We are so excited to share our next video series with you all! Our team recently visited several districts participating in the Breakfast in the Classroom program, taking lots of photographs and video. Our first series is coming to you from Prince George’s County and you’ll get a sneak peak into Breakfast in the Classroom–what…
The breakfast-in-the-classroom implementation process continues! Orange County Public Schools—one of our five pilot program districts—has begun serving over 9,600 students a free morning breakfast in the classroom. The participating schools in OCPS are: Elementary Schools Little River Elementary Millennia Elementary Mollie Ray Elementary Sadler Elementary Tangelo Park Elementary Three Points Elementary Ventura Elementary Engelwood Elementary…
When I was first approached by the School Nutrition Foundation about working on the Partners for Breakfast in the Classroom project, I started by reading Free for All: Fixing School Food in America by Jan Poppendieck. Jan is a sociologist, professor (Hunter College), and author; her faculty biography states: “Her primary concerns, both as a…
We are so thrilled to watch our participating schools as they begin serving breakfast. When you cut through the fancy lingo—deliverables, infrastructure, implementation, equipment procurement, claiming procedures—at the end of the day what we’re really talking about is feeding kids. Breakfast is going to change the world! I recently sat down and had a (phone)…
We were able to get so much great footage in Memphis and we just have to share more! The kids and the teachers were so enthusiastic about the breakfast program, and it made us all proud to be a part of this amazing effort. We especially love the video of the Breakfast in the Classroom…
It’s an exciting time for us at Partners for Breakfast in the Classroom because our schools are starting to implement their in-classroom breakfast programs and that means the kids are eating breakfast! We truly could not be more excited to see the smiles on their faces and to hear the success stories from students and…
Happy Monday everyone! I wanted to share one more video that I took at the Legislative Action Conference in Washington, D.C. (You can see the first set of videos here.) Thanks to all of the participants who allowed me to corner them–sometimes early in the morning, sometimes late in the afternoon after a full day…
You may recall from my earlier post about Hunger, Obesity, School Food and Social Media that I was getting my geek on with tech toys during the 2011 Legislative Action Conference. I had too much fun taking pictures, blogging, and recording short interviews with the Flip camera the SNF provided. I didn’t get to ambush…
… so exclaimed one attendee of the Breakfast in the Classroom breakout session, during the Q-and-A that followed our panel of presenters at LAC 2011. The declaration was met with a roomful of smiles and a long, loud round of applause. Breakfast—it’s contagious! The Breakfast in the Classroom breakout session was the first one I…
At last week’s Legislative Action Conference we promised to post some resource videos about breakfast in the classroom. We hope you find these useful! Please feel free to leave us links to your favorite online sources in the comments section. San Diego Breakfast in the Classroom Click through to view a video from the San…
