2017 March Board Book

national program – FUTP 60. A total of $80,000 in ‘Hometown Grant’ funds and resources have been awarded to California school districts in 2016. “Supporting healthy kids takes a community. California dairy families are excited to support Gilroy Unified in its continuing commitment to making nutritious foods and physical activity programs available to students so they can live healthy, active lives and perform better in the classroom,” said Jennifer Giambroni, Director of Communications for the CMAB. Developed by FUTP 60 and the National Football League (NFL), the ‘Hometown Grant’ program provides teams and dairy organizations like Real California Milk with the opportunity to identify deserving schools in their area and provide them with funding to help meet their health and wellness goals. Each of the 32 NFL Clubs, Fuel Up to Play 60 and local dairy representatives are providing $10,000 grants in communities throughout the country totaling a $320,000 investment in youth health and wellness. For the 2016 season, the National Foundation on Fitness, Sports & Nutrition is matching the NFL’s donation of $10,000 in resources to celebrate the 60 th anniversary of the President’s Council of Fitness, Sports and Nutrition, the nation’s youth fitness education and assessment program. “Our organization has partnered with GUSD in the past as a part of our youth football program to promote physical activity and are proud to be expanding our partnership with the community even further to incorporate the importance of nutrition,” said Brent Schoeb, Vice President of Corporate Sponsorships for the San Francisco 49ers. “Having the opportunity to partner with the state’s dairy families allows for a larger conversation to take place around the importance of healthy eating and refueling with simple and real foods such as dairy, a food group we know our organization loves.” Created in partnership by the NFL and National Dairy Council , in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Fuel Up to Play 60 is the nation’s largest in-school wellness program creating real transformational change in more than 73,000 schools nationwide. The national in- school nutrition and physical-activity program is activated in California by the state’s more than 1,300 dairy farm families. Since fall 2014, FUTP 60 has helped to award more than $430,000 in grants to schools throughout California in support of their wellness goals. About the San Francisco 49ers The San Francisco 49ers, owned by Denise and John York, currently play in the NFC West division and have won five Super Bowl trophies including Super Bowl XVI, XIX, XXIII, XXIV and XXIX. The franchise also has six conference championships and 19 divisional championships and was the first major league professional sports team to be based in San Francisco 70 years ago. Please visit www.49ers.com and follow the 49ers on Facebook and Twitter @49ers. About the California Milk Advisory Board (CMAB) The California Milk Advisory Board (Real California Milk), an instrumentality of the California Department of Food and Agriculture, is funded by the state’s dairy farm families. With headquarters in Tracy, the CMAB is one of the largest agricultural marketing boards in the

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