Is your school a Fuel Up to Play 60 school? Do you have a great story to share about your school’s participation in the Fuel Up to Play 60 program? If you are a school foodservice staff member, a teacher, or an administrator whose school is working to improve the lives of students through healthier…
There is just one week left to enter the Fuel Up to Play 60 “Super Bowl” Breakfast challenge! Visit the Fuel Up to Play 60 Challenges page to view videos from the Challenge Gallery, and to view the latest challenge! Watch the challenge promo video to learn more. You can review all of the contest…
Our friends at the Food Research & Action Center (FRAC)—in partnership with the Arkansas Hunger Relief Alliance—will be hosting the Arkansas Afterschool Meals Summit on Thursday, November 29, 2012 in Little Rock, AR. The Arkansas Out of School Network and Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families are also co-hosting the summit; register online today! The…
Last week we sat down with Josh Wachs, Chief Strategy Officer at Share Our Strength, to talk about hunger in America. Josh shared important information about the No Kid Hungry campaign, as well as his thoughts on the importance of school breakfast (and school meals in general), as well as strategies for bridging the food…
A guest post by School Nutrition Foundation Director Julie Abrera. Friday, November 9: Cochran Elementary School What a beautiful morning in Louisville! We arrived at Cochran Elementary in Louisville, KY, and were greeted by this sign: Once inside, Principal Tim Foster, and Julia Bauscher, Director of Community Nutrition Services, were working with school staff to…
Whether the topic is school breakfast, meal patterns, or school nutrition in general, the number one request we hear from you—our readers—is for more resources. We all know how important our own continuing education is when it comes to school nutrition, and having a great cache of resources at your fingertips can make all the…
Today the School Nutrition Foundation is visiting Gavin H. Cochran Elementary School in Jefferson Co., Kentucky for another wonderful breakfast-in-the-classroom celebration. While we wait for the full report, we wanted to share with you some video we took at last week’s event in Charleston County, South Carolina. SNF visited Angel Oak Elementary, where we spoke…
A guest post from School Nutrition Foundation Director Julie Abrera, who attended the breakfast-in-the-classroom media event this morning at Angel Oak Elementary. Attending the breakfast in the classroom media events always reminds me just how early breakfast starts. We set out for Angel Oak Elementary at 6 a.m. this morning. The sun was not even…
Part One of our interview with Lori Watson Sanders. Last week we introduced you to Lori Watson Sanders, Field Coordinator, Floyd County School Nutrition; Johnson Elementary School Manager. Lori is a passionate advocate for breakfast-in-the-classroom, and has shared that passion—and her story—with us here at Beyond Breakfast. Lori has been awarded a USDA “Best Practices”…
We met Lori Watson Sanders when she started sharing with us on the School Nutrition Foundation Facebook page. Her enthusiasm for breakfast-in-the-classroom is inspiring, but it’s her big heart and affection for her students that really grabbed our attention. Lori calls her kids “her babies,” and her school nutrition staff “her ladies.” Lori didn’t just…
