2015 National Activities Month: National Community Service/Youth Awareness Week

As part of 2015 National High School Activities Month, this week is designated as National Community Service/Youth Awareness Week. It is a week to give back to a community and show appreciation for their support of interscholastic programs. This week also can be used to promote fund-raising efforts that support interscholastic programs. In addition, this is a perfect opportunity to promote healthy lifestyles and prevention efforts.

What you can do:

• Recognize business partners in program or announcements at contests or events

• Offer a beneficial service to business partners, i.e., clean parking lot, cut grass, etc.

• Offer free admission to event to representatives of program advertisers

• Hold open house in gymnasium; invite alumni, businesses and media to attend

• Learn more about high school activities on this website

• Do radio (school) and TV PSAs (community access) with activities participants

• Offer school souvenirs at auction

• Put announcement on school marquee

• Invite local print and electronic media to do a story on the event

• Videotape and put on YouTube or on the school’s website

• Offer pregame meal with nutritional analysis

• Hold student workshops on health issues; recognize school nurse, trainer and team doctor

• Offer students opportunity to "shadow" health professionals

• Create and display bulletin boards and posters dealing with healthy lifestyle issues

• Ask students to prepare resource directory of community agencies

• Read a "health tip of the hour"

• Hold assembly with guest speakers, such as nutritionists, local county health officials, and local college or university experts