Annual Zone Team Workshop

The Annual Zone Team Workshop took place on Tuesday, December 4, 2007 at The Vineyard Church of Columbus.  It turned out to be a huge success and we want to thank everyone in attendence for their contribution.  There were 60 attendees which included Zone Team members, Steering Committee members, and two AFHK team members from West Virginia.  We have to thank all of the day's speakers for introducing new concepts and resources that will be shared throughout the zones.  All of the information from the workshop is included on this page.

Attendees

Annual Zone Team Workshop Attendees

Zone Leaders & Mentors

Steering Committee Organizations

State of OAFHK Update

Speaker: Karen Bakies

The State of OAFHK Presentation addressed the vision for the future of OAFHK, an update on state activities (ie. fundraising, policy, products/services) and information on AFHK at the national level.

Zone Sustainabilty and Collaborative Partnerships

Speakers: J.D. Beiting, Carol Gill

The presentation discussed best practices and new techniques for zones to leverage their strengths, improves collaboration techniques and facilitation skills.  In each binder there were copies from the book, Collaboration: What Makes It Work, 2nd Edition. 

Engaging School Administrators

Speakers: Fred Fastenau, Kathy Lowery

This break-out session discussed how to reach out to school administrators on school wellness.  Fred Fastineau and Kathy Lowery both provided their insight during the session, and Deanna Putman also shared some information from Patty Lamielle, Principal at Dellroy Elementary School.

Ohio Association of Elementary School Administrators

Steering Committee Member

Phone: (614) 794-9190

Buckeye Association of School Administrators

Steering Committee Member

Phone: (614) 846-4080

Dellroy Elementary School

34 Main Street, Dellroy OH 44620

Phone: (330) 735-2850

Engaging Parents for School Wellness

Speakers: Barbara Burns, Marcia Buzzell, Mary Chace

This break-out session focused on introducing successful strategies and tools to engage parents. There were three speakers in this session: Barbara Burns, Marcia Buzzell and Mary Chace.

Speakers:

  • Barbara Burns, Tuscarawas County Health Department, Carroll County

897 East Iron Avenue, Dover, Ohio 44622

Phone: (330) 365-3760

Tuscarawas County Health Department (website link)

Norwich Elementary School, Hilliard Local Schools

4454 Davidson Road, Hilliard, OH 43026

Phone: (614) 527-4160

Local Best Practices

Speakers: Ruth Dudding, Charlie Kozlesky

This break-out session showcased the best practices on the wellness policy implementation, strategic Zone partners and school breakfasts.  Ruth Dudding and Charlie Kozlesky spoke about different programs in the Ohio.

278 W. Union Street, Athens, OH 45701

Athens City/County Health Dept. (website link)

  • Charlie Kozlesky, Senior Vice President of School & Summer Nutrition,Children's Hunger Alliance

370 S. 5th St, Columbus, OH 43215

Phone: (614) 341-7700 ext. 221

Children's Hunger Alliance (website link)

Zone Communication Kit

Speaker: Jan Meyer

This presentation highlighted a collection of effective materials and techniques for zones to use when communicating the work of OAFHK.  Each zone received a CD with the Communication Tools on it.

Brochure Insert Templates

Zone Fact Sheets (1 page)

Zone Fact Sheet Sign Up

 

Resources

This section contains the materials that were located on the resource table at the workshop.  Some of these reports, as well as others, can be found on the Action for Healthy Kids National website.

Reports:

Guides:

Handouts:

Event Flyers:

Evaluations

We received a lot of positive feedback about the workshop on the evaluation forms.  Below are the total tallies that we received from the attendees.

 

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