Heart Foundation North Otago Branch

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Our vision: Healthy Hearts for all New Zealanders
Our Mission: The Heart Foundation is the charity that leads the fight for heart health for all New Zealanders

Programs run by this Organisation

• Healthy Heart Award

  Education Programmes
  Available free-of-charge, these Heart Foundation programmes aim to encourage teachers, parents and caregivers to provide and promote healthy food and physical activity to children, and teach them the importance of healthy choices.
  
  Healthy Heart Award - The Early Childhood programme is a health promotion programme started in 2002 targeting early childhood centre teachers and the children's family/whanau and caregivers. As part of this programme, early childhood centres work towards the Healthy Heart Award - the first of its kind in Australasia. The Healthy Heart Award takes a novel approach to the prevention of childhood obesity by positively influencing the environment of early childhood centres.
  For further information
  www.heartfoundation.org.nz
  
  

• School Food Programme

  Education Programmes Available free-of-charge, these Heart Foundation programmes aim to encourage teachers, parents and caregivers to provide and promote healthy food and physical activty to children and teach them the importance of healthy choices.
  School Food Programme - By registering with the School Food Programme, in its current form since 1999, schools are given free resources that help identify and address nutritional issues within both the school and its wider community. Some of the changes that result from working with this programme include developing a food and nutrition policy, menu redevelopment for school canteens and lunchrooms, as well as curriculum activities. Positive changes by the school are recognised with either a Heartbeat, Bronze, Silver or Gold award.
  
  for further information
  www.heartfoundation.org.nz
  

• Pick the Tick

  Food industry/Pick the Tick
  The Heart Foundation offers food and nutrition consultancy to the food industry, outlets and caterers as well as the 'Pick the Tick' program to help consumers make healthier food choices. Products carrying the Tick have to meet specific standards regarding saturated fat, salt, sugar and fibre content.
  
  Pick the Tick is New Zealand's most recognised and trusted food approval program. As the Heart Foundation is a charity, Pick the Tick must be self-funding to operate. Funds are generated by charging a licence fee to companies who choose to participate in the program. All funds are put back into the program for research and education, testing Tick products and program administration.
  
  For further information
  www.heartfoundation.org.nz

• Jump Rope For Heart

  Jump Rope For Heart (JRFH) - The JRFH programme is a valuable tool in promoting the importance of regular physical activity to primary and intermediate-aged students. Children learn age-appropriate skipping skills from the curriculum-based educational resource. Since its beginnings in 1985, more than one million New Zealand children have participated in JRFH and the programme has established itself as a leading physical education resource for schools. Funds raised on "Jump Off" days allow the Heart Foundation to provide this resource to schools free of charge and supports research into cardiovascular disease.
  For further information
  www.heartfoundation.org.nz