Coloring book by Arts-Children and Cowboy Ted Foundation director presents young ones steps to a delighted existence

“Cowboy Ted’s Healthy Lifestyles Program” facilities close to 8 concepts:

• Regard mothers and fathers

• Lead a healthy life-style, which incorporates right nutrition and exercising

• Function really hard in school

• Be good to many others

• Be type to animals

• Established objectives

• No medications, tobacco or alcohol

• Do something awesome for an additional person each day

“The pointers are supposed to, as we say at Arts-Children, assistance children locate a delighted position,” Hallisey reported. “Our system is in essence suicide prevention and teaches kids how to be resilient. And research have demonstrated that little ones are fewer probable to tumble into depression if they experience delighted moments. So we want them to have far more joyful moments.”

The guide, which is illustrated by Craig Hayes, is an enlargement of a faculty assembly Hallisey offered 20 yrs ago that covered psychological, psychological and physical health.

“A friend of mine who was a principal asked me to speak about the Cowboy Ted program,” he mentioned. “At that time I was only carrying out tobacco (avoidance), and she told me to broaden on that.”

Hallisey went home to write a strategy, and came up with the eight methods.

“Eight is symbolic of the eight-second ride in rodeo, so I applied the Cowboy persona to get the kids’ awareness,” he mentioned.

Hallisey has due to the fact centered his foundation on these eight actions, and not too long ago used them to Arts-Little ones, a Summit County-based nonprofit that uses the accomplishing arts to help little ones build self esteem.

“The Arts-Young children board asked me to bring in the Cowboy Ted things, mainly because we had resolved these actions suit each organizations’ missions,” Hallisey explained.

For the previous few several years, Hallisey, his son Nicko, who is a musician, and Nels Anderson, owner of Drum Bus, a musical nonprofit that utilizes percussion to boost self-esteem, have utilized the 8 methods into their workshops.

The thought to publish and distribute the publications this 12 months came just after the Arts-Youngsters programming was set on hold due to the coronavirus.

“COVID strike and really threw us off class, but the work we do with the little ones is so crucial that I wanted it to go on even while we weren’t getting jointly,” Hallisey stated.

The guides are now out there in English, and Hallisey is working with Miriam Garcia, system director for Holy Cross Ministries’ school readiness application, to get the guides printed in both Spanish and English for pupils who come from Spanish-talking households.

“Miriam reported the guides would profit each moms and dads and college students, because even though the little ones know English, a lot of of the moms and dads never,” he claimed. “This way the publications will also develop into a reading and educating help. The little ones can go residence and enable their dad and mom with English.”