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Nutrition Education and other Enrichm ent Activities for Sum m er Meal Program s Thursday May 5 th , 2016 I ntroductions USDAs Sum m er Food, Sum m er Moves Resource Kit Tools for sum m er enrichm ent from Alliance for a Healthier


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Nutrition Education and other Enrichm ent Activities for Sum m er Meal Program s

Thursday May 5th, 2016

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I ntroductions USDA’s Sum m er Food, Sum m er Moves Resource Kit Tools for sum m er enrichm ent from Alliance for a Healthier Generation Farm to Sum m er and

  • ther resources

Questions and Com m ents

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Speakers

Clarissa Hayes, Child Nutrition Policy Analyst Food Research and Action Center Maya Maroto, Nutritionist Nutrition Education and Promotion Branch, USDA Food and Nutrition Service Alicia W hite, Chief Nutrition Education and Promotion Branch, USDA Food and Nutrition Service Daniel Hatcher, National Out-of-School Advisor Alliance for a Healthier Generation

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Summer Nutrition Programs

  • Provides free, nutritious meals to low-

income children 18 and under

  • Up to two meals a day
  • Operates when school is not in session

(including weekends)

  • Qualify based on area eligibility or census

data

  • Funded by USDA and administered by state

agency

  • No enrichm ent activity required – but

helps participation!

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New! Team Nutrition Summer Resources

Infographic · Parent’s Guide · Tip Sheet · Summer Food, Summer M oves Kit

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Overview

  • Discover the M aterials
  • Print M aterials
  • Spreading the Word
  • Questions
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Team Nutrition

Provides free curricula, resource guides, posters, parent handouts, and other resources Initiative of the USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service to support the Federal Child Nutrition Programs Aims to improve children’s lifelong eating and physical activity habits http://teamnutrition.usda.gov @TeamNutrition

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Nutrition Education & Summer M eals

  • Prevent “Summer Slide.” Help kids

maintain healthy eating patterns and get regular physical activity when school is out.

  • Boost Participation. Offering

activities along with a meal, can help motivate more families to attend.

  • Generate Smiles. Kids love games,

challenges, food preparation, and tasting activities.

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4 Healthy M oves

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Infographic

  • English and Spanish
  • Print and Digital
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Parent’s Guide

  • English and

Spanish

  • Six Page

Brochure

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Coming Soon: Offering Healthy Summer M eals That Kids Enjoy

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Summer Food, Summer M oves

Includes:

  • Operator Activity Guide
  • 7 Posters
  • 6 Fliers
  • Activity Placemat
  • 6 Family Activity Guides
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Operator Activity Guide

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Operator Activity Guide

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Summer Food, Summer M oves Recipes

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Posters

  • English and Spanish
  • Initial kit will include 1 poster set
  • Additional sets will be available to
  • rder
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Activity Placemat

  • English and

Spanish

  • Initial kit

will include 25 copies

  • Additional

packages of 25 will be available for

  • rder
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Flyers

  • English and Spanish
  • 25 of each will be in

the initial kit

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Family Activity Guides

  • English and

Spanish

  • Initial kit

will include 25 copies

  • Additional

packages of 25 will be available for

  • rder
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All M aterials Available in English AND Spanish

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http:/ / teamnutrition.usda.gov

Follow Us on

@TeamNutrition

Free Materials

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Spreading the Word

  • M yPlate Facebook Posting
  • USDA Blog
  • E-M ail Announcement
  • PartnerWeb
  • Upcoming Webinars
  • Conferences/ Presentations
  • Newsletters
  • @TeamNutrition
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Upgrade Summer Enrichment

Simple & Inexpensive Tools To Try Today

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Daniel W. Hatcher, M PH

National Out-of-School Advisor

Daniel.Hatcher@healthiergeneration.org @hatchdw, @healthiergen healthiergeneration.org/hostblog

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The Alliance’s Investment

  • Field Staff (CA, AR, AZ, LA, DC, FL, PA, KS)
  • 2 National M OUs w/ Dedicated Staff Support
  • 2,027 sites; >225,000 youth
  • 86% of sites served are low-income
  • A Growing Train-the-Trainer M odel
  • 2 Customer Support Staff, 1-888-KID-HLTH
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6 Physical Activity Enrichment Ideas

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2 Family Empowerment Ideas

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Ideas for Linking Health & the Environment

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More Tips, Resources & Ideas

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Healthy OST Blog

healthiergeneration.org/ hostblog

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Farm to Summer

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Local foods and related activities

  • Encourage children to eat and enjoy fresh, nutritious foods
  • Engage children in educational activities that teach them

where their food comes from

  • Help them stay active + engaged while school is out
  • Support local and regional food systems
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Farm to Summer Activities

  • Growing or visiting edible gardens
  • Offering agriculture-based, hands-on activities
  • Organizing farm field trips or visits from producers
  • Cooking demonstrations and lessons teaching students to prepare

meals with local ingredients

  • Taste tests with various fresh, seasonal products
  • Junior Iron Chef Competitions with garden grown or locally sourced

items

  • Creating and sending newsletters home for parents with recipes,

farmers’ market tips, etc.

  • M any, many more!
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M arion, Ohio: The school district added garden boxes at six elementary school SFSP sites, with 30 raised beds and a total of 47 families involved in tending the gardens. M aster Gardeners are on site during summer feeding times to provide tips and hands-on lessons to children and their families.

M odel: School gardens in SFSP

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USDA Farm to Summer Page

http:/ / www.fns.usda.gov/ farmtoschool/ farm-summer

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More Resources

School gardens/ Com m unity Gardens

  • Edible Gardens
  • Kids Gardening

Nutrition Education Program m ing

  • Cooperative Extensions
  • CanFit
  • Cooking with Kids
  • Snap-Ed

FRAC Fresh from the Farm Guide

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Connect to other programming

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More Summer Resources

  • Summer I mplementation

Calendar http:/ / bit.ly/ 1KPjiBs

  • Serving W eekend M eals

http:/ / bit.ly/ 1KU1H 9T

  • Standards of Excellence

http:/ / bit.ly/ 1M Nn1jv

  • Summer M eals M atter

http:/ / frac.org/ frac-events

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Connect With FRAC

@fractweets @fracgram Facebook.com/foodresearchandactioncenter Linkedin.com/company/food-research-and-action-center

Clarissa Hayes

Chayes@frac.org

Food Research and Action Center

Maya Maroto

M aya.M aroto@fns.usda.gov

USDA Food and Nutrition Service

Daniel Hatcher

daniel.hatcher@healthiergeneration.org

Alliance for a Healthier Generation

Alicia White

Alicia.white@fns.usda.gov

USDA Food and Nutrition Service