Local School Wellness Policy Outreach Toolkit

Engage school staff and parents in school wellness using these ready-to-go communication tools. Sharing news about your local school wellness policy is easy with these flyers, presentations, newsletter articles, and social media posts. Your school can personalize them to make them specific to your local school wellness policy activities.

Four Simple Steps

1. Learn about the kit and how to use it.

• Cover letter

2. Download the communication tools.

3. Make them your own.

Each tool includes places for you to enter information specific to your school or school district.

4. Spread the word.

• Post information to social media.
• Include the article in your school newsletter or community newspaper.
• Provide presentations at staff training and parent organization meetings.

You can use the graphics and sample messages below to get started:

The social media posts below invite parents to participate in the local school wellness policy process with specific calls to action: join our wellness committee, attend a wellness policy meeting, and comment on our wellness policy.

Be sure to tag your school or school district in your tweets and customize to your audience!

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1. Better Health=Better Learners. Check out our #schoolwellness policy [insert website]
2. Planning a school or class event? Read our #schoolwellness policy first: [insert website]
3. #Parents have power to help make schools healthier. We need you! Join our wellness committee [insert website] #schoolwellness
4. Help us create healthy choices at school! Wellness policy meeting tonight: [insert website] #schoolwellness
5. Provide comments on our local school wellness policy at: [insert website]
6. Planning a band fundraiser? Check out ideas that are effective AND healthy in #schoolwellness policy: [insert website]

Facebook

Parents, help create a healthier school environment! Join an upcoming wellness committee meeting [insert schedule] at [insert time and location]. If interested, contact: [insert wellness leader contact information]. #schoolwellness