Do you guys remember how excited and energized I was about Breakfast in the Classroom after returning from the Legislative Action Conference in March? So! Many! Exclamation Points! Excited! Well get ready for more, because I’m fresh off of my trip to Little Rock, Arkansas where I attended a media event for Breakfast in the Classroom…
Special thanks to our guest blogger, Casey Dinkin from the Food Research and Action Center. Read on for Casey’s thoughts on the recent Orange County Public Schools Kick-off Event! With Breakfast in the Classroom up and running in all five districts, it is now time to start celebrating! The program is successfully reaching thousands of…
Hi everyone! I’ve just returned from a trip to Little Rock, Arkansas, where I was fortunate to attend a fantastic media event for Breakfast in the Classroom. Partner representatives were in attendance (FRAC, NEA-NIH, SNF and NAESP Foundation) as well as Julie Gehrki, Senior Manager at the Walmart Foundation. In addition to attending the media…
We took so many videos during our visit to Prince George’s County, and we couldn’t wait to share them all with you! Here is the final batch of them, featuring some of the kids who are benefiting from the Breakfast in the Classroom program, as well as a sneak peek at the morning routine for…
We’ve heard from Prince George’s County teachers and administrators, and from some of the kids in Prince George’s County on Breakfast in the Classroom, but what about staff? Beverly works in the kitchen and she gives us a peek at what goes on behind the scenes, and her own thoughts on serving breakfast to kids:…
We are so excited to share our next video series with you all! Our team recently visited several districts participating in the Breakfast in the Classroom program, taking lots of photographs and video. Our first series is coming to you from Prince George’s County and you’ll get a sneak peak into Breakfast in the Classroom–what…
The breakfast-in-the-classroom implementation process continues! Orange County Public Schools—one of our five pilot program districts—has begun serving over 9,600 students a free morning breakfast in the classroom. The participating schools in OCPS are: Elementary Schools Little River Elementary Millennia Elementary Mollie Ray Elementary Sadler Elementary Tangelo Park Elementary Three Points Elementary Ventura Elementary Engelwood Elementary…
We are so thrilled to watch our participating schools as they begin serving breakfast. When you cut through the fancy lingo—deliverables, infrastructure, implementation, equipment procurement, claiming procedures—at the end of the day what we’re really talking about is feeding kids. Breakfast is going to change the world! I recently sat down and had a (phone)…
We were able to get so much great footage in Memphis and we just have to share more! The kids and the teachers were so enthusiastic about the breakfast program, and it made us all proud to be a part of this amazing effort. We especially love the video of the Breakfast in the Classroom…
It’s an exciting time for us at Partners for Breakfast in the Classroom because our schools are starting to implement their in-classroom breakfast programs and that means the kids are eating breakfast! We truly could not be more excited to see the smiles on their faces and to hear the success stories from students and…
