Food Services

 

 Good Food Champions Harvest Health!

 

All it takes is a small time commitment and a passion for health. We are looking for at least one volunteer per school site. Good Food projects will vary in time, place and scale; it all depends upon what you want to do and how involved you would like to get.

 

Examples of Good Food projects that Food Services needs your help with:

 

Build Your Own Good Food Program: Let’s start with you, the Good Food Champion, what do you want to do at school? We are here to support our students, teachers  and parents achieve their Good Food goals!

 

Farm to School: Be an ambassador for our local foods and farmers. Support farm to school programs at your school, across campus.

 

Taste Tests & Sampling: Conducting taste tests for new foods and sampling our menu items gives children an opportunity to try our healthy food options.

 
Lunch Displays: Transform our school lunches into works of art. Set up displays at lunch that demonstrate how kids can best use our salad bars.

 

Garden to Cafeteria: Does your school have a garden? Would you like to feature that food on your school salad bar? Why not have kids “advertise” their school grown goodies in the cafeteria?

 

Good Food work can include a number of other initiatives, we provided this list only as a starting point for collaboration. 

 

Resources for Good Food Champions

 

We have many resources for our Good Food Champions that ensure you will harvest health right away. These resources are available every month. To receive these resources please contact Vanessa Zajfen, Farm to School Specialist at vzajfen@sandi.net.

 

 1. Samples of the Harvest of the Month item

 

2. Nourish, a free food system curriculum and companion DVD for SDUSD staff

 

3. Farmer trading cards
 

4. Salad bar banners

 

5. Non-food based rewards for good food behavior
 
6. Personal assistance with special health events, taste tests or other food based activities on campus.
 
7. A direct connection to local farmers.

 

 
 
 
Participating Schools:
 

Horton Elementary School

Spreckels Elementary School

Crown Point Elementary

Gage Elementary

Bireny Elementary

McKinley Elementary

Cubberly Elementary

Ocean Beach Elementary

Sequioa Elementary

Kumeyaay Elementary

Phoebe Hearst Elementary

Bencheley Weinberger Elementary

Logan Elementary

Washington Elementary

Chollas-Mead Elementary

Rowan Elementary

Roland Park Elementary

Riley K-8th

John Muir Middle School

Correia Middle School

Marston Middle School

Mission Bay High School

Garfield High School

Crawford High School

Serra High School