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Water Promotion Toolkit

Art by Refa 1, aerosol artist, illustrator, activist, educator, born and raised in Oakland.

Welcome!

At OUSD, students have access to drinking water to stay healthy and hydrated at school. These resources can help you promote drinking water in your schools and communities.

Art by Refa 1, aerosol artist, illustrator, activist, educator, born and raised in Oakland. Images created in partnership with Alameda County Public Health Department’s Nutrition Services Program to support the Rethink Your Drink message and promoting drinking water.

Rethink Your Drink!

May is Rethink Your Drink Month, but we can encourage our communities to Rethink Your Drink all year! This is a time to celebrate drinking water and encourage our communities to reduce their sugary drink consumption.

Follow along and join the conversation with these hashtags: #acnswater #CalFreshHealthyLiving #healthylivingforlife #ousdhotm

Rethink Your Drink + Water Promotion, OUSD

Rethink Your Drink x HOTM Handout.pdf

Try It_ Water_Rethink Your Drink .pdf

Translations of these lessons

Re-Think Your Drink encourages creating fun and engaging lessons to help students learn how to choose healthy beverages. Students learn about nutrient-dense and empty-calorie beverages, how to read nutrition labels, and the benefits of drinking water. More lessons available on this page!

Tools to Plan Your Water Bottle & Water Station Management

Getting water bottles for your school? Consider starting here!

2023 August Water Bottle Memo: Middle, High School & Preschool

Memo: Water Bottles for Middle, High, PreK Students to honor Supervisor Wilma Chan

August 2023, from Michelle Oppen OUSD Wellness Coordinator

Teacher & Admin Toolkit: Water Bottle Management

Water Bottle Management Guide

OUSD Water Stations + PBIS

PBIS Water Station Expectations Posters

PBIS Water Stations Expectations Poster Examples

Honoring Wilma Chan

Supervisor Wilma Chan was a champion for the health and well-being of children and families in Alameda County throughout her life, including through her financial support of the project to install water filling stations in all OUSD schools. In spring 2023, bottles were distributed for all OUSD TK-5 elementary students thanks to funds from the Supervisor Wilma Chan Legacy Fund through Vision Alameda County (VAC), the Chan family, and Alameda County Public Health Department Nutrition Services Program. Additional bottles were distributed for middle, high school, and PreK students continue this effort, with thanks to other grant funds provided to OUSD Health & Wellness programs from the City of Oakland Sugar Sweetened Beverage Tax Fund.

Water Videos Playlist

From the OUSD Health & Wellness YouTube Channel

Flavored "Spa" Water Ideas

Adding natural flavors to water can add interest, variety and excitement to drinking water! When getting creative with your flavored water recipes, use fruits, vegetables, & herbs, and avoid sugar or other artificial sweeteners.

Flavored Spa Water Recipe Slide Deck

Spa Water Recipes

See ingredient ideas and examples of what recipes people at OUSD school sites have created.

Flavored Spa Water Idea Photo Show

Spa Water in OUSD

Many sites have been making tasty, healthy spa water and saying no to sugar sweetened beverages.

Water Posters & Photos

Post, share, show the water love!

Water Promotion Posters

- Many of these posters are translated into Spanish. Find posters celebrating the benefits of drinking water, an editable poster directing students towards the school water fountain with room for student art, posters educating about the amount of sugar in some sugary drinks, and more. See the whole folder here.

Oakland Water Photoshoot

- Alameda County Public Health Department’s Nutrition Services Program partnered with East Oakland resident photographer Britt Sense to capture these beautiful images of community residents drinking water for the 8 week Water is Life messaging campaign. Many images were featured on billboards along the E14th St corridor. Images are in this folder and available for respectful use for the community.