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Thank you so much for coming to our second “Food for Thought” meeting held Friday,
October 2nd. Thank you to Barry for popping by and contributing.
Minutes:
Meeting:
- I would like the program to start ASAP and before November
- our hope is to have the program up and running the week of October 19th
- food to be offered to each and everyone classroom will be fruit (apples, pears, plums)
and also plain whole wheat buns and ww buns with cheese.
- JP, KT will look after the purchasing of fruit (perhaps others would like to help too).
We will need approximately 220 pieces of fruit weekly.
- we are given free sub buns from Super Subs and instead of throwing them out, we
should use them daily. Any left over, will be thrown away.
- DM, JP, and hopefully other volunteers will be coming in every Monday morning and
cutting the sub buns that are currently in our freezer into thirds and wrapping them in
cellophane. They will bring in their own knives from home, cutting boards. I can help
this first Monday since I don’t work. We will need more help.
- DM will buy cheese to start off us and cellophane
* I am looking for 2 parent volunteers to help me with sub orders. I have already
photocopied the first batch of sub forms, but will need help counting money and keeping
all orders organized into classes. At the end of January, I will also need some to copy
order forms for the entire school and count money again.
*keeping in touch via email should get us started and me making some phone calls to
facilitate start.
Mary Gillis
Hello Everyone,
I would very much like to meet with all members of our committee and new
prospects. Our second "Food For Thought" meeting will be held on Friday,
October 2' 2009 at 9:00 a.m. in room 109 (one room down from my room). This
room is now used as a resource room. The meeting will be approximately be one
hour in length. I would love to see some new faces come as well and children
are welcome to come with you.
Mission Statement: To provide a nutritious snack and/or lunch for our students to promote
better learning, decrease hunger and maintain anonymity and respect without judgement, bias,
prejudice or stigma.
Program Principles:
1. Our school and Community have a collective responsibility
towards our children.
2. Nutrition is a fundamental key to a child’s development.
3. Good nutrition affects a child's ability to learn &
perform positively.
4. Our school environment can play a key role in supporting
healthy eating choices.
Method:
1. Maintain a supply of nutritious foods.
2. Develop volunteers to acquire and maintain the program’s supplies,
3. Develop a list of donors/suppliers for the program,
4. Develop a communications strategy to inform the school
community about the program
Existing Program: The program provides snacks to students who need them on an as needed
basis, by which the student(s) tell the teacher and/or lunch room monitor. Staff will then provide
that student with a snack found in the staffroom refrigerator.
This program structure is endorsed by the School’s administration and by the Home & School
Association. The program will be administered through a committee, which will be accountable
to the Home & School Association. The Committee Chair will assume responsibility for co-
ordinating volunteers, maintaining an inventory of supplies, and advising the School Community
through the Home & School Association of the status of the Committee’s work.
The funding for this program is provided by The Home & School Association which is providing
$1000 per year for the program from the proceeds of the December Holiday Baskets
Extension of the Program: To extend the existing program to provide a morning snack to all
students. The program will present plans to the Home and School Council as it’s capacity to meet
increased needs becomes evident. Funding for this program will be through corporate sponsors,
small in-town business donations and/or price cuts, profits from sub and pizza days, whole wheat
sub buns donated from Super Subs.
Attending: Caroline Sears CS, Dorothy Crowe DC, Leanne McArthur LM,
Cassandra Wallace CW, Patricia McCaffery PM, Mary Gillis MG, Sara
Croke SC, Jenny Pepper JP, Michelle Chin MC
Regrets: Kim Dichazi
-for next school year, provide each class with a closed bin of apples and/or pears
-change produce weekly
-Mary G to call Jeanne-Beth Michamk at Knox Church to inquire about their conversation with
Dave Gallagher about starting a breakfast program for our school two years ago.
I hope you can all come and share your ideas and knowledge so we can get
started! Thank you for your support.
Mary Gillis
JK/SK Teacher
Dundas Central