02/27/2024
๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ก ๐๐๐๐ค๐ค๐ก ๐ฝ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐จ ๐ผ๐ก๐ข๐ค๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐๐ง๐!
National School Breakfast Week (NSBW) is next week: March 4-8! Hunger Solutions New York and No Kid Hungry New York invite you to join us in celebrating school breakfast and the school nutrition professionals who work hard to ensure access in New York.
New Yorkโs kids need consistent access to a nutritious meal every morning to be ready for a day of learning. In districts across the state, more schools than ever are now able to offer breakfast at no cost to all students through CEP. Yet barriers to traditional breakfast, served in the cafeteria before the start of the school day, can still keep kids from eating their morning meal at school. Schools can leverage Breakfast After the Bell to improve access and maximize participation. Innovative service models such as Breakfast in the Classroom or Grab and Go can meet kids where they are and cut down on time constraints to ensure they have time to eat!
This National School Breakfast Week, we are highlighting the creative ways school breakfast programs are nourishing students and how you can share the impact your program makes in your community!
๐๐ฅ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ง๐ ๐ผ๐๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐๐๐๐ค๐ค๐ก ๐ฝ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ง๐ค๐๐ง๐๐ข
Get your school breakfast week celebration started with two easy ways to spread the word in your school community and beyond:
โข Amplify your school breakfast program with our updated NSBW social media toolkit, which includes ready-to-go sample language and images.
โข Join the conversation on social media: Next week, weโll be sharing daily posts about how school breakfast is essential for students and school communities. Connect with us on social mediaโlike, share, and comment on why school breakfast is important to your school community!
โข Use and follow these hashtags: #NationalSchoolBreakfastWeek, #SchoolBreakfastNY, #NSBW24
โข Find No Kid Hungry New York on social media: Twitter and Instagram
โข Find Hunger Solutions New York on social media Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Facebook
๐๐๐๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ง ๐๐ค๐๐๐ฎ! ๐
๐ค๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐ฟ’๐จ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ง ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ก ๐๐๐๐ค๐ค๐ก ๐ฝ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐
Sign up for tomorrowโs Breakfast Promotion webinar and learn best practices to promote and celebrate school breakfast from the team at the New York State Education Department, Office of Child Nutrition Program Administration.
Tomorrow, February 27 at 1 pm EST
Register here
๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฟ๐๐ฉ๐! ๐๐ค๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ง๐จ ๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐๐๐ค๐ค๐ก ๐ฝ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐พ๐ค๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ค๐ฃ
๐๐ค ๐๐๐ ๐๐ช๐ฃ๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐ค๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ค๐ค๐ก ๐ฝ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ง ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐จ:
Breakfast After the Bell and the Power of Stakeholder Support
Wednesday, March 13, 1 pm EST
Register here
Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) School Breakfast Webinars:
โข School Breakfast 101: Implementing Innovative Breakfast Models
Thursday, March 7, 3 pm EST
Register here
โข Increasing Breakfast Participation through Community Eligibility
Thursday, April 25, 3 pm EST
Register here
โข Promoting School Breakfast: Tips and Tricks for Marketing Your Program
Thursday, May 9, 3 pm EST
Register here
โข Boosting Breakfast in Older Youth
Thursday, May 23, 3 pm EST
Register here
๐ฝ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐๐จ๐ค๐ช๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐-๐๐ฅ
Use these resources to support your #SchoolBreakfastNY operations and help start or sustain Breakfast After the Bell:
โข Explore Breakfast After the Bell service models: Identify which models are best suited to your program so that students can access meals conveniently and efficiently during the school day:
โข Bolster breakfast participation in middle and high schools: Adapt your program to gain student buy-in.
โข Elevate breakfast to your school leadership: By amplifying the benefits of breakfast to your school administrators, you can garner buy-in, open lines of communication, and enlist advocates for your school meal programs. These talking points can help you get the conversation started.
โข Help teachers with Breakfast in the Classroom (BIC): Order free laminated tip cards from NYSED to provide teachers with guidance on accountability with BIC.
