• San Antonio, TX: National Association of Secondary School Principals 92nd Annual Convention and Exposition. For more information please visit http://www.nasspconvention.org/

• Fort Worth, TX: American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance 123rd National Convention and Exposition. For more information please visit http://member.aahperd.org/convention

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration - Family to Family Health Care Information and Education Centers for Families of Children with Special Health Care Needs (Deadline: 12/18/07)
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration is accepting applications for its Family to Family Health Care Information and Education Centers for Families of Children with Special Health Care Needs grant program. The purpose of the program is to fund state-wide, family-run centers that provide information, education, technical assistance, and peer support to families of children and youth with special health care needs.

Do Something -- BR!CK Awards (Deadline: 12/31/07)
Do Something is accepting applications for its BR!CK Awards program. The purpose of the program is to have a awards competition similar to the Oscars for films, the Olympics for sports, and the Grammys for music, but instead for positive youth world-changers: youth who are making a positive impact on the world through their community efforts.

Children in Balance -- The Balance Project: Bringing Healthy Eating and Active Living to Children’s Environments (Deadline: 11/15/07)
Children in Balance, a project of the New Balance Foundation, is accepting applications for its Balance Project: Bringing Healthy Eating and Active Living to Children’s Environments grant program. The purpose of the program is to determine whether a program to improve the health of 1st-3rd graders and their families that was previously successful in Somerville, Massachusetts is able to help other under-served, urban communities nationwide.

U.S. Handball Association -- Development Grants (Deadline: 11/23/07)
The U.S. Handball Association is accepting applications for its Development Grants to increase youth participation in Handball through school instruction, after-school programs, or community or Club/Y programs.

Center for Effective Discipline -- SpankOut Day USA Mini-Grants (Deadline: 12/10/07)
The Center for Effective Discipline, in collaboration with End Physical Punishment of Children USA, is accepting applications for its SpankOut Day USA Mini-Grants. The purpose of the mini-grants are to replace physical punishment of children with non-violent alternatives by supporting educational events and programs that reach at least 20-30 people, particularly at-risk populations (teens or young adults, grandparents raising children alone, adults with a high school education, adult men, mothers raising children alone, or teens and adults with backgrounds of abuse).

House Sustains President’s Veto of SCHIP
The U.S. House of Representatives failed October 18 to override a veto by President Bush of a renewal of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). The 273 to 156 vote total was 13 votes short of the two-thirds majority needed to override a veto. In Thursday’s vote, 229 Democrats and 44 Republicans supported the effort to override the President’s veto, while two Democrats and 154 Republicans voted to sustain it.

Drug-Resistant Staph Infections Reported in Schools
A strain of staph aureus (MRSA) that is resistant to the drug methicillin has been reported in a number of high schools in the states of Maryland and Virginia, with health authorities speculating that the infections -- responsible for the death of one student so far -- may result in part from contamination of equipment in locker rooms used by sports teams. Many schools in the affected areas have instituted school-wide cleanings and are informing parents of possible dangers.