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Alliance for a Healthier Generation launches Healthy Schools Builder to help schools establish a healthier school environment for their staff and students. The Alliance for a Healthier Generation is a joint initiative between the American Heart Association and the William J. Clinton Foundation. They have come together to fight one of our nation’s leading health problems - childhood obesity.

The Alliance is working with schools to build healthier environments for students and staff because helping schools is one of the most efficient and effective ways of shaping the life-long health, education and well-being of children and adolescents. Healthy Schools = Healthy Kids! Thatís why the Alliance has created the Healthy Schools Builder - an easy online tool that helps schools take steps to creating a healthier environment for students and staff.

Through answering a series of questions related to policy, systems, healthy eating, physical activity and staff wellness, the Healthy Schools Builder helps schools create customized action plans and provides tools to schools for reaching specific health and wellness program goals. It also identifies whether a school is eligible to apply for the Alliance’s platinum, gold, silver, or bronze awards and provides tools to help them reach the next level of recognition.

Any school can register online free of charge to become part of the Healthy Schools Program and gain access to the Allianceís tools, resources and school awards program.

If you are a school health professional who doesnít work in a school setting and would like preview the Healthy Schools Builder, please do so by following these steps:

1. Go to www.HealthierGeneration.org/HSB
2. Click on New Users
3. Fill in First & Last Name, Email & Password
4. For State - select New York
5. For City - select New York
6. For School - select Hugo
7. The user must activate the account from the email sent to them.
8. Only after they have they activated the account will they be able log-on with their user name and password

The following message will appear - this is normal for guests to get and will pop-up because hundreds of guests will use the Hugo account. Please tell your schools to ignore this message.

Your school is already registered with the HSB. There can be only one official entry per school. If you think that there has been an error or you are not sure who your school's official HSB rep is, please email HSB@HealthierGeneration.org or call 1-888-KID-HLTH

Thank you for registering.

In order to begin using the Healthy School Builder tool, you will receive an email shortly with instructions for activating the account. Once you have activated your account you can begin using the Health School Builder tool.

For more information please call 1-888-KID-HLTH or go directly to www.HealthierGeneration.org to register.