Connecting health champions to create a Dane County where every child from every neighborhood has the opportunity to be healthy.
Check out some of our latest projects and initiatives.
With the support of multiple Healthy Kids partners, we adapted and produced 5-2- 1-0 materials that aim to be culturally and locally relevant to the Dane County population. By promoting four key healthy habits, the campaign encourages families to aim for these behaviors in a fun and engaging way. Health systems and schools can utilize these resources with families and students to promote healthy behaviors.
Interested in planning a school 5-2-1-0 event or use these materials in your health clinic?
We aim to make Dane County schools the healthiest in the state. We know that healthy children make better learners. By partnering with school wellness teams, we’re working to make each building a healthy place for children to learn. Incorporating health and wellness into school policies and practices, improves the learning environment for students and staff alike.
Since 2014, Healthy Kids and the Madison Metropolitan School District have partnered with the Madison Water Utility to promote drinking water in Madison schools. Each year, six schools are selected to receive a water hydration station for students and staff to access fresh water in a convenient way.
The application for the 2024 program is due Friday, November 17th
Healthy Kids Collaborative meetings begin with partners sharing their Bright Spots – exciting or rewarding progress in creating a healthy community for our children and their families. We’d like to highlight some of the great stories from our work.
Bike Friendly Communities Communities that are walk-able and bike-able make it easy for neighbors to get out and be active. The Healthy Kids Collaborative helped six Dane County communities showcase their bike routes, encouragement of biking and policies to promote easy biking. Each city (and the University of Wisconsin –Madison) was name a Bike Friendly Community–all receiving…
Active Schools Core 4+: Bring It To Your School Did you get your 60? Sixty of what? Minutes of activity! Active Schools Core 4+ is designed so students can log these minutes before, during and after school. We know that active students are better learners. Brain activity goes up following movement –children are more focused,…
Got Water? In Madison Schools The “Got Water” encourages Madison elementary school children to drink more water. This project supports our commitment to the “Zero” part of our 5-2- 1-0 campaign – promoting healthy beverage choices instead of soda or other sugary drinks. For two years, we’ve supported the installation of new water bottle refilling stations…
WOW Challenge Schools can participate any week in October 2024. We are excited to announce the 5th annual Walk or Wheel (WOW) Challenge! This Challenge promotes safe walking and biking to school with a $250 prize for the two schools that are the most successful. What is the Walk or Wheel Challenge? The WOW Challenge…
