The newest Fuel Up to Play 60 Challenge is here, and your students can be a part of it! Here at Beyond Breakfast we are extra excited about this latest challenge because first, it involves breakfast and second, it involves one of our favorite breakfast foods—oatmeal! We encourage you to share this with your students…
Here at School Nutrition Foundation, we love connecting with schools, teachers, students, and school nutrition professionals using social media. Among the tools we use: Beyond Breakfast blog: You are here! This is where we tell stories from our Partners for Breakfast in the Classroom schools, and about school breakfast and lunch across the U.S. This…
This week GENYOUth held their Nutrition + Physical Activity Learning Connection Summit, which brought together players from across the nutrition and physical activity spectrum, to explore the connection that physical activity and nutrition have with learning and behavior. In addition to GENYOUth, the summit partners included National Dairy Council, the National Football League, the American…
One of the most exciting parts of the Fuel Up to Play 60 program is the Challenges. By setting up challenges for schools to tackle together, Fuel Up to Play 60 gives kids the opportunity to work together toward a common goal, motivation to get moving and get involved, and the chance to win really…
Beyond Breakfast sat down with Jessica Shelly (RS, REHS, MBA), Food Services Director of Cincinnati Public Schools to talk about her school breakfast program. Jessica has incorporated vending machines that disperse reimbursable meals to students, helping her double participation Thank you, Jessica, for sharing your school breakfast story with us! Beyond Breakfast: Jessica, can you…
It’s that time of year! Are you back-to-school yet? If not, it’s just around the corner. The beginning of the school year is an incredibly busy time for everyone—teachers, students, administrators, support staff, and of course, school foodservice staffers. We know you have a lot on your plate (pun intended!) but we don’t want…
The National Dairy Council/NFL Fuel Up to Play 60 program is a great way to get students to take ownership of their health. Fuel Up to Play 60 is also a wonderful opportunity for schools to earn funding to help kick start—and sustain—healthy nutrition and physical activity improvements at a systemic level. Part of the…
When it comes to school breakfast, one of the biggest concerns we hear cited is in regard to funding. “Where will I find the money?” is a question often raised by school foodservice directors who are convinced that school breakfast is a great idea, but are not convinced they can achieve that goal in their…
Although the school year is winding down across the country, that doesn’t mean school foodservice professionals are resting on their heels—there is a lot of work to do. So many of you will spend the summer months learning more about, and planning for, the new meal patterns, as well as all manner of administrative tasks…
If getting involved in the Fuel Up to Play 60 program is on your “to-do” list for the new year, we hope you will find today’s post useful. Fuel Up to Play 60 continues to grow in popularity, and each year more schools, more students, and more communities join the movement to support healthier students.…