About the CATCH News Editor

Welcome to CATCH News, my name is Kathy Chichester and I am the "Campaign Manager" for CATCH, My job is to get CATCH and coordinated school health in every school we can reach. I can't do it alone so we have put together a CATCH Team we will be introducing you to over the coming months (that's me down front at a recent CATCH Team meeting). As the editor of CATCH News, I will make sure we bring you the most timely and informative information available concerning childhood obesity and the prevention programs designed to fight this epidemic.

We also invite you to explore our new website. CATCHInfo.org has been created to become the foundation for coordinated school health programs.

Together with CATCH News, these information sources will help keep you informed about a myriad of health issues concerning our children and how best to address those issues. Again, we won't be doing this alone, these new resources will guide you to other organizations, educational and corporate who are also concerned about childhood obesity.

Meet one of our CATCH Team members. This is Eileen Avato, and she knows CATCH. Eileen travels the country promoting coordinated school health and CATCH. What's CATCH? Click on About CATCH on the left side menu and explore the world of CATCH. Or, email Eileen at: eileen.avato@Flaghouse.com and she will gladly take you through the steps of introducing coordinated school health to your school. Eileen, she's STILL the best!

And you can't talk about CATCH and coordinated school health without talking about Peter Cribb, the National CATCH Director. For those of you who don't know Peter well, he's from down under but gave up crocodile hunting for hula hoops and rubber chickens. Peter lives in Austin Texas and travels the country and the world promoting CATCH and coordinated school health.

Meet one of our new CATCH Team members. This is Carol Caldara, and she knows nutrition. If you have a question about the CATCH nutrition components, food guide pyramid, or healthy eating, email Carol at: carol.caldara@flaghouse.com and she will gladly help you out.

One last thing, we expect letters! We want to hear from you about what's going on in your school and community. Click on "Letters to the Editor" on the left hand navigation bar and tell us what you're thinking or see what others are thinking. We also want to hear about what you think about our newsletter and website and how we can make it better. To fight childhood obesity and improve the lifestyles of our children we need dialogue, and new ideas, and news from you about what's going on in our schools and communities. So, join our CATCH Team and let's get moving!

You can reach me at

Editor@CATCHInfo.org

or call me, 1-800-793-7900 Extension 7518

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