In this June 2009 newsletter:

• Feed youth through Summer Food Programs 
• MO Project winners featured at Childhood Obesity Conference 
• Read CANFIT's newest publications 
• Host a Youth Convening in your community
• Learn about the AFTERSchool Meals Act 

• In today's economic times, more children are at risk of going hungry once school is over. Find out how your program can become a Summer Food site. Make sure the youth in your community have somewhere to go to be fed for free this summer. 
• The winners of the MO Project's media contest received their awards from Assemblyman Tom Torlakson at the Childhood Obesity Conference on June 12. See photos from the conference here. 
• Check out CANFIT's most recent policy briefs: "Promoting Healthier After School Environments"-our featured download; 'Expanding Opportunities for After School Physical Activity" and "After School Physical Activity Brief."
• CANFIT held MO Project Regional Youth Convenings in Merced, Chula Vista and Kettleman City in March 2009. Check out this video on a MO Project convening. Next month we will be sending out an RFP for youth and community organizations interested in hosting a youth convening in their community. Check back with us in July.  

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Sincerely,

The CANFIT Team

CANFIT Online

Featured Download Promoting Healthier After School Environments: Opportunities and Challenges This brief report summarizes the current state of after school programming nationally and in California, reviews baseline data about after school practices in the HEAC program, and presents challenges and opportunities.

AFTERSchool Meals Act  xxxxxxxx

A bi-partisan bill has been introduced in the Senate to expand access to healthy afterschool meals for school children to all states.  Send an e-mail NOW to your legislator if you support giving a full supper meal to children so they don't have to go hungry.