Outlook: Nutrition programs

              www.isbe.net/nutrition – 1 – MARCH 2006
The
OUTLOOK
Nutrition Programs
Illinois State Board of Education
MARCH 2006
b u l l e t i n
b o a rd
In this issue…
Welcome New Staff .................................................................... 1
Reminders ................................................................................... 1
National School Breakfast Week—Go Places With School
Breakfast .................................................................................. 1
Legislative Updates .................................................................... 2
Kudos to 200-Plus Breakfast Schools ...................................... 2
Childhood Hunger Relief Act................................................... 2
Leepertown Elementary School Overcomes Barriers to
Offering School Breakfast ..................................................... 2
Top Ten Reasons to Serve Breakfast at School ....................... 3
Farmington Feeds Hungry Kids With School Breakfast ...... 3
ADMINISTRATION
Download New School Meals Initiative Resources ............... 3
Wellness Policy Considerations ................................................ 4
Claim Common Cent$ ............................................................... 4
Use Revised Recipes Now, Discontinue Use of Old Recipes 4
FOOD DISTRIBUTION
Important Reminders Regarding Deliveries .......................... 4
Update Your Illinois Commodity System Site Information . 4
Commodity Values for Auditors ............................................... 4
FOODSERVICE AND NUTRITION
Step Up to Nutrition in March ................................................. 5
GRANTS, AWARDS, and HONORS
Dairy Grant Applications Due Date March 31 ...................... 5
TRAINING, TIPS, and TOOLS
Schedule a New NET Workshop Training this spring .......... 5
Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point Seminars
Announced ............................................................................. 6
Illinois Dietetic Association 2006 Assembly .......................... 6
Fiscal Year 20O5 School Meal Statistics ............................ 6
Calendar of Events ..................................................................... 6
Welcome New Staff
We are happy to welcome Marlon Cummings as a new
employee in the Nutrition Programs Division effective
February 16. He comes to us from Washington D.C where he
was working as the Director of Programs for the Empower
Program. He will be working as a monitor for Nutrition
Programs in the Cook County area. Welcome aboard!
National School
Breakfast Week—Go
Places With School
Breakfast
March 6–10, 2006
Visit http:/
www.schoolnutrition.org/nsbw/ for
proclamations, activities, logos,
themes, slogans, menus, recipes,
and much more to help celebrate
National School Breakfast Week!
Reminders
Summer Food Service Program
Training Workshops—Reminder,
these are the March dates for training
workshops for the Summer Food
Service Program. Register online at
http://www.isbe.net/nutrition/htmls/
summer.htm. There is no charge to
attend.
· March 2—Champaign
· March 7—Alsip
· March 21—Fairview Heights
· March 28—St. Charles