UV HEAL distributes 5210 monthly flyers promoting healthy eating to over 12 school districts in New Hampshire. It partnered with four Salt Hill Pub locations to introduce a kids menu limiting calories and unhealthy ingredients while increasing healthy options based on a program from Cheshire County HEAL. UV HEAL also partnered with Canaan Elementary School, Naturally Rooted, and the Wellborn Ecology Fund to provide funding and assistance for developing the school yard, and presented a model for increasing school water access at an education conference. Additionally, it partnered with Lebanon Farmers' Market to support an EBT dollar matching program for SNAP recipients and provide recipes from a book based on the $4/day SNAP guidelines.

1. Upper Valley HEAL
UV HEAL’s 5210
monthly back pack
flyers are distributed to
over 12 school districts
throughout New
Hampshire
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2. Upper Valley HEAL
UV HEAL partnered with Salt
hill pub’s four locations in the
Upper Valley to introduce
Easy Choices kids* – a
nutrition cueing strategy that
limits calories, unhealthy fats
and sodium, while increasing
intake of fruits, vegetables,
whole grains and beans.
*Easy Choices kids is based on the Turn A- New Leaf
Program that began in the Keene area. UV Heal would
like to thank Cheshire County HEAL for the
development and use of this program.
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3. Upper Valley HEAL
UV HEAL partnered with
Canaan Elementary School
(CES), Naturally Rooted,
LLC., and the Wellborn
Ecology Fund to provide
funding and technical
assistance for CES’s future
school yard.
On the right: student
renderings of desired
school yard elements.
Below: phase 1 of school
yard project.
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4. Upper Valley HEAL
Kristen Coats from UV HEAL
presented with HEAL NH’s Terry
Johnson at the 2015 Connection
between Wellness and Learning
Conference sponsored by the
NH Department of Education’s
Bureau of Nutrition.
Kristen presented a brief model
that UV HEAL created for
increasing water access and
consumption in schools.
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5. Upper Valley HEAL
UV HEAL partnered with
Lebanon Farmers’ Market
to support their EBT dollar
matching program – up to
a $10 match per market
visit. Each first-time user
receives a free copy of the
recipe book GOOD and
CHEAP, which is based on
the $4/day SNAP
program.
Veggie Bucks
matching
program
EBT withdrawal Affordable
recipes
Upper Valley HEAL