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title: "Action for Healthy Kids MS"
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# Action for Healthy Kids MS

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world: indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” - Margaret Mead Youth Action for Healthy Kids MS Founded in 2002 by 16th U.S. Surgeon General David Satcher, M.D., PhD, Action for Healthy Kids’ (AFHK) mission is to engage diverse organizations, leaders and volunteers in actions that foster sound nutrition and good physical activity in children. AFHK believes that schools are an ideal leverage point to transform kids’ health and wellness – as they are the locations where children spend more than 1,200 hours each year. Its initiatives focus on advancements in school policies, systems, environments, programs and practices to improve nutritional quality of food served in school, increase nutrition education, and increase physical activity. By creating healthier schools and healthy student behaviors, kids are primed to learn and ready to achieve success in the classroom and beyond. Integrating health into school improvement plans gives students the opportunity for an academic advantage – what AFHK calls “The Learning Connection” (http://bit.ly/AFHKlearn) 600 W Van Buren #720 600 W Van Buren #720 , Chicago , IL 60607 How To Help Join the crowd. Be the change. Purchase tix We offer access to millions of non-donated tickets to events around the world. When you buy one of these tickets through tix4cause, we donate half our proceeds to the cause of your choice with no extra cost or effort on your part. It's that easy to empower your purchase to do good. Donate your tix Already have tickets to an event you can't attend? Don't waste them! Donate them to a cause member of your choice, receive a tax receipt from the cause, and feel good knowing you made a difference. Share our story We provide people an effortless way to support the causes that move them. Every ticket can truly make a difference. So make tix4cause your first stop before you go out and spread the word! Where you buy your tickets really does matter.