The School Nutrition Foundation is excited to announce the latest addition to our Webinar Wednesday schedule, to be held on December 14, 2011. Please register now and join us on December 14 for Chefs in Schools: Increasing Participation and Gaining Renewed Excitement Around Your School Meal Program. Our learning objectives for this next installment of…
Are you interested in expanding or implementing a breakfast in the classroom program? The Food Research and Action Center is holding a conference call entitled “Effective Messaging to Promote Breakfast in the Classroom” on Thursday, October 27 at 3 p.m. ET. The one-hour call will focus on effective communication strategies for stakeholders to engage and…
Are you looking for resources to share with stakeholders? Are you building support for your breakfast in the classroom project with teachers and administrators? Check out this short but informative video from Partners for Breakfast in the Classroom participating district Orange County Public Schools!
The Walmart Foundation continues to exhibit generosity and foresight in the fight against childhood hunger with their latest breakfast initiative. The American Association of School Administrators (AASA) has announced a $2.25 million program, funded by the Walmart Foundation, which will increase the number of needy children receiving breakfast at school. The AASA program will seek…
The School Nutrition Foundation held a well-attended educational session on the last day of ANC 2011. “Expanding School Breakfast: Bringing Everyone to the Table” focused on the communication and marketing aspects of creating the partnerships necessary to implement a successful universal, in-classroom breakfast program. Drawing on our experiences from the last year, presenters—all participants in…
Are you thinking about implementing breakfast in the classroom in your school district? Do you need more information about alternative models for school breakfast programs? Are you interested in areas of school breakfast planning like menu planning and marketing and promotion? The new Breakfast in the Classroom Resource Center has everything you need to help…
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…
My first LAC has been an eye-opener. I cannot express how grateful I am to have had this opportunity to see, listen and talk to experts in the field of school nutrition. I am also grateful to all of you who expressed excitement about the Partners for Breakfast in the Classroom project and the Beyond…
Wow! If you were one of the 180 attendees on Wednesday’s “Coalition Building: How to Build & Strengthen Partnerships within your School Community” Webinar call, I have to believe you were as completely blown away as I was by the information our experts shared with us on how they have successfully created partnerships to help…
