MSD of Wayne Township, Indiana Makes Big Change

We completed our Change Our World campaign promotion in early April with results far exceeding expectations! We set an initial goal of $2500.00 and actually raised $3868.53!

Each manager set up their own fund raising program, and it was fun to see what they planned. We had a school that displayed the flags of 40 different countries and played music each Friday as the money was collected at the register. At one of our elementary schools, a student donated the $20.00 she had received for good grades on her report card. Her comment: "someone needs this money more than I do."

- Sara Gasiorowski

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SNA Cincinnati Chapter Contribute to Campaign

The Cincinnati Chapter (Chapter 31) of the School Nutrition Association of Ohio monthly meeting was all about Global Hunger Awareness when they met at Sycamore Schools on April 14, 2008.

The featured speaker was Nick Clooney, a renowned journalist in the Cincinnati area who is the father of actor, George Clooney and brother of the late singer, Rosemary Clooney.

Nick Clooney and his son George remain very close. The pair visited the troubled region of Darfur in Sudan and worked to get the crisis noticed by those in power. They labeled the situation the "first genocide of the 21st century." Mr. Clooney shared some of what he learned during the trip with the group.

In relation to the Darfur crisis, Nick Clooney said "I have been a reported for 50 years. Maybe three or four stories in your lifetime are life-changing and you go in as a reporter and come out as an advocate. You don’t usually like to do that but this time I did. So yes, it was life-changing." He did not ask people to donate money to the cause, but instead wanted people to know about the urgent action that is needed for the cause. He asked the people to contact their congress people, senators and media to continue to let more people know about what is going on in Dafur and create action.

Continuing with the theme of giving back, the group brought change to donate as part of the National "Change our World" campaign and played Bingo for 25 cents per card. Schwan’s Food Service provided the game and prizes. All total, the group raised $400.75 that will be donated to The Global Child Nutrition Association on behalf of the chapter. GCNF works to help nations build and sustain feeding programs.

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Warren Consolidated Schools Kick Off Campaign

Thursday, April 10, 2008, Warren Consolidated Schools in the Detroit area kicked off their Change Our World campaign.

This was just the start of the fund raising campaign at their schools. I think it was successful and fun! The parents that came for conferences were more than willing to donate with encouragement of the super sales people from the leadership team and Christine Rottschafer from Michael's & Associates.

This week they are planning on doing commercials that will be run in all of the schools. Other buildings will also be running additional campaigns that will make a difference in the fight against child hunger.

Great job!!!

Michelle Bott, SNS
Regional Sales Manager
Schwan's Food Service

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Change Can Be A Great Thing

Change can be a great thing. At Billy Earl Dade Middle Learning Center in Dallas, Texas, we found that with the right reason, change can happen quickly and positively. We were very excited to have the Dallas Independent School District selected to host a kick-off event for the Change Our World campaign. We decided to have the event at Billy E. Dade Middle Learning Center, a middle school with about 450 students in grades sixth through eighth. We were ecstatic to make our donation of $310.25, which we know will help make a real difference.

We started the Change Our World event on Thursday, February 28, 2008, by showing the "Change Our World" digital video during lunch period. I was amazed that instead of talking louder and drowning out the video, which often happens when large groups of students are brought together, the students not only watched it, but were drawn into it. This is when I knew our Change Our World event was going to be a success.

At Billy E. Dade Middle Learning Center the students wear uniforms, so our plan on Friday was to have a "Jeans Day" where students, teachers and administrators could wear jeans for a donation to the Global Child Nutrition Foundation.

The people who donated to the foundation also got their names placed on a paper donation "coin" which was hung on the wall. The posters, danglers and the donation coins are still hanging up in our school, reminding the students how they were able to make a difference.

It really touched me that we were able to raise the money we did. Many of the students who attend Billy E. Dade do not have a lot of extra to give, but they saw that the GCNF is a good cause. I think they were able to relate with the children the GCNF is helping. For some students, the meal they receive at school is their only real meal for the day. That is why the GCNF and the "Change Our World" digital video really touched home.

We couldn't have accomplished what we did without the support of David Welch, the principal at Billy E. Dade Middle Learning Center. He gave us the opportunity to make a difference in our world.

At Billy E. Dade we hope others will see our $310.25 donation and realize it doesn't matter how big your school is or how large your donation is. Each donation brings the GCNF a step closer to achieving its goals.

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Beavercreek, Ohio City Schools Update

Just 4 days into our observation of Global Child Nutrition Month and great things are happening. We have distributed about 190 of our 250 milk bottles. We have penny wars going on at the high school and a home room competition at one of our middle schools. We had a third grade student donate her allowance savings from a year - nearly $50!

Our "Lunch Lady vs. Lunch Lady" Challenge is gaining momentum too. I'll keep you posted as our bottles are counted. I think we will make our goal of $2,500!!

- JoAnne Robinett

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Martha Rawls Smith Elementary School Joins Campaign

The students at Martha Rawls Smith Elementary recently teamed up with Schwan's Food Service in taking a part in the fight against global hunger. Hunger affects children around the world when it doesn't have to. The Change Our World campaign was created to fight global child hunger by supporting the Global Child Nutrition Foundation. GCNF is an organization committed to eliminating childhood hunger across the globe through the creation of self sustaining school nutrition programs. By nurturing young bodies and minds, we can build a more stable, peaceful world.

Encouraged by the Martha Rawls Smith Elementary (NAC) Nutrition Advisory Council and nutrition manager Samantha Thornton, the school raised and donated $500.76 to help the fight. The students were challenged to collect quarters for change. The homeroom that collected the most out of the 4th and 5th grades was awarded an Ice Cream Sundae Party with all the trimmings. The winning class for 4th grade was Mrs. Christy Wood and the 5th grade winner was a tie between Ms. Sharon Aspinwall and Mrs. Pam Aspinwall.

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School Nutrition Association Staff Support Efforts to Eliminate Child Hunger

School Nutrition Association (SNA) staff members are participating in the Change Our World Fight Against Global Hunger fundraising campaign and they are excited to announce that they have surpassed their fundraising goal. With one month still to go before the culmination of the campaign, the SNA staff has collected over $1,010 and they are not finished yet. They will continue their fundraising efforts for the entire month of April which has been designated Global Child Nutrition Month.

The Change Our World campaign is a partnership between Schwan's Food Service, Inc. and SNA's Global Child Nutrition Foundation (GCNF). The campaign's mission is to educate and to raise awareness about global hunger. Everyday there are 300 million hungry children in developing nations around the globe. With the Change Our World campaign, Schwan's and the GCNF are working to eliminate childhood hunger across the globe through the creation of self-sustaining school feeding programs.

SNA staff members have found a number of ways to collect money for the Change Our World campaign. Each day, staff and visitors to SNA drop their extra change (and dollar bills!) into a money jar kept in the headquarters lobby. Staff members have been conducting bake sales in the SNA staff lunch room and others have taken their Change Our World fundraising efforts home to their families and to their churches. Since the Change Our World fundraising campaign kicked off in January, a number of generous companies and schools have participated in fundraising events for the campaign.

To learn more about the School Nutrition Association or its Global Child Nutrition Foundation, see the Related Links on the right side of this article.

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Global Child Nutrition Month Kicks Off At Beavercreek City Schools, Ohio

Today may be April Fool's Day, but our Student Nutrition department is using today to kick off Global Child Nutrition Month. We have chosen to participate in a campaign that will help underdeveloped countries put self sustaining school meal programs in place. Statistics show that when food is offered at school, children, especially girls, are much more likely to attend school and gain the education and skills that can break the hopeless cycle of hunger and poverty that is all they know.

Today we will be giving out with each lunch a plastic token that looks like a coin. The idea behind that is that the token will remind a student to bring a coin back in for us to donate to the Global Child Nutrition Foundation.

There is some information about the campaign in each cafeteria, and you can visit www.changeourworldonline.org to learn more about how a little change can change the world. The website includes classroom activities and facts about world hunger.

I have 250 pint milk bottles to use to collect coins. There will be a collection bottle at each cashier stand for the month of April. If you would like a bottle either for yourself, or for your class, just let me know and I will get you one. We will only need an average of $10/bottle to reach our goal of $2,500.

I have some prizes for the largest amount in an individual bottle, and I am offering a pizza party to the class who raises the most money.

Our big push is just for one week, but we will not close the collections and contest until April 30. If you would like to make a donation to help us reach our goal, you may take it to your cafeteria manager or send it via interschool mail to me – JoAnne Robinett at the Service Center.

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No April Fools at Halls Middle School

Jerry Lewis of Knoxville, Tennessee wanted to let us at the campaign know that his school's contribution was no April Fools joke!
At Halls Middle School, they exceeded their previously set goal of $750.00 to end with $1,011.00. Everyone there and with the campaign is extremely proud of this school and their contributions!Read More!