Action for Healthy Kids (AFHK) and Kellogg’s announced Appomattox Primary school (APS) as one of six Southeast school grant recipients in their new breakfast grant program. AFHK’s breakfast outreach is geared towards increasing the number of students eating a healthy breakfast at school.
Today, one out of every six children in America do not get the proper nourishment they need before going to school. In an effort to decrease this statistic, AFHK and Kellogg’s teams together to offer grants to schools in need of new breakfast programs.
To qualify for a grant, 50 percent of the school’s student population had to qualify for free and reduced priced meals. AFHK and the Kellogg’s Corporate Citizenship Fund awarded APS with the breakfast grant, impacting more than 520 students. Nationwide more than 215 schools, serving 20,000 students, applied.
“School breakfast programs are key in providing nutrient-rich foods,” said Molly Szymanski, SUDIA‘s (Southeast United Dairy Industry Association) assistant manager of child nutrition. “Nutrient-rich breakfast options such as non-fat dairy provide critical vitamins and minerals for growing children.”
APS will offer students fun incentives to encourage breakfast participation. Every day the students will earn stickers for eating breakfast. At the end of the month, students receive raffle tickets depending upon the number of stickers they’ve earned. The raffle will include prizes such as books and movie passes.
Research shows that children who eat breakfast show signs of boosted brain power, less behavioral problems and develop healthier eating habits.
For more information on Action for Healthy Kids’ breakfast grant program and for a complete list of Southeast school winners, visit www.actionfor healthykids.org.
