Eat Smart – Page 2 – Fuel Up To Play

Making an Impact at the New York Jets Fuel Up To Play 60 Leadership Forum!

May 30, 2017

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I was thrilled to receive an invitation from the American Dairy Association North East to attend the New York Jets Fuel Up to Play 60 Leadership Forum. The event was held at the New York Jets training facility ...

2017 Nourish to Flourish School Meals Summit

May 19, 2017

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We were so happy to be given the opportunity to be included in such a wonderful event about school meals. We knew that school lunches were important, but we didn’t know that there were so many people working b...

Raising Money for Our School Garden

May 9, 2017

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At our high school, we have 22 raised garden beds that grow food for our cafeterias. While we were able to start this with grant money, we still need to raise funds every year to keep the gardens growing. This ...

Appearing on “Cook’s Corner” with my Program Advisor

March 28, 2017

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Last week, my Program Advisor and I were invited to be on my local TV news station for a “Cooks Corner” segment. We were able to present two breakfast items from our school lunch menu: smoothies and parfaits. W...

Kids Mobile Pantry

March 21, 2017

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These are kids who are POWERED by PASSION! Our "Kids Mobile Pantry" was started by David Schwake, Food Service Director for our district in Arizona. St. Mary's Food Bank Alliance supplies and delivers all ou...

Community Mobile Pantry

March 15, 2017

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I’m proud to be a part of fueling up my community! The "Community Mobile Pantry" is our way of giving back to the community. Fuel Up to Play 60 joined David Schwake, Food Service Director in our district and...

FUTP 60 and American Heart Association

February 28, 2017

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Our High School’s FUTP 60 Council hosted an event to support the American Heart Association’s National “Red Out” Campaign. This campaign is a massive national public awareness day the first Friday each February...

Kids Influencing Our District Lunch Menu

February 24, 2017

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Fuel Up to Play 60 Ambassadors celebrated Phase 1 of our kid-influenced district lunch menu this year. A few of our FUTP 60 Ambassadors are: Claudia in 8th Grade, Veronica in 6th Grade, Brytin in 2nd Grade, and...

A Visitor from Green Bay

February 15, 2017

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Our school district's hard work and dedication to the FUTP 60 program paid off big recently when the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board awarded us a visit from Brett Hundley, the Green Bay Packers’ backup Quarterba...

Fueling Up Through the Season

February 10, 2017

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Winter. Most people think of it as a season where everything is colder and nothing gets done. As most of you know already, there’s no season to stop fueling up! Here is a few things to do if you have a snow day...

New Hampshire Spirit Week and Pep Rally

February 3, 2017

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At the end of November, some students and I hosted a school wide spirit week and pep rally kickoff. Each day of the week had a different theme based on physical activity or healthy eating. Monday was NFL/ Fu...

Community Service and Tasty New Veggies

January 17, 2017

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For the third year in a row, FUTP 60 Ambassadors and Program Advisors from my school district rang the Salvation Army bell and handed out samples of the "veggie of the month" at a local grocery store! It's real...

Revolutionizing School Meals

January 10, 2017

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If you ask most people in America about cafeteria food they will probably think of something along the lines of long lines where mean old lunch ladies plop some rock-hard meat loaf and mushy goop on your tray t...

Happy Holidays from New Hampshire!

December 20, 2016

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Hello FUTP 60 National Team! It’s time to huddle around with your families for the winter season, and we Ambassadors from New Hampshire have some delicious recipes and ideas to pass around this holiday season. ...

Freezing Fresh Produce

October 25, 2016

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If you are from the Midwest like me, you share in the struggle of not being able to have a garden for about six long months out of the year due to the cold winter weather! But I’m here to share just a few ways ...