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All Recreate on Fridays (ARF) Movement
About
The ARF Movement was founded in the fall of 2004 by Nebraska
Health and Human Services and serves exclusively Nebraska residents. The program was
established to fight declining physical activity levels and the rising obesity epidemic of
Nebraska youth.
By joining the ARF Movement you will be one of over 100 schools,
faith based and youth organizations, families, childcare facilities, and before &
after school programs. We commend you for striving to help youth in your community
become healthier, happier, and more physically active.
HOW ARF WORKS:
ARF encourages youth, families, schools, and communities to work together
utilizing any program or type of activity that works best in their individual setting to
accumulate 60 minutes of activity time. Youth may record all activity accumulated
throughout the day. For example, Sally's Friday Schedule: walk to school (10 minutes),
play soccer at recess (20 minutes), "active" time during PE (15 minutes), walk
home from school (10 minutes), shoot hoops with family before dinner (30 minutes) = 85
minutes!
Schools implementing ARF are encouraged to provide 20-30 minutes of
physical activity on Fridays through PE, recess, lunch, and activities incorporated into
curriculum (for example, brain breaks or learning with movement). Activity time
accumulated outside of school may include walking/bicycling to school; organized sports;
play-time; or activities done with family and friends or through youth and recreation
programs/organizations.
The ARF Movement was designed with YOU in mind! ARF is a
one-stop-shop for the latest information on educational tools, research, and programming
for youth physical activity and nutrition.
Want to know how you can get involved?
 Be a Part of ARF in Any Setting
MOVEMENT HIGHLIGHTS:
ARF has joined in a partnership with N-Lighten Kids and Summer Play Every Day called Kids
in Motion that offers FREE and FUN physical activity opportunities all throughout
the year. This means more support, bigger incentives, and more FUN! You are
encouraged to keep the momentum going by participating in all three programs. More
details coming soon!
ARF is streamlined into a four-month Movement,
starting in September and ending in December.
New easy to use physical activity tracking system.
Posters will be used to track physical activity for the entire program. No more cards for
youth to forget or lose.
More materials for parents and youth, including parent and youth newsletters
and a parent/youth contract. Parent materials are also available in
Spanish. Earn extra incentives by participating in the NEW Family Challenge!
Newsletters for coordinators. These include exciting
new physical activity and nutrition events and ideas. Available in both English and
Spanish.
All participating groups will be eligible for awards and
recognition. And when you choose to participate in N-Lighten and Summer
Play Every Day, the chances to win grow!
Activity Champion Poster to hang in a visible location
at your facility. You can put the name and a picture of the student who is a role model
for others to follow.
ARF poster to hang in your school, home, or meeting
place to bring awareness to the program.
Educational posters featuring Sneaks the dog and his
physical activity dog house.
Access to additional materials as they become available
(i.e. bulletin board materials, reports and publications, fact-sheets, etc).
Become an ARF
Coordinator TODAY!
Funding:
The ARF Movement is supported by Federal Preventive Health and
Health Services Block Grant funds from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC) awarded to the Nebraska Department of Health & Human Services, Cardiovascular
Health Program.
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