Our National School Breakfast Week 2015 coverage continues today with an update from Sandy Huisman, Director of Food & Nutrition Management at Des Moines Public Schools. The Partners for Breakfast in the Classroom funded the Des Moines school district’s breakfast-in-the-classroom project in the 2012-13 SY. The last time we spoke with Sandy she had just finished…
This blog post originally appeared on the NEA Health Information Network blog as part of the Partners for Breakfast in the Classroom’s National School Breakfast Week coverage. Visit the Partners page via the link below for more information on breakfast-in-the-classroom! As the Partners for Breakfast in the Classroom (PBIC) initiative enters its third round of funding,…
If there’s one thing we have learned about school breakfast, it’s that there is no such thing as “one size fits all.” Not only is this very true—it’s one of the greatest strengths of school breakfast. “Whenever I’m meeting with folks about breakfast-in-the-classroom, I give them all the same piece of advice,” said Partners for…
You guys—it’s almost National School Breakfast Week! Are you ready?! We are absolutely thrilled to celebrate our FAVORITE school breakfast campaign of the year with you! The NSBW theme for 2015 is “Make the Grade,” and for the last month we’ve been talking with school nutrition professionals, principals, teachers, and other stakeholders about the school…
It won’t come as a surprise to our longtime readers—we love breakfast around here! The Partners for Breakfast in the Classroom are on a mission to bring breakfast to every student in the country because we know that breakfast translates into a better-nourished student who is ready to learn! Arriving on the heels of National…
Will you be attending SNA’s 43rd Annual Legislative Action Conference in March? If so, we hope you will join us on Monday, May 2, 2015, for the School Nutrition Foundation’s Celebration of School Nutrition Heroes. Our 2014 Celebration of School Nutrition Heroes was so successful that SNF is bringing it back with the dual goals…
The premier legislative event of the year is just around the corner—will you be in Washington, D.C. with us? Join the School Nutrition Foundation for the Legislative Action Conference next month to help us shape and define national school nutrition policies. LAC is an incredible opportunity for school nutrition professionals to make their voices heard.…
We are so excited to participate in today’s I Love #SchoolBreakfast campaign with our friends at FRAC! Join us all day on Facebook and Twitter to share the reasons you love school breakfast, and interact with other school breakfast champions. The social media event is coordinated with the release of FRAC’s annual reports that focus…
It’s scholarship season here at the School Nutrition Foundation! We recently announced that the application period for the Baxter Equipment for Education Grant is open, and now we’re here to tell you about an opportunity for you to apply for and receive an educational scholarship from the School Nutrition Foundation. Our new 5-in-1 application—including a…
On Thursday, January 15, 2015, the Partners for Breakfast in the Classroom—School Nutrition Foundation, FRAC, NAESP Foundation, and NEA HIN, with the generous support of the Walmart Foundation—will hold the next School Breakfast Summit, in continuance of the newest phase of our program. In this latest cycle, we have shifted our focus from direct implementation…
