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.
