Event Tools

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Kid's Page

Display this flyer in your office to encourage your staff and participants to use Food Hero resources.

Let us know if you would like a different title on this document by emailing food.hero@oregonstate.edu

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Nutrition education reinforcement materials refer to a class of goods given to the Food Hero target audience on some occasions to convey nutrition messages and promote healthy nutrition and physical activity practices.  These items must have a direct relationship to program objectives and the desired nutrition behavior change. Such items are allowable costs only if they are reasonable and necessary and contain/reinforce nutrition messages. 

Holidays we promote especially on our social media platform.

Kids Holiday Art - Pinterest Board

Use our Kids Can images however you need them.  We like to use them on our bulletin boards and event signs and in combination with our featured food images.  

Use our food illustrations however you need them.  We like to use them on our bulletin boards and event signs and in combination with our Kids Can images.  You can find featured food images on the featured food page by food.  Or by year below.  Plus this page also includes the large size fork and spoon to place them on.

Food Hero Mini Posters

Use our mini-posters however you need them! 
We like to use them on Food Hero bulletin boards, social media and event signs.

At Food Hero events we have tabletop and sandwich board signs and creative materials to make each event unique.

Food Hero Community Flyer Templates

Food Hero educators use community flyers to promote their events. The Food Hero Community Flyer project was developed to make sure educators were able to easily include campaign-tested messages and professional design elements in their flyers, plus write text which adheres to the campaign’s theory and research base.  At the same time, the flyer project allows flexibility for community needs. 

Instructions for using our flyers within Oregon SNAP-Ed:

1. Download OSU approved fonts here (we use Stratum2 and Kievit Offc).  If you choose to use an Extension County logo at the bottom you can get that here.  
2. Choose and download a template from the lists below; note Spanish is available.  Also see the examples from other Units around the state below, which you can edit as is or grab some bits of text, images or inspiration from!
3. Enter text.  If you need English and Spanish, send English first. Please do not change colors (we used OSU approved colors). 
4. Add high quality photos/images/logos you have full approval/releases to use, or Campus can get you photos!  Plus you may want to choose a featured food image/s from the bulletin board kit: foodhero.org/bulletin-boards!  Feel free to add an image into the top right of the Wood Header Food Hero Secondary Template. 
5. Send the English draft to Campus (lauren.tobey@oregonstate.edu) with a deadline and we will work through any needed edits with you: 
   • Part of this process is to fill this page with lots of examples from the field.
   • We may get new ideas to make your flyer and the templates even better.  
   • Depending on your timeline, we will run your drafts by our editor and translation team to perfect it.
6. Print and use your flier and we will post it here! If you need professional printing we may be able to help!  The flyers do look better with professional printing.

Find "stamp" images for the Food Hero featured foods within our featured food pages.  

This is a great tool to use in celebrating Food Hero champions.  From our research we know upper-elementary children would especially enjoy rceiving this as part of a school/program assembly.  

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Fun fact: we have more than 4,000 Food Hero Monthly email subscribers from more than 40 countries and all US states.  

Background: The sign-up sheets are to be used for collecting email addresses of participants interested in receiving our Food Hero Monthly by email.  Some participants will find the sign-up sheets more convenient than using our online sign-up: foodhero.org/monthly.  

Instructions:

1. Print color copies of the Food Hero sign up sheets in your County or let the Food Hero Campus team know if you want us to send you copies.  English and Spanish files are available below.
2. Clip the copies onto clipboards, with pens, to use/place on Food Hero event tables.
3. Display the sign-up sheets at family nights, community events, pantries, and more!  
4. When you are able to, check to be sure participants email addresses are complete and readable while they are still at your event table.
5. If you provide an English and Spanish sign-up sheet know that If they sign up on the English sheet, they will receive the email in English, and vice versa.  Put English on one clipboard, Spanish on another.
6. Right after an event scan and send a copy of lists you compile to food.hero@oregonstate.edu.  We will add those email addresses to our database to receive the monthly emails.

FAQ you may get:

• How often will I get an email?  Once per month.
• Can I opt out?  Yes, you can opt out at any time by clicking Unsubscribe at the bottom of an email.
• What is in the email?  A copy of the Food Hero monthly, which features the Featured Food of the month and a link to related recipes.
• Can I later change the language I get the email in?  Yes. In your Food Hero Monthly email, there is an option at the bottom to request to get it in another language. (Languages available: English and Spanish)

Files:

Add our recipe printouts and coloring sheets together to make custom cookbooks!

Guidance for obtaining model (photo) releases is maintained by OSU University Relations and Marketing. You can find model release forms and frequently asked questions on the OSU Extension and Engagement Employee Intranet. 

These are the guidelines Food Hero has designed for all Food Hero funded OSU educators working in Oregon.  This document may be helpful for other states or countries who are doing similar work.