March 9th Media Advisory: Paper Plates for Pelosi Campaign
Posted on | March 8, 2010 | 1 Comment
SAVE THE DATE
SAN FRANCISCO STUDENTS MAKE CHILD NUTRITION REAUTHORIZATION A PRIORITY TO SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI’S DISTRICT STAFF
WHAT: NEWS CONFERENCE AND PRESENTATION OF THOUSANDS OF STUDENT-DESIGNED PAPER PLATES IN SUPPORT OF IMPROVED SCHOOL FOOD TO SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI’S DISTRICT STAFF WITH THE SAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK AND THE SAN FRANCISCO FOOD COALITION
WHEN: 8:30-9AM, TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 2010
WHERE: JOSE ORTEGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 400 SARGENT STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94132 (Map )
The San Francisco Food Bank, a non-profit organization dedicated to ending hunger in San Francisco and the SF School Food Coalition, a coalition of parents and advocates committed to creating a school food program that connects student health, academic achievement and positive behavior to eating fresh, high quality and good tasting food from sustainable resources are pleased to inform you about a media opportunity that will take place tomorrow at Jose Ortega Elementary School at 8:30 AM. An assembly will be held to raise awareness of an issue that is mobilizing communities here in San Francisco and across the nation: the improvement of school food programs.
This spring, Congress is expected to reauthorize the Child Nutrition Act, which funds the National School Lunch Program. Thousands of SFUSD students decorated paper plates for Speaker Pelosi, asking for her leadership in securing more resources for better school food. This includes a more streamlined application process, additional funding for reimbursable meals, the expansion of cost-of-living adjustments, the passage of new food guidelines, and raising the eligibility income ceiling in high-cost areas like San Francisco. All of these improvements would expand access to the school meal program and bring in millions of dollars of much-needed government funds for healthy, higher quality food. SFUSD serves about 28,000 daily meals that qualify under Child Nutrition Act programs.
On Tuesday, the San Francisco School Food Coalition convenes at Jose Ortega Elementary to present the paper plates, while two staff members from the San Francisco Food Bank deliver samples to Nancy Pelosi’s office in the Capitol.
We would like to invite you to attend the paper plate presentation at Jose Ortega Elementary School. Additionally, your affiliate station in Washington D.C. may also find this to be a relevant topic as this issue is one of both local and national significance. It may make for an interesting segment to connect affiliate stations that cover both the San Francisco as well as the DC events.
For more information regarding the San Francisco event, contact:
Lena Brook, Founder, SF School Food Coalition/Grattan Elementary School parent, sfschoolfood@gmail.com
For more information regarding the Washington, DC event, contact:
Stacy Newman, Media Manager, San Francisco Food Bank, 415-282-1907 x270 or snewman@sffb.org
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March 9th, 2010 @ 1:22 pm
Hi Lena,
hope it went well this morning. I wish I could have been there. Will definitely try to be at the next meeting. Hope Pelosi was impressed!