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Support for Summer Meals
Support for Summer Meals
About this Series
The School Food Innovator Series is a virtual quarterly gathering designed for members of the California Food for California Kids® Network. This series showcases innovation in school food leadership across the state and fosters connections between Network members and offers peer-to-peer learning opportunities.
About this Session
This session focused on best practices for summer meals and farm to summer programming. Get inspired by school nutrition leaders from the California Food for California Kids® Network as they share community outreach strategies, enrichment activities for students, and their favorite California-grown foods to serve in the summer.
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Slides: Support for Summer Meals
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Chat: Support for Summer Meals
Welcome! Please introduce yourself by typing your name, position, and where you work into the chat box. What’s your favorite summer meal?Rosa Estrella, Baldwin Park USDRib B Que sandwich with a dill pickleScott BerndtHi everyone! Abby Halperin, Policy and Grants Manager at the Center for Ecoliteracy. Two favorites: grilled peaches with burrata on salad and roasted summer cornHi! Jezra, from the Center for Ecoliteracy. Watermelon and mint salad!Dylan Hatami, West Contra Costa USD, BBQ Hot Dog & Potato SaladHi I am Melissa Manning, Owner & Founder of My School RD consulting. My fave summer meal is Summer Corn and Tomato SaladYousef Buzayan, Farm to Market Senior Manager, Community Alliance with Family Farmers (CAFF), Davis, CA, a caprese salad with local tomato and basil!Replying to "Hi! Jezra, from the ..."Juan Zamorano San Diego Unified School District. I love to BBQ almost anything as long as it helps me clean my freezer.Scott Berndt - Riverside Unified School DistrictHi all, Claire Tauber from Community Alliance with Family Farmers. I can’t wait for peach season!Anali Rosales Garces, County of San Diego HHSA, Community Health Worker Liaison, summer squashStephanie Lip, Sr. School Food Ops Specialist with Chef Ann Foundation. Watermelon mint lime salad!Hi all, Itzúl Gutierrez - California Association of Food Banks and love watermelons and cherries in the summer!Raquel Santillan from Kids Eat Right with Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula - love grilled kabobs with pineapple, chicken, and veggies!Barbara Jellison West Contra Costa USD anything grilled outdoorsSign on to the 2023 School Meals for All Budget Letter: [link]Looking forward to hearing from you!Mike Munna - Director of Sales at LunchAssistHere’s a letter for support template for AB 1178 Caregiver mealsReplying to "Here’s a letter for ..."Check out this great resource from LunchAssist comparing the most common types of summer programs operated by California schools: [link]Hi, everyone! Mike here from LunchAssist! If you want to learn more about what we do, send me an email: mike[at]lunchassist.orgUSDA Summer Meals Toolkit: [link]CDE Farm to Summer Celebration Week [link]1) Center for Ecoliteracy Farm to Summer Planning Guide:My favorite activity from Nourishing Students: coloring with a radish! So funNo Kid Hungry Promote Summer Meals Outreach Resources:Check out this segment on Good Day Sacramento of Lodi USD’s summer meals kick-off:Lodi Unified School District 2022 Summer Meals Kick-Off Community Event:That rainbow salad is so beautiful!!San Luis Coastal USD Spring Magazine:I was thinking the same thing, Amy! SO pretty!Need to hop off, thanks CEL for supporting and lifting up Summer Caregiver meals bill. And thanks to all school districts and community orgs ensuring our kids are fed during the school year and summer!Replying to "Need to hop off, tha..."San Diego USD Summer Fun Cafe Website:Deliciously truthful, Director Caguin!Thanks for posting the SDUSD summer video PratyushaSo much love for librarians!I’ve been to one of Riverside’s summer BBQs in a park, they’re the place to be!Thank you so much for sharing, Lauren, Scott, and Vince! Love learning about your amazing programs!I joined the call late. Will the recording be posted later? Thanks!Replying to "I joined the call la..."The new grill that we are utilizing this year is Crown Verity. They have a commercial line.Replying to "I joined the call la..."How do you market to the non English speaking segments of the community?Do you contract with any farmers for regular deliveries before their season starts?SDUSD bbq grillsIs the 108K considered a micropurchase?Thanks for sharing those photos, Torin! Your events look like so much fun!(By the way, I love that we can share photos in the Zoom chat now!)I am a CAFF board member and will be in Davis for a board meeting this Sunday so I will have to ask for help in the bid processThis guide from CAFF is great on different types of purchases ([link] I think 50k is the official USDA micro purchase threshold, unless that’s changedYeah 50K is correct for the USDA limit!why does riverside hold that 108K limit?Thank you so much Vince, Lauren, and Scott. This has been super helpful!Center for Ecoliteracy ResourcesPartner Organization ResourcesLunchAssist Summer Nutrition Programs in California: [link]Yay! Thanks Liz! Excited to see you at the Community of Practice tomorrow!Thank you Center for Ecoliteracy team! Learned so much in this call!Thanks Everyone!!Thanks allThank you everyone! Happy summer meals planning!Cheering you on!Thanks all!0