WI DPI Community Nutrition, Summer Food Service Program

09/29/2020

To our Facebook followers: this DPI Summer Food Service Program page is closing, though we encourage you to follow our other school and community nutrition teams, as well as our department-wide page:
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Thanks for following along as we informed, celebrated, and promoted the SFSP. We will continue to offer this for a much larger audience on the WI DPI page.

09/11/2020

📢 Grant Opportunity! 📢FRAC Breakfast Grants are available in target states, including Wisconsin! Check out award and eligibility information here:

09/03/2020

And we're back! What a spring, summer, and now fall for the Summer Food Service Program in Wisconsin. Over 31 million meals served is a tremendous accomplishment. Continued thanks and appreciation to our sponsors as we continue to navigate these ever-changing times! Your efforts are making a difference!

MADISON — The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction today announced over 31 million nutritious meals have been served to Wisconsin students at sites throughout the state since March 2020 according to claims filed to the agency. Through the National School Lunch Program’s Seamless Summer Opt...

08/31/2020

As many of our Summer Food Service Program agencies are wrapping up for this year, we wanted to say THANK YOU. Now more than ever, it has been very important to provide children with healthy, nutritious meals. We commend and recognize you for all of your hard work.

08/28/2020

No Kid Hungry has created a handout for meal service options for the 2020-2021 School Year based upon USDA waivers and guidance. This handout includes potential learning models, options for meal service for each model, and when SFSP is allowed to operate. Check out the hand out here: http://ow.ly/orha50B2Bw7

*Please visit the USDA website for the most up-to-date information regrading Federal Nutrition Programs waivers and guidance.

08/25/2020

The School Nutrition Association has created a resource guide on Managing Menu Needs in SY 2020-2021. This free, digital guide is designed to help school nutrition directors, chefs, and site managers face this year's unique challenges.

Check it out here: http://ow.ly/Ro9z50B1M9U

08/21/2020

August is National Sandwich Month! 🥪 There are so many different varieties of sandwiches you could serve to celebrate, PB&J, ham, turkey, meatball, tuna, etc.

Super Healthy Kids has a long list of different sandwich recipes that are kid approved! http://ow.ly/ztbK50ANoCF

08/19/2020

Celebrate National Farm to School Month by crunching into local apples on Thursday, October 8 at 12 PM. This year the Great Lakes is hoping to reach a goal of . Everyone is welcome to CRUNCH! 🍎

Don't forget to register: https://cias.wisc.edu/applecrunch/

08/17/2020

The Institute of Child Nutrition has hosted some recent webinars on safe practices and cleaning with COVID-19. If you had missed the webinar, you can view them here:

Practice Safe Hygiene and Cleaning Help prevent the spread of Coronavirus The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advises everyone to practice good hygiene to help prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus COVID-19 (up-to-date information from CDC can be found here.) This includes pro...

08/14/2020

School Food Handler has many resources for safe food service with COVID-19. Check out their website to find many SOPs and posters that may be useful for this upcoming school year.

Want to take our FREE Food Safety training course? Click Here to get started! Covid-19 Resources     Serving During Social Distancing SOP

08/12/2020

Hand washing is always an important part of food service, but it is especially important this year with COVID-19. The CDC has many fun, printable posters on how to properly wash your hands for kids, teens, and the general public. Check them out here:

These printable handwashing posters can be used to help raise awareness about handwashing in highly visible public areas, such as schools, workplaces, and restrooms.

08/11/2020

Are you interested in getting more involved with Farm to School? The Teaching in Nature's Classroom could be a great way to learn how to add more educational opportunities and help support the mission of Farm to School.

Registration is now OPEN for the Teaching in Nature's Classroom course! We are thrilled to be offering this FREE online course again this fall. Don't wait to register! It fills up quickly. Learn more about the course and how to register here: https://wischoolgardens.org/TNC-course/