Covid-19 Response: Interviews with School Nutrition Professionals
Live Webinar
Thursday, April 2, 2020 at 2 pm CST
SNA Key Area(s): 2
USDA Professional Standard Code(s): 2000 Operations
Objective: Participants will recognize foodservice strategies that best fit their operation for implementation during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Description: In these very challenging times, school nutrition professionals continue to feed our nation’s children. Hear testimonies from school nutrition directors across the nation representing diverse school district sizes share how their operations are meeting the needs in these constantly changing times.
Panelists:
Aleshia Hall-Campbell, ICN Executive Director
Bridgette Matthews, MEd, RD, LD, SNS – Elbert County Schools, GA
Chef Sharon Schaefer, Gretna Public Schools, NE,
Lonnie Burt, MS, RD, CD-N- Hartford Public Schools, CT
Julianna Roberts, CalKidz, Butte County Office of Education
Johnna Jenkins, Valley Center – Pauma USD
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The Institute of Child Nutrition (ICN), part of the School of Applied Sciences at The University of Mississippi, is the only federally funded national center dedicated to applied research, education and training, and technical assistance for child nutrition programs. The Institute was established by Congress in the Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of 1989.
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