Additional Resource Links on Physical Activity

Pennsylvania

• Pennsylvania State Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (PSAHPERD) — Encourages interest in health, physical education, recreation and dance through conferences, workshops and consulting.
• Boys and Girls Club TRIPLE PLAY — After-school health and wellness program for children ages 6-18.
• SPARK — Supports after-school programs and improves the quantity and quality of physical activity for children and teachers by providing materials and services to schools and organizations throughout Pennsylvania.
• Penn State Hershey Center for Nutrition and Activity Promotion — Communication clearinghouse and state-wide resource for improving nutrition and physical activity.

National

• Let's Move — A nationwide campaign with support from First Lady Michelle Obama to tackle childhood obesity.
• SPARK — Improves the quantity and quality of physical activity for children and teachers everywhere by disseminating materials and services to schools and organizations throughout the world. www.sparkpe.org (see also www.paspark.org, which serves Pennsylvania)
• KidShape — Focuses on family-based pediatric weight management through a culturally sensitive curriculum.
• American Heart Association — Provides resources to schools and parents to get kids active. Programs and partnerships include Alliance for a Healthier Generation (Partnership with William J. Clinton Foundation), Let's Just Play (partnership with Nickelodeon), Jump Rope for Heart and Hoops for Heart.
• P.E.4LIFE — Daily physical education program, located within public schools that provides comprehensive training to schools and communities. One of the training centers is located in Titusville, Pennsylvania.
• America on the Move — Promotes the goal of taking 2,000 more steps per day and consuming 100 less calories per day supported by classroom lesson plans to teach the concept of energy balance.
• American Council on Exercise (ACE) — Promotes active, healthy lifestyles by setting certification and education standards for fitness instructors and through ongoing public education about the importance of exercise.
• Shaping America's Youth — Developed national registry of 2,300 childhood physical activity, nutrition and weight management programs.
• Get Fit! — Traveling 90-minute interactive program that partners with schools and role models to reach young people with positive messages about health and fitness.
• Shape Up America! — 10,000 Steps: fitness program for all ages and activity levels that encourages people to wear pedometers and walk 10,000 steps a day.
• Project Fit America — Improves the fitness testing levels of children and teaches lifelong fitness skills by giving health and fitness programs to schools through school challenges and providing equipment.
• Kaboom! — Creates great playspaces through the participation and leadership of communities.
• Take 10! — Classroom-based physical activity program for students in grades K-5.