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Underage Drinking: Is it an issue in your school
and community? |
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Please join Prairie View Prevention Services and
the Department of Highway Safety, to launch a
statewide prevention campaign addressing
underage drinking. The statewide media campaign
will begin in March of 2008 before prom and
graduation. Free materials and media messages
will be consistent across the state but there is
opportunity to localize it for your area. In
preparation for the spring launch we would like
to sign on schools and communities who can be
the contact point for their area.
This effort can be used to enhance current
prevention efforts in your school and community.
For details and how to sign up for the campaign
and materials visit our website:
www.safesouthdakota.com.
If you have questions please feel free to
contact me, Darcy Jensen at Prairie View
Prevention, 605-331-5724 or
darcyj@prairieview.net.
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Study: Exercise Improves Decision-Making, and
Possibly Math Skills |
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Daily exercise for three months can improve the
brain function of overweight children, according
to a new study of 200 overweight, inactive 7- to
11-year-olds that was presented this week at The
Obesity Society's annual scientific meeting. "We
hope these findings will help persuade
policymakers, schools and communities that time
spent being physically active enhances, rather
than detracts from learning," said the study's
lead investigator, Dr. Catherine Davis.
Forbes/HealthDay News
(10/26)
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RELATED STORIES:
Minnesota students
have a ball giving up their chairs:
Students at a Minnesota parochial school are
giving up their desk chairs in exchange for
large rubber exercise balls. School
administrators say the new seating
arrangement, which is said to help students
concentrate, burn energy and improve
fitness, has proven so successful with the
students using it; they're prepared to
introduce it to every classroom in the
school.
Star Tribune
(Minneapolis-St. Paul)
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Safe Routes to School: 2007 State of the States
Report |
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The 2007 State of the States Report on Safe
Routes to School. (SRTS) provides an update on
the implementation of the federal SRTS program
in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
The report includes a description of the health,
safety and community concerns that the SRTS
program helps address, an outline of the
enabling legislation, an overview of the
progress made in all the states, early success
stories, observations and
available resources.
Available at:
http://www.saferoutespartnership.org/media/file/rpt_SRTSstates2007.pdf.
From the Safe Routes to School Partnership: A
network of more than 300 organizations and
professional groups working to set goals, share
best practices, secure funding and inform
agencies that implement Safe Routes to School
programs.
For more information, see:
www.saferoutespartnership.org. |
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Smokefree South Dakota Day at the Capitol |
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The
Day at the Capitol is a significant advocacy
event for smokefree efforts in South Dakota.
Smokefree advocates from across South Dakota
will converge on Pierre during the legislative
session to show support for a smokefree South
Dakota. For more
information go to the South Dakota Tobacco Free
Kids website:
http://www.sdtobaccofree.org/. |
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