Fuel Up to Play 60 Sweepstakes Opportunities + Rise & Shine Illinois School Breakfast Grant

Program Advisors are an essential component of the Fuel Up to Play 60 program. Functioning as coaches for their school’s FUTP60 team, program advisors are in charge of recruiting other adults and students to join the fun. Not only is having multiple advisors in one school allowed, it’s encouraged! The more program advisors a school…

Fuel Up to Play 60 Partners with Presidential Youth Fitness Program, Let’s Move! Active Schools, Dean Foods, and Quaker Oats Company for November Funding Opportunities

With just a few days left to apply for Fuel Up to Play 60 funds, we wanted to take this opportunity to provide additional details about the current crop of grant opportunities available for your school. As we reminded you last week, the final deadline to apply for Fuel Up to Play 60 funds for…

Final Deadline for Fuel Up to Play 60 Funds is Wednesday, November 5—Apply Now!

Attention, school nutrition professionals! The final deadline to apply for school breakfast funds through Fuel Up to Play 60 is coming up fast—you only have through Wednesday, November 5, 2014 to apply to receive up to $4000 to benefit your school breakfast program!  Up to $4000 per year is available to qualifying K-12 schools that…

School Breakfast Grants from Action for Healthy Kids, AASA, and Fuel Up to Play 60

Has adding or growing a school breakfast program been on your “to-do” list for a while now? Are you seeking financial assistance to that end? If so, bookmark this page and get ready, because you have some applications to fill out! As if the beginning of the school year isn’t busy enough—here we are, giving…

General Mills Foodservice Fuel Up!™ Breakfast Grant Application Period Open Now!

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,…

Summer Break a Perfect Time to Seek School Nutrition Grants

School is out, but a school nutrition professional’s work is never done. Summer is an opportunity for all of us to take a well-deserved break, but it’s also the perfect time to seek out funding for your school nutrition program. Devoting a little time and energy during the summer can pay off during the school…

Fuel Up to Play 60 and Action for Healthy Kids: Funding Opportunities for Your School

The end of the school year is a hectic time for everyone, and this is certainly true of school nutrition professionals. However, spring is also a great time to look ahead and begin planning—perhaps you are putting the finishing touches on summer feeding, or maybe you are already thinking about fall semester, and that new…

Winston Industries and School Nutrition Foodservice: A Powerful Partnership

Winston Industries is a leader in the world of foodservice equipment, and the School Nutrition Foundation is proud of our long-standing partnership with this wonderful company. As those of you who have worked with Winston in the past know, they are fully dedicated to their work with school nutrition foodservice. If you have Winston equipment…

2013 Winston Industries Award Grant Winner Renee Frederick: Applying is “A No Brainer!”

We first met Renee Frederick in June of last year when we announced that she had won the 2013 Winston Industries Equipment Award Grant. At the time, Renee was looking forward to the difference the equipment would make in the kinds of foods she could serve to her students in the Warrior Run School District,…

Fall Funding Opportunities: Fuel Up to Play 60 & GENYouth Foundation’s AdVenture Capital Grant

We know the beginning of the school year is busy, but now is the time to add just two more things to your “To Do” list—submit your applications for Fuel Up to Play 60 funds and GENYouth Foundation’s AdVenture Capital Grant. The deadlines are November 1, 2013 and October 22, 2013, respectively. These are two…