As longtime readers of Beyond Breakfast know, we love National Nutrition Month! How could we not? It kicks off with National School Breakfast Week, and everyone knows a healthy breakfast is the best way to start anything – from your school day to the entire month of March! Between our big NSBW 2015 celebration earlier…
It won’t come as a surprise to our longtime readers—we love breakfast around here! The Partners for Breakfast in the Classroom are on a mission to bring breakfast to every student in the country because we know that breakfast translates into a better-nourished student who is ready to learn! Arriving on the heels of National…
It’s scholarship season here at the School Nutrition Foundation! We recently announced that the application period for the Baxter Equipment for Education Grant is open, and now we’re here to tell you about an opportunity for you to apply for and receive an educational scholarship from the School Nutrition Foundation. Our new 5-in-1 application—including a…
On Thursday, January 15, 2015, the Partners for Breakfast in the Classroom—School Nutrition Foundation, FRAC, NAESP Foundation, and NEA HIN, with the generous support of the Walmart Foundation—will hold the next School Breakfast Summit, in continuance of the newest phase of our program. In this latest cycle, we have shifted our focus from direct implementation…
One of the best ways to kick off a Fuel Up to Play 60 program, or to increase interest in an existing one, is to hold a fun event at your school. A school-wide event for students, teachers, and faculty—and even parents and members of the community—is a great way to motivate everyone to make…
#GivingTuesday is here, and we could not be more excited. The response to the School Nutrition Association’s fundraising campaign to benefit the Annual Fund has been overwhelming—thank you everyone who has donated, and participated in our ongoing #GivingTuesday event. And now for the BIG news! All donations processed online through Network for Good TODAY, Tuesday,…
We celebrated some terrific healthy observances in November, which is great—it helps balance all that turkey we eat at Thanksgiving! November included observances like America Recycles Day, World Kindness Day, Diabetes Awareness Week, and National Peanut Butter Lovers Month! One of our most popular stories in November was our update on the #GivingTuesday Annual Fund…
“Hunger doesn’t take a holiday.” It’s a phrase school nutrition professionals hear—and use—often. As the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays approach, our thoughts turn to those children who rely on school meals for their nutrition. Millions of American children—one in five—struggles with food insecurity, and that need does not go away when school isn’t in session.…
Between August 1, 2013, and July 31, 2014, the dollars raised for the School Nutrition Foundation’s Annual Fund tripled the sum raised in the prior twelve months; with over $22,000 raised, the School Nutrition Association has decided to extend the 2014 Annual Fund drive through the end of this year—December 31, 2014. As part of…
Stakeholders will be gathered in Phoenix, Arizona this weekend for the statewide Breakfast-in-the-Classroom summit, to discuss the expansion of school breakfast in Arizona’s high-need schools. It’s an incredible opportunity for school nutrition professionals in Arizona to learn more about breakfast-in-the-classroom, to hear from their peers who have successfully implementing BIC, and to network with state-level…
