National PTA is offering a Healthy Lifestyles Award of up to $1000 to PTAs promoting healthy lifestyles in their school communities. If you are a local PTA unit in good standing and are looking to promote healthy lifestyles in the home, school, and community, apply for this award and your project may be covered in full or in part by a grant of up to $1000 from National PTA!

The deadline to apply is Friday, September 5, 2008 by 5:00 PM EDT by either e-mail, fax, or mail (no postmarks accepted). Winners will be notified by e-mail by Monday, September 29, 2008.

To apply, download the application form as a PDF document or a Word document and follow the directions to apply.

For more information, see PTA’s Healthy Lifestyles webpage, e-mail HealthyLifestyles@pta.org, or contact Jean Abeles, 17th District Vice President of Health & Community Concerns.

The “Get Healthy” San Mateo County School Wellness Committee, the Bay Area Nutrition Youth Action Group, and 17th District PTA will be holding a Fundraising Fair on Saturday, September 13th to present parents and schools with healthy fundraising ideas. They are currently looking for volunteers to help serve on the committee for this event. If you are interested in helping out, please contact Jean Abeles, 17th District Vice President of Health and Community Concerns.