Invite Congress to Dine with You!
In honor of National School Lunch Week, the School Nutrition Association is encouraging nutrition directors across the country to promote their program with lots of great tools and even recommending you invite local state and federal government representatives to dine at your schools! Its a perfect opportunity to discuss how the new meal pattern requirements are working in your cafeterias, educate your community about the importance of healthy meals for students, attract media attention and the attention of your districts parents.
NSLW is October 15-19th, 2012 and October 17th is Take Your Parents to Lunch Day. So why not use that day to not only invite parents but legislators as well! The SNA even has an extremely useful “Show Congress What’s Cooking!” brochure that gives you tips on how to make the most of lunch with your policymakers.
If you have lunch with a representative tell us about the experience and you will be featured on our website! You can also share your experience on Facebook or Twitter.
