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Donnan, Caroline S. – Educational Leadership, 1986
Describes a program, developed in a small Vermont elementary school, that centered on world hunger and global awareness by involving students in helping stop food waste during lunch. Community members and businesses pledged money as an incentive for stopping waste, and the money raised went to UNICEF. (MD)
Descriptors: Conservation (Environment), Elementary Education, Food, Global Approach
Albee, Michelle; Cates, Jessica; Hayes, Louise; Henchy, Geri; Hess, Doug; Odell, Denise; Parker, Lynn; Phelps, Anne; Schwartz, Sonya; Vollinger, Ellen; Weedall, Crystal; Weill, Jim; Woo, Nicole – 2002
This resource guide puts forth 15 ideas for actions in food stamp and other child nutrition programs that states, schools, and cities can implement to feed more hungry low-income residents, especially children, and provide a direct federal economic stimulus for the state and its businesses. The guide asserts that states risk accelerating a…
Descriptors: Breakfast Programs, Change Strategies, Children, Federal Programs
Becker, Thelma L. – School Business Affairs, 1986
Outlines (1) the changes that have occurred in school food service since the National School Lunch Act of 1946, (2) the choices in foods served and in new markets, and (3) an action plan for the challenges facing school food service professionals. (MLF)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Food Service, Hunger, Long Range Planning
Illinois State Board of Education, Springfield. – 1983
This manual delineates procedures for the mandatory verification of 3 percent of the applications for national school food programs. Two methods of selection are described: random and "error prone profiling." The latter involves selecting for verification those applicants whose recorded monthly income is closest to the eligibility cutoff…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Breakfast Programs, Economically Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education
Parker, Lynn; And Others – 1989
The physical, emotional, and intellectual impact of nutrition on children's ability to learn is the subject of this guide for school personnel. The guide is divided into two parts and includes two appendices. Part 1, "What We Know About the Relationship Between Nutrition and Learning," reviews research linking nutrition and academic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Breakfast Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Secondary Education