shac manual - North Carolina Healthy Schools

North Carolina children to consume at least five servings offruits and vegetables daily. For more information, call theHealth Promotion Branch with the NC Department ofHealth and Human Services at 919-715-3829.• NCSU Cooperative Extension ServiceThe North Carolina Cooperative Extension Family &Consumer Sciences, Department of Family and ConsumerSciences (FCS) exists in all 100 counties and on theCherokee Indian Reservation. It includes one or more Familyand Consumer Educators (FCE), who are part of the CountyExtension Center. FCEs interact with county residents toassess nutrition education needs and issues. As NCSU fieldfaculty, they also work with FCS faculty to provide researchbasededucational programming. County and state facultywork with school-age children, parents and educators ina variety of ways including providing leadership on thecommunity component of Team Nutrition, Be Active Kidsand the SyberShop CD-ROM for high school students.Agents work in multi-agency teams to improve nutritioneducation opportunities for children and parents. For moreinformation, call Family and Consumer Sciences withNCSU Cooperative Extension Service at 919-515-9142.• A SyberShopThe digital solution for eating healthy and being active is aCD-ROM developed for high-school students on nutritionand physical activity. The mission of this project is toencourage an increase in physical activity and healthy eatingin high school students using an interactive multimedia CD-ROM with games and activities. This project is in partnershipwith the NC Governor’s Council on Physical Fitness andHealth, NC Cooperative Extension, Pace University, andDepartment of Public Instruction. For more information, visitwww.eatsmartmovemorenc.com or call 919-515-9142.1-21