This section of the Toolkit helps you improve your vending contracts; offer healthy choices across all food services; educate internal and external programs, special event organizers and fundraising organizers to comply with Nutritional Guidelines; encourage healthy choices among recreation staff; reach out to vulnerable populations; and provide a healthy eating space. Use the links in the box to the right to download this section.
Content in this section covers:
- STEP 1: Offering Healthy Choices in Vending
How to determine whether your current contracts meet nutritional guidelines, and make new contracts that do comply with your nutritional guidelines. Also, how to make a profitable switch to healthy vending.
- STEP 2: Offering Healthy Choices in Food Services
How to make the switch to healthy choices in all types of food services: including concessions, kiosks, snack bars and cafeterias. How to create a healthy choices menu and a “pocket market.
- STEP 3: Offering Healthy Choices in Internal Recreation Programs
How to educate and motivate internal program providers, leaders and participants to comply with your Healthy Choices initiative, and help find partnership opportunities.
- STEP 4: Offering Healthy Choices in External Recreation Programs
How to educate and motivate external program providers, leaders, participants and volunteers to comply with Healthy Choices.
- STEP 5: Offering Healthy Choices at Events
How to educate and motivate organizers of special events to comply with Healthy Choices.
- STEP 6: Healthy Fundraising
How to encourage Healthy Choices at fundraising activities or events.
- STEP 7: Offering Healthy Choices to Recreation Staff
How to raise awareness about Healthy Choices among staff, so they can act as role models.
- STEP 8: Providing Access to Healthy Foods by Vulnerable Populations
How to identify vulnerable groups within your community, and organize sustainable ways to provide healthy foods to at-risk groups.
- STEP 9: Provide a Comfortable Eating Space
How to make sure your space encourages good communication and healthy eating among individuals and families.
