Cowboy Ted comes to town
Recently, the Enterprise attended a multi-county meeting of the Five County Joint Transportation Coalition. The meeting gives the involved counties—Oneida, Bear Lake, Franklin, Caribou, and Bannock—a chance to discuss available grants and project funds for roadways and other construction. In addition to representatives of the counties and cities, the meeting also included an individual who introduced himself as “Cowboy Ted,” and explained that he promotes “people powered rodeo” events, among other things.
After speaking with Ted, we would like to bring you some information about his organization, and introduce a column he has created, aimed at kids, to promote healthy information about activity and wellness. We intend to run Cowboy Ted’s advice column when appropriate in the future, and hope that it is enjoyable for younger readers. The first of these columns deals with the timely subject of Halloween Safety.
In addition to the website and column, Ted has been speaking with a number of local individuals including those at the Extension Office/4-H, church groups, city and county leadership, and others. As events planned by the various involved groups come to fruition, we will let you know how you can get involved.
About Ted:
“Cowboy Ted” Hallisey of Cowboy Ted’s Foundation for Kids is hosting programs that help kids with Suicide Prevention, Anti-bullying, Emotional-Mental, Physical Wellness ideas and Resiliency-building skills that enable kids to “Find Their Happy Place” Hallisey is also making a concerted effort to bring these resources to kids and families in rural areas.
Cowboy Ted has a Master of Education degree in Health, Physical Education and Recreation and has hosted school assemblies and programs for over 275,000 kids across the United States. He has also been a PE teacher at colleges and elementary schools.
The longtime radio/rodeo host and media personality has developed a number of new on-line programs on www.cowboyted101.com to support his LIVE programs, which are designed to help kids adopt behaviors that enhance emotional, mental and physical health.
The LIVE In-Person programs are primarily held in the 8-Western States of Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming. Rural communities are a major focus for the new programs. CT will travel to other states too and on-line programs are open to all.
“I have been hosting programs for kids since 1999 and I noticed that kids in rural areas seem to miss out on some of the programs that are hosted in larger schools with bigger budgets and I really want to focus on providing on-line resources to kids and parents in rural areas,” Hallisey said. I grew up in a rural are too and sometimes we missed out on some of those programs and resources.” I want to help Kids Find Their Happy Place wherever they live.”
“During and after COVID, I was asked by several educators, preschools, and after-school programs if I could create some on-line resources to enhance and support our Suicide Prevention and Resiliency Building programs,. In addition to our LIVE programs, now we have free on-line resources with books and videos on www.cowboyted.com”, Hallisey reported. “I also added a subscriber site with art and recreation lesson plans, healthy tips for kids, classroom fitness brain breaks, on-line books and fitness videos at www.cowboyted101.com.
Cowboy Ted’s 8-steps for a healthy lifestyle are symbolic of the 8-second ride in rodeo and address the physical, mental, and emotional aspects of good health. He has written 12 kids books available in both English and Spanish. The number 8 is a major theme for Cowboy Ted.
8-Steps to Health and Happiness
Respect Parents - Reinforces citizenship skills and self-efficacy
Lead a Healthy Lifestyle - Teaches healthy choices, exercise, mental health and more
Work Hard in School – Focus on self-confidence/determination
Be Nice to Others - Reduces bullying and emotional and physical fear in kids
Be Kind to Animals - Sets a pattern proven to reduce domestic abuse later in life
Set Goals for Yourself - Increases self-esteem and emotional well being
No Drugs, Tobacco or Alcohol – Teaches that prevention is better than treatment
Do One Nice Thing for Another Person Everyday - Promotes emotional health
