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Brighton Central Schools won $500 for their school!
Brighton Central Schools shared a new breakfast menu item that was a success with students and staff
Our March winner was Nicole VanDerMeid, Food Service director for the Brighton Central School District. In Nicole’s submission, she shared a photo of a breakfast dish that has the perfect combination of being loved by kids, easy to put together
Cargill’s Sunny Fresh® is committed to providing students with nutritious meals that’ll help them thrive. The COVID pandemic challenged so many in foodservice, but those challengeswere even greater for school nutrition programs. Early in the pandemic, we recognized the heroic efforts being performed to provide nutrition to their kids despite many of the students not physically at the schools. Schools needed to recreate their programs while balancing staff safety and complicated budgets. As we worked through these uncertain times, we began looking for newways to help our schools create success in their meal programs. In November, we launched a program to allow schools to share with each other how our products have brought success to their meal program. Schools can not only help each other by sharing great ideas but will also be entered into a monthly drawing for a $500 donation to their school district. The program so far has garnered many innovative ideas and five districts have supplemented their budgets with an additional donation.
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and travels well for parents. She calls it their Country Breakfast Bowl. Nicole described the dish as a great comfort food meal. She said, “The kids love a hot breakfast with Bacon & Cheese Eggstravaganza with tater tots and the extra sprinkle of cheddar makes it a win-win. It’s easy to
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put together during busy mornings and transports well for parent pick-up.” Thanks, Nicole for sharing! To keep your menus fun and tasty check out other school districts’ ideas highlighted on our Twitter account.
Country Breakfast Bowl at Brighton Central Schools
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