If you are taking time this summer to seek out grant opportunities for your school nutrition program, you won’t want to miss the chance to apply for the Fuel Up™ Breakfast Grant Program! Offered through a partnership between the National Dairy Council and General Mills Foodservice, the official call for applications went out on Monday,…
On Wednesday, June 12, 2014, the School Nutrition Foundation attended the Partners for Breakfast in the Classroom Virginia School Breakfast Summit to explore the need to connect more children in Virginia to breakfast. Among the more than fifty attendees was Virginia’s first lady Dorothy McAuliffe, who spoke on the importance of a healthy breakfast for…
And just like that, there goes April! Time is absolutely flying by, and the end of the school year is rushing toward us—summer will be here before we know it. It’s been a busy month for us at Beyond Breakfast, too; don’t forget about the terrific school breakfast and grant opportunities available through our friends…
Are you looking for funding opportunities to improve healthy eating and physical activity at your school? It’s time to check in with Fuel Up to Play 60! Eleven million students nationwide participate in Fuel Up to Play 60, and that number is growing; if you haven’t yet signed up to participate, visit the FUTP60 website…
Each month, our staff reads hundreds of media reports on the subject of school nutrition. We curate our favorites in a monthly blog post we call, “In the News.” Highlighting positive stories about the great things going on in school cafeterias helps us in many ways: providing inspiration, connecting school nutrition professionals from across the…
Part Two “A Wellness Wake-up Call,” originally appeared, as one article, in the November 2013 issue of School Nutrition Magazine. Beyond Breakfast blogger Christina Uticone authored the piece, which is presented here in two parts. Read part one here. Strategies & Solutions When it comes to implementing any wellness policy, stakeholder engagement is crucial, which…
Part One “A Wellness Wake-up Call,” originally appeared, as one article, in the November 2013 issue of School Nutrition Magazine. Beyond Breakfast blogger Christina Uticone authored the piece, which is presented here in two parts. “Serving school breakfast—especially through alternative options such as breakfast in the classroom and grab ‘n’ go—is possibly the easiest, most…
We love to share school breakfast news with you on our Facebook and Twitter feeds, but this week there were just too many great stories to share to do it one at a time—we had to round them up in one place! First, we heard from FRAC and NAESPF, who reported that principals across the…
This post was written by School Nutrition Foundation Director Julie Abrera. Julie recently visited Knox County Public Schools to get an update on how their breakfast-in-the-classroom program is going as we enter the 2013-14 school year. My first stop to see how universal BIC is doing in Knoxville had me on the road before 7…
Our 2013-14 ‘Webinar Wednesdays’ series has begun, and our new topic will be presented on Wednesday, October 16, 2013; join us for “Sustainable Breakfast-in-the-Classroom Programs Start with Effective Assessments” at 2:00 p.m. EST for a 75 minute webinar that will help you understand the assessment process, which provides the framework for the development of a…
