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Healthy Schools Calendar
Dates, tips and resources to support a healthy school community
Prepared by Alberta Health Services, Healthy Children and Youth
June 2015
HEALTH PROMOTION THEME: Celebrating Successes
RESOURCES
Organization
Alberta Health
Services
Healthy U
Ever Active
Schools
ARPA
PHE Canada
Wellness Fund
Healthy Children &
Teens Newsletters
Resource
Celebrate and Share Your Successes - http://www.albertahealthservices.ca/SchoolsTeachers/if-sch-csh-celebrate-and-share-your-success.pdf
Learn about the importance of identifying and celebrating the successes of your project, and suggestions on how you can share what you
learned with others.
Healthy School Communities Awards - http://www.healthyalberta.com/590.htm
The Healthy School Communities Award celebrates individual, school, school district and community champions who work together to achieve
positive health outcomes for children and youth.
Ever Active Schools Success Stories - http://www.everactive.org/success-stories
Posting success stories inspires and empowers other schools to try new activities and events, and become part of Ever Active Schools.
Alberta Recreation & Parks Association - http://arpaonline.ca/events/recreation-parks-month/
June is Recreation and Parks Month (JRPM) is a fun and exciting way to celebrate recreation and parks and promote its many benefits.
Physical & Health Education Canada – Promising Practices - http://www.phecanada.ca/programs/health-promoting-schools/tools-andresources-support-hsc/promising-practices
The easy-to-search Promising Practices database includes student activities, lesson plans, tools, events, school environment changes,
programs, and policies
Alberta Healthy School Community Wellness Fund – Project Success Highlights http://www.wellnessfund.ualberta.ca/en/ProjectActivities.aspx
Details about policies, partnerships and services, teaching learning strategies, and social and physical environments implemented by our
funded projects.
FUNDING OPPORTUNITY & AWARD DEADLINES
Community Injury Control Fund Application
http://injurypreventioncentre.ca/cicf#
Alberta Communities Initiative Program (CIP)
www.ccs.alberta.ca/cip/default.aspx
Alberta Community Facility Enhancement Program
(CFEP) http://culture.alberta.ca/cfep/default.aspx
Girls In Motion Grant
http://inmotionetwork.org/physical_activity/girls_in_
motion/girls_in_motion_grants
Go Girl Events Grant
http://inmotionetwork.org/physical_activity/go_girl/g
o_girl_grants
Large grants June 2
Small grants ongoing)
These grants are awarded to groups and communities providing unique
programming or injury prevention initiatives, or performing research in the field of
injury prevention
Jun 30 (quarterly)
Funds initiatives that enhance and enrich communities throughout Alberta
Jun 30 (quarterly)
Assists with fostering the unique characteristics of Alberta’s many communities.
Aug 1
Girls in Motion is a "girl-friendly" program that provides high-quality recreational,
sport/physical activity programs specifically for girls ages 10-14 in Alberta
Aug 1
Communities are encouraged to apply for a grant to host such an event, up to a
maximum of $2500
June 2015
Sunday
Monday
1
Tuesday
2
June is
Recreation and
Parks Month
Wednesday
3
Thursday
4
Friday
5
Saturday
6
Clean Air Day
Community Injury
Control Fund
Application Deadline
World Environment Day
Commuter Challenge May 31 – June 6
Canadian Environment Week May 31 – June 6
Wheel Week May 31 – June 6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
World Oceans Day
Rivers to Oceans Week June 8-14
14
21
15
16
17
18
19
20
22
23
24
25
26
27
Father’s Day
St. Jean-Baptiste
Day
Summer Solstice
International Day
Against Drug Abuse
and Illicit Trafficking
National Aboriginal
Day
Longest Day of Play!
28
29
30
CIP and CFEP Grant
Deadlines
Coming up for Summer 2015…
st
August 1 – Girls In Motion & Go Girls Grant Deadlines
Canadian
Multiculturalism
Day