February 17, 2017
More kids are eating school breakfast than ever before according to our partners at the Food Research & Action Center. FRAC’s latest School Breakfast Scorecard report was released earlier this week, along with their annual School Breakfast: Making it Work in Large School Districts report. Let’s take a closer look at the state of school…
February 10, 2017
Are you ready to celebrate National School Breakfast Week? It’s right around the corner! With just three weeks left, you’ll want to make sure to get organized and ready to promote your school breakfast program. Are you serving breakfast-in-the-classroom? NSBW is the perfect time to share the many benefits of moving breakfast from the cafeteria…
February 2, 2017
Our annual Legislative Action Conference sweepstakes is back, and it’s time to submit your entry to win! Simply share your patriotic picture with us, and you’ll be entered to win a FREE trip to LAC 2017 in Washington, D.C.—airfare, hotel, and registration are covered for our winner and a guest! Submissions are due by Wednesday,…
January 4, 2017
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day for all of us, but for growing children it’s a critical part of physical and educational growth—hungry kids can’t learn! That’s why we’re so passionate about breakfast-in-the-classroom—it’s proven to increase participation in the School Breakfast Program (SBP). The Partners for Breakfast in the Classroom are excited…
December 30, 2016
The School Nutrition Foundation will begin accepting online applications for two equipment grants on Tuesday, January 10, 2017 at 11 a.m. ET. Why are we telling you this now? To give you time to prepare your application, because only the first fifty online applications will be considered for each grant! Let’s take a closer look…
December 20, 2016
Increasing capacity and improving infrastructure are often necessary when implementing breakfast-in-the-classroom, but those upgrades can be prohibitively expensive. That’s when a Partners for Breakfast in the Classroom grant can come in pretty handy. Just before Thanksgiving, we received an email from Alexandria City Public Schools grant officer Greg Tardieu about progress being made on construction…
December 20, 2016
Hurry! It’s not too late to make your tax-deductible donation to the 2016 Annual Fund, and help us reach the $50,000 mark for the first time in many years. We have more than doubled the number of donations this year, as states compete to achieve the highest percentage of participation and secure scholarship dollars for…
December 15, 2016
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day for all of us, but for growing children it’s a critical part of physical and educational growth—hungry kids can’t learn! That’s why we’re so passionate about breakfast-in-the-classroom—it’s proven to increase participation in the School Breakfast Program (SBP). The Partners for Breakfast in the Classroom are excited…
December 13, 2016
With winter break just around the corner, we didn’t want you missing any important School Nutrition Foundation news! Our offices will be closed briefly during the holidays, but we will continue to publish fresh content—and stay active on social media—throughout the month of December, so please check in with us while you enjoy a break…
December 2, 2016
When we use the phrase “Hunger doesn’t take a holiday,” it’s because we, as school nutrition professionals, know how very true that is for our students and their families. As the holidays approach, our thoughts turn to those children who rely on school meals for daily nutrition. Millions of American children—one in five—struggles with food…
