The San Diego Chargers and Dairy Council of California teamed up with San Diego Unified School District to promote the Fuel Up to Play 60 program. This program encourages students to fuel up with healthy food and play at least 60 minutes per day. San Diego students, grades k-12, were asked to write an essay on what Fuel up to Play 60 meant to them. Teachers also joined in on the fun by sending in whole classroom entries. This is the eighth annual essay event San Diego has hosted and this year it was sponsored by SeaWorld Adventure Park and the Pear Bureau Northwest.

Entries were judged on correctness and thoroughness of answer, clarity, creativity, spelling, grammar and presentation. Participants in this contest are helping other students by encouraging them to be more active and to eat healthier food. Entries were presented through poems, essays and raps. First, second and third place prizes were awarded to winners in each of four grade categories; K-2, 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12. Prizes included gift cards to Barnes & Noble and SeaWorld prize packages. The list of winners and their winning essays have been announced on the San Diego Unified School District website.