School nutrition programs in California

Helping Hand for Relief and Development Marks World Sight Day With Its End of The Year Prevention of Blindness Campaign

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Thursday, October 14, 2021
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SOUTHFIELD, Mich., Oct. 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Helping Hand for Relief and Development (HHRD) observes this year's World Sight Day theme of Love Your Eyes with a nationwide Prevention of Blindness campaign advocating for cataract awareness and surgery.

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  • SOUTHFIELD, Mich., Oct. 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Helping Hand for Relief and Development (HHRD) observes this year's World Sight Day theme of Love Your Eyes with a nationwide Prevention of Blindness campaign advocating for cataract awareness and surgery.
  • A majority of its regions across the USA are running end of the year campaigns encouraging donors to give the gift of sight.
  • An estimated 2.2 billion people have near or distant vision impairment with almost half of these cases being preventable or yet to be addressed.
  • It is reported that nearly 100 million people suffer from cataracts, the leading cause of blindness.

Free Meals for Children Available at Participating School Sites Throughout California

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Friday, March 20, 2020
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To provide California families, as well as our partners in education and nutrition, with a comprehensive, aggregated list of school sites with free meals for children throughout the state, Dairy Council of California, in partnership with California Milk Processor Board and California State Senator Dr. Richard Pan , created HealthyEating.com/SchoolMeals , a landing page that allows users to self-navigate and easily find the closest participating meal-to-go service site to their home.

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  • To provide California families, as well as our partners in education and nutrition, with a comprehensive, aggregated list of school sites with free meals for children throughout the state, Dairy Council of California, in partnership with California Milk Processor Board and California State Senator Dr. Richard Pan , created HealthyEating.com/SchoolMeals , a landing page that allows users to self-navigate and easily find the closest participating meal-to-go service site to their home.
  • Titled School Meal Sites Providing Free Meals for Children Throughout California , the landing page is intended to serve as a go-to resource for up-to-date food service locations throughout California to centralize information and eliminate confusion on where families can go to access free food for their children.
  • School Nutrition Services staff are working tirelessly to provide nourishing meals to students impacted by school closures.
  • Fortunately, California school districts have rallied and risen to the occasion by providing measures to help alleviate the more severe consequences.

Reinvestment Fund Providing New Resources to Improve Child Nutrition in New Jersey

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Monday, April 1, 2019
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The New Jersey Child Nutrition Fund (NJCNF) offers capital and technical assistance to providers who participate or wish to participate in federal meal programs, Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) and the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP).

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  • The New Jersey Child Nutrition Fund (NJCNF) offers capital and technical assistance to providers who participate or wish to participate in federal meal programs, Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) and the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP).
  • "Providing nutritious meals to more children is an important building block to a healthier, more equitable state."
  • The program has a rolling application process and will offer awards ranging from $5,000 to $50,000 to fund planning activities.
  • "We look forward to working with the Reinvestment Fund to build on the gains we've made in recent years toward expanding these important child nutrition programs so that all New Jersey children have healthy food to eat, every day.''