit, Get Right Community to chat with peers about their success and challenges.

The program helps overweight teens:

• Reduce their body mass index, or BMI;
• Improve their self-esteem;
• Find creative solutions to overcome barriers to living a healthier lifestyle; and
• Cope with teasing and other challenges.

Targeting youth ages 13-18, Get Fit, Get Right features:

• A faux “reality show” that follows six at-risk teens as they take on the challenge of improving their eating and exercise habits over 90 days while attending the Kids N Fitness class at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, a free community program.
• A motivational site introduction from Randy Jackson of American Idol.
• An online social network for teens to share stories and advice through bulletin boards, chat rooms and blogs.
• “Ask the Expert” columns that provide real world tips and strategies in teen-friendly format.
• A teen version of COACH, an online tool that helps users increase physical activity by tracking their steps.
• Nutrition and physical activity resources such as articles and tips.

The program was developed by Starlight Children’s Foundation. For nearly 15 years, Starlight has made use of teen-friendly media ― such as gaming, interactive websites and online social networking ― to deliver research-proven interventions that educate teens about their medical conditions and better health, and help them cope with the social and emotional challenges that accompany illness.



The Sunchaser Challenge is a unique adventure event about to go coast to coast in the USA with thousands of competitors pushing themselves to help protect some of the world’s rarest animals from extinction. This event is open to all levels of experience, and provides a source of motivation for all competitors who strive to improve their fitness levels and make that first step towards improving their health and well-being for life. Teams and individuals will cycle, run and kayak in spectacular scenery of some of America’s most beautiful national parks and resorts whilst having fun and facing challenges for every level of ability.

Corporate and high school entrants will be given the opportunity to win prizes by participating in a simple fitness test, which they can also use to monitor their progress as they prepare for the Sunchaser Challenge. In addition, by committing to and using the President’s Challenge program, Sunchasers can work towards improving their personal fitness as well as their mood, health and general well-being.

For more information please visit www.sunchaserchallenge.com, and to find how you can get involved contact Caroline Moss at carolinemoss@wildonespromotions.com.



Super leaders is a middle and high school-based youth leadership and drug prevention program for at-risk but talented students. Founded in 1985 by former Redskin Brig Owens, Esq., Super Leaders is based on the traditional values of honesty and respect with a focus on positive peer leadership, group support and self-empowerment.

The Super Leaders program identifies and trains a team of students in selected schools to resist the negative pressures of their homes, schools and neighborhood environments. Super Leaders develops these students to be positive role models and peer leaders in the effort to prevent substance abuse, violence, teen pregnancy, AIDS, academic failure and other problems effecting their peers and younger children.

The major components of Super Leaders Programs are:

• Mentoring
• Training Retreats
• After-School Leadership Programs
• Super Leaders Community Services Corporation
• Principal Fitness (President’s Council on Physical Fitness & Education)

For more information please visit www.super-leaders.com.



UCY is committed to supporting the Department of Health and Human Services' health promotion and disease prevention initiatives and the mission of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports. UCY wishes to instill healthy and fit habits in young people as well as the overall community and assist PCPFS in raising the awareness of the benefits of being physically active and fit by incorporating the President's Challenge program as the motivational complement to the activities of UCY members.The United Council on Yoga (UCY) is a non-profit organization representing Cedars-Sinai Medical Center as an "associated" entity and the Preventive Medicine Research Institute, Integral Yoga Institutes International, and the Yoga Alliance as strategic partners. UCY has an advisory and membership body of accredited medical facilities and dignitaries, yoga institutions and other certified and established agents of the yoga discipline. For more information on the United Council on Yoga and its involvement with the President's Challenge, contact Nirmala Heriza (Nheriza@aol.com).



The United States Handball Association in a non-profit organization and the governing body for handball. Our mission statement reads: To Organize, Promote and Spread the Joy of Handball: The Perfect Game.

Our Player Development Program specifically supports and helps to develop handball programs for youth organizations, elementary, and secondary schools as well as colleges. We provide free teacher training, free lesson plans, free start up equipment and links to local handball instructors.

The USHA hopes to "Put a Handball" in every person's hands that is interested in playing.

For more information go to: www.ushandball.org.



The United States Youth Cricket Association is a non-profit network of volunteer organizations that promote good health and an active lifestyle for children by donating cricket sets and instruction to local elementary and middle schools. The USYCA will be bringing our great sport to over 100,000 American children in the next year. Although there is some standing around, to play cricket you need to be fit and strong, and have good hand?eye coordination and ball-handling skills. Cricket involves sprinting between wickets and running to stop balls, as well as bowling and throwing. Health benefits include:

• Increased endurance and stamina
• Improved balance and coordination
• Improved hand?eye coordination
• Greater overall physical fitness

Here's the way our schools program works:

We deliver and donate equipment to a school; it is theirs for as long as they want it. We will come to the school on an agreed-upon day to instruct any adults that want to learn the game, and then stay to help teach a class or two, resolve any questions that may come up, etc. After that day we will remain available to the school should questions arise, requests for additional information, or assistance, if equipment needs replacing. We also have brochures for the staff and giveaway bookmarks for the children, along with information for their parents, and resources should they wish to acquire their own cricket sets to play with at home.

We teach the game with just the basics, so as to avoid confusing the children with "grown up rules," and to allow the instructors the greatest possible flexibility. We use soft balls, so there's almost no risk of injury. The object is to give the children a fun, easy-to-learn game that they can master quickly and then just enjoy. The game is easily modified for indoor or outdoor play, and can be adapted to any playing surface. Cricket, the world's second-most popular sport, can also be used to promote a greater understanding of international cultures as children learn about cricket-playing nations and their players.

The USYCA offers to set up any school or program with cricket at no cost to the receiving school, and we will also bring cricket to summer programs and camps if so desired.

To learn more, visit: http://usyouthcricket.org



The Washington Health Foundation (WHF) was established in 1992, with the dream of creating an organization that could inspire new ways to promote health in communities across Washington State. During its early years, WHF primarily invested in creating sustainable health care in rural communities through grants, technical assistance and research, and helped save rural health care in many communities across the state.

While WHF initially focused on these needs and challenges of rural health care, it soon took strides into broader questions of health and the needs of urban communities as well. In 1995, WHF provided funds and technical assistance to Spokane for a Healthy Communities project. Later that year, the Foundation assumed responsibility for a series of local health access programs serving 10,000 people in the greater Seattle area. Through these and other expansions, WHF soon became the largest general purpose not-for-profit foundation working for better health within Washington State.

When we all take the small steps we can to make improvements in Healthy Systems and Healthy Living, Washington will become the Healthiest State in the Nation!

For more information visit http://www.whf.org.



We believe that to end childhood obesity we need to start in our very own communities, in the place where children spend most of their day - our public elementary schools. We believe our pro-active approach is moving students in the right direction with results that can be measured in the short term. We believe that by joining forces with all aspects of a community to make physical education standards a priority once again we will be poised to take control of this epidemic our children and grandchildren now face. We believe that with grassroots efforts such as ours in every community that facilities like 1/8-mile tracks & athletic fields at elementary schools will halt and reverse the current trends. And finally, we believe that it is key in our combined efforts to bring about a renewed awareness of the President's Challenge among elementary school-aged children and their families will ultimately result in success nationwide.

By building these facilities and implementing programs such as those of the Council we can and will make a difference in millions of young lives. For more information please visit our website at http://www.werock4kids.org or call 760.730.8011.



Woogi World™ is a kids online educational social network managed by the Family Home Foundation and the Children's Way Foundation. Woogi World™ helps kids achieve balance and healthy living—teaching kids to use the Internet as a resource to build personal and family strength and serve in the community. Woogi World™ educates, motivates, and engages children, but more importantly encourages them to get off the Internet often and get active in the real world.

Woogi World™ harnesses the appeal of the Internet to teach kids K-6 how to be active and successful in life - all within a very safe, engaging, educational and fun environment with the following objectives:

1. Educational resources, both online and offline, to empower K-6 children to embrace the best of the Internet while avoiding the worst.
2. Motivational adventures designed to strengthen the bonds between Family, Friends, and Community.
3. Meaningful leadership experience in real-life community service and fitness activities.

For more information go to www.childrensway.org.





Girls Inc. is a national nonprofit organization that inspires all girls to be strong, smart and bold^sm. With local roots dating to 1864 and national status since 1945, Girls Inc. has responded to the changing needs of girls and their communities through programs and advocacy that empower girls to reach their full potential and understand, value, and assert their rights.

As part of the agreement with the PCPFS Girls Inc. provided an Awards Packet to Girls Inc. affiliate staff and coaches that included an overview and rationale of the partnership, implementation strategies and implementation tips utilizing information provided by The President's Council and the Girls Inc. Research and Program departments. Girls Inc. provided award certificates to affiliates at no cost to them or the girls who won the awards. This insured that family income did not prohibit any girl from participating in the award ceremony and presentation. For more information about Girls Inc. please visit www.girlsinc.org.