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Applying for a
2006 PEP Grant?

Attempted to Win
a Grant and Not
Been Successful?

Spin Our Prize
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Applying for a 2006 PEP Grant?

The NEW-LIFESTYLES NL-1000 just may be your ticket to winning a 2006 PEP Grant. After reading the new 2006 PEP Grant performance (Physical Activity Measure) and efficiency measure requirements, it's clearer than ever that the NL-1000 accelerometer with MVPA™ Timer is going to be a big hit with grant application evaluators. Why is that, you might ask? The NL-1000 easily and effectively meets both the performance and efficiency measures: it is engineered to gather MVPA (moderate to vigorous physical activity) data and is available at a low cost per student.




NEW-LIFESTYLES NL-1000
Steps, Distance, MVPA™ timer,
Clock,  7-Day Memory

2006 Steps To A
Healthier You™
Calendar

Win a NEW-
LIFESETYLES
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 Using an accelerometer (and the same internal accelerometer mechanism as the research-validated NL-2000) which can judge the intensity of movement, the NL-1000 keeps track of minutes spent doing moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA). AND, it has the added convenience of 7-day memory. It will tally up for you, the total number of minutes spent in MVPA per week/per student. Using this feature, you will be able to determine in a matter of seconds if your students have reached the 150 minutes of MVPA/week or 225 minutes of MVPA/week standard set by PEP grant administration.

What's more, the NL-1000 is as easy to use as a DIGI-WALKER, making it a better overall choice to determine MVPA. Heart rate monitors may be great for PE class, but they are not something that kids or people in general are going to wear all day. With heart rate monitors, you have to deal with the hassle of a chest strap. Pedometers, on the other hand, are unobtrusive. Students and adults are comfortable and used to wearing pedometers--and they will want to wear them. Unlike so many heart rate monitors, the NL-1000 accelerometers are not something that will be shoved in a school closet and forgotten because they are too hard to learn or take too long to master. We're confident teachers will learn to master the NL-1000 in minutes and will find the NEW-LIFESTYLES accelerometer a pleasure to use.
 
 

Have you attempted to win a grant and not been successful?
And now, feel too tired and bummed out to try again?

Send us your losing (or winning) grant proposal and enter to win a classroom set of 15, 30, or 50 pedometers the EASY way. Simply complete our brief survey online at
www.new-lifestyles.com/2ndchance and mail a copy of your grant proposal to:
NEW-LIFESTYLES, Inc., 5201 NE Maybrook Road, Lee’s Summit, MO 64064-1122.

We’ll choose a first, second, and third place winner quarterly on January 1, April 1, July 1, and October 1.

For all of your efforts, you should at least have a chance to win something!
 
 

Get geared up to spin our prize wheel at AAHPERD Salt Lake and WIN!

Prizes include pedometers, program incentives & rewards, pedometer curriculum materials, including Teaching with Pedometers: A School Activity Guide by fitness and pedometer expert, Teresa Vollenweider, and MORE!

Be sure to visit NEW-LIFESTYLES at booth #910 to learn about the latest in pedometer technology and win free stuff!

Check your AAHPERD Program Session Guide for NEW-LIFESTYLES’ presentation on Choosing the Right Pedometer for Your Needs, Friday,
    April 28th at 10:15am in Convention Center Room #253. From downloadable and piezo-electric accelerometers to spring-levered and hairspring pedometers, we'll teach you everything you need to know about choosing the best pedometers to fit your needs.
 
   

2006 Steps To A Healthier You™ Calendar

This year, our 2006 Steps To A Healthier You™ Calendar features stunning outdoor adventure photography. Spectacular is not an adjective that we use often, but spectacular is exactly the word to describe it. Frankly, we’ve outdone ourselves. We’re 100% certain that you’ll love the photography and that this will be your favorite calendar forever and ever (well, at least until next year’s comes out!).

We know that once you see it, you'll want to proudly display it on your wall. And, the best part
  is that you can transition your old habits into healthy ones while enjoying the photography, because it's a calendar and a program rolled into one!

So what if it's already March! Jump into the program anytime, it's never
too late to transform your lifestyle, plus we’re certain you’ll want to save and share the spectacular photography.
 
 

Win a NEW-LIFESTYLES Grant!

Applications must be in by December 15th for the January 1st competition; March 15th for the April 1st competition; June 15th for the July 1st competition; September 15th for the October 1st competition. Email your application to WinAGrant@new-lifestyles.com.

The simple, 2-3 page (5 pages maximum) application must include the following information:

1. Applicant's name and contact information (address, phone number, email address)
2. School's name, address, phone number and website (if applicable)
3. NEW-LIFESTYLES grant award requested (only one request per application)
4. A detailed description of how the award will be used. Why does your school need the award selected, the objectives you plan to meet, how you plan to implement the awarded program, who specifically will use and benefit from the grant award and how will you determine the outcomes of your project using the NEW-LIFESTYLES grant award?

NEW-LIFESTYLES has established the following performance measures for collecting data to use in assessing the effectiveness of your program: (1) Adult Staff should strive to meet the goal of 200 minutes of MVPA/week if using NL-1000 accelerometers; or at least 10,000 steps a day if using SW-200 DIGI-WALKERS or AT-82 pedometers (2) Students should strive to meet the goal of 300 minutes of MVPA/week if using NL-1000 accelerometers; or at least 10,000 steps a day if using SW-200 DIGI-WALKERS or AT-82 pedometers. EveryStepCounts.com should be the tracking system used to collect and record your program's physical activity data.

After receiving a NEW-LIFESTYLES grant award, an outcome evaluation will be required (2 pages) describing what happened, what you would change, what worked well about your program and what areas need improvement? The program outcome evaluation will be due one month after the program end date.

NEW-LIFESTYLES Grant Award choices:

1. A set of 15 NEW-LIFESTYLES NL-1000 accelerometers with MVPA™ Timer. Plus free registration codes to log-on and use EveryStepCounts.com--NEW-LIFESTYLES online activity and nutrition tracking website.

2. A set of 30 DIGI-WALKER SW-200 pedometers. Plus free registration codes to log-on and use EveryStepCounts.com--NEW-LIFESTYLES online activity and nutrition tracking website.

3. A set of 50 AT-82 pedometers. Plus free registration codes to log-on and use EveryStepCounts.com--NEW-LIFESTYLES online activity and nutrition tracking website. Plus free NEW-LIFESTYLES Health & Fitness Curriculum Fact Sheets.

 
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