In March 2010, California Health Physical Education Recreation and Dance (CAHPERD), a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting health and physical activity in schools, celebrated their 80th Anniversary at their annual conference held in Ontario, California. CAHPERD's 80th Round Up and Jubilee was held at the Ontario Convention Center and was considering a resounding success.

Dairy Council of California was one of the many organizations exhibiting their resources for PE and Health teachers. Many exhibit booths were selling innovative resources to get students to increase their physical activity while having fun. With the generous support of California dairy farmers and processors, for 90 years Dairy Council of California has been able to offer free nutrition education materials. These materials feature all food groups in the food pyramid and have a physical activity component.  Teachers continuously came to the Dairy Council of California booth to thanks us for offering free nutrition education materials every year. Most teachers are already using Dairy Council of California materials and we are proud to have such extensive reach across the state of California.

In addition to the exhibiting, the Dairy Council of California presented a one hour break-out session on Saturday March 6th. The presentation featured our new Online Teacher Training Program that is free for California teachers. Twenty teachers attended the session and were certified to teach Exercise Your Options, our middle school program. Teachers are pleased to learn they not only have support from their local Territory Managers but now they have additional online training support. We look forward to attending the CAHPERD conference next year to support the health and wellness of California students. 

Maureen Bligh, MA, RD

Project Manager