We Can! eNewsletter - Winter 2007 Issue

This newsletter provides exciting information and resources to help you more easily start and sustain your programs.

To go with the New Year, the We Can! Web site has added content and improved functionality. The site was made easier to navigate, especially the resources. And, check out the new Flash Animation available from the Home Page. It highlights the tremendous opportunity that We Can! provides to parents and community groups, and provides a way for you to promote to others all the good work that is happening with We Can!. Forward it to friends. It is a great way to spread the word about the We Can! movement and get others involved.

These include new parent and physician tip sheets, an updated parent curriculum and supporting workbook, an easier Community Site sign-up form, and a new online resource called “Turn On We Can!” that provides helpful advice and guidance about how to implement We Can! in various settings.

Read on to find out more about exciting We Can! developments!

Corporate Partners
Corporate America continues to enthusiastically embrace We Can! by sharing it with employees and customers.

Recently, Peabody Energy featured a We Can! article in its company newsletter, which reaches 17,000 households. They also stocked up on resources like magnets, posters, and handbooks to share with employees in nine locations in eight states.

Wal-Mart is promoting We Can! to its employees by highlighting the parents’ handbook and the We Can! Web site on its internal eBenefits portal, which reaches more than 500,000 employees nationwide.

This March, Mutual of Omaha will host a community breakfast with We Can! staff, and will include local youth and community organizations from the Omaha area. In addition, the company will offer the parent curriculum to employees, incorporate We Can! into its “Take Your Child to Work Day,” and feature We Can! on its consumer Web site.

National Partners
The program's organizational partners included the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), which is publishing an article on We Can! in the January issue of Chapter Connection, a newsletter for AAP Chapter leaders. We Can! will also be featured in an upcoming issue of AAP News, which is sent to its 60,000 members.

Action for Healthy Kids (AFHK) is working to connect state leaders with We Can! Intensive Sites. Recently, We Can! coordinated a call between several Intensive Sites and AFHK State Team Leaders to expand collaborative programming.

Nemours Foundation co-branded the parent handbook and is distributing it throughout Delaware.

These groups joined the We Can! family. information to their employees, customers, and members. We Can! plans to add more corporate partners this year.

Learn how you can become a partner.

See a complete list of partners.

We Can!has more than doubled in size since it began in June 2005. The program had over 140 community sites in 34 U.S. states, Canada, and the Philippines.

If you haven’t signed up to be a We Can! community site, the program's Web site explained how to join the We Can! movement. The program is flexible and can be implemented in a variety settings.

If you are already a community site, sites were encouraged to extend their involvement in the movement by championing the We Can! program to new sites. Your endorsement of the program makes such a difference to groups who may not be aware of the benefits of joining We Can!.

We Can! will extend its reach across the country by hosting regional trainings this spring during the second week of May. Like the Rally held in October 2006, these were information sharing and networking summits. Learn valuable lessons for beginning and sustaining We Can! curricula and programs. Web site in the coming months.

See a complete list of We Can! sites.

Promote heart health and healthy living all year with the 2007 Keep the Beat Calendar now available at special 2007 pricing!