SNA Offices to be Closed for the Holidays 
At SNA Headquarters, we’re excited to start the holiday break to spend time with our families and friends. Our office will be closed beginning on Thursday, December 23, through Sunday, January 2. We look forward to reconnecting with our members in the New Year and will reopen on Monday, January 3, 2022. View SNA’s Holiday Card. 

School Meal Programs Grapple with Supply Chain Fallout
A new School Nutrition Association (SNA) survey reveals extensive impacts of supply chain and staffing challenges on school meal programs' financial and operational sustainability. Read SNA’s 2021 Supply Chain Survey. Check out the press release.
 
Plan Your Winter Celebrations with SN’s Promotion Calendar 
Did you know that January is National Soup Month? Celebrate by featuring different soup recipes throughout the month, along with pizza for Pizza Week (Jan. 9-15) and beans for National Bean Day (Jan. 6). Thank you to our January sponsor, Domino’s. Learn More
Get Ready to Take Off with School Breakfast 
National School Breakfast Week takes place March 7-11 2022! This year’s theme, Take Off with School Breakfast, reminds parents and stakeholders that a healthy school breakfast helps ensure students’ academic success in school so they can “take off” and reach their goals. Learn More
 
Download Logos and Artwork 
Get started with NSBW artwork! Use these images on menus, social media, in newsletters and on your website. To request artwork and logos, just complete the short online form. You can instantly download the logos and receive additional image links via email. 

Start Planning NSBW Menus Now 
Read the article in the November/December issue of School Nutrition for some fun ideas on how to pump up your breakfast program using this year’s theme, and keep an eye out for the toolkit—coming soon! 

Shop NSBW 
Check out the all-star merchandise in the SNA Shop to help you Take Off with your celebration—including T-shirts, aprons, posters and more. Shop now! 
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The number of products available in the all new School Breakfast Shop. Get ready for National School Breakfast Week 2022 with shirts, cups, balloons, stickers and more!
SNA Endorses Military Dependents School Meal Eligibility Act
U.S. Representatives Mike Levin (D-CA), Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA) and Richard Hudson (R-NC) introduced Military Dependents School Meal Eligibility Act  to make it easier for military families to qualify for school meal programs. View fact sheet.

USDA Announced Additional Funding to Mitigate Supply Chain Disruptions
The Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program (LFPA) will award up to $400 million for emergency food assistance purchases of domestic local foods. $100 million will be deployed under the new Food Supply Chain Guaranteed Loan Program to strengthen critical supply chains and the U.S. food system.
School Nutrition Foundation Announces 2022 Josephine Martin National Policy Fellows 
Tara Gonzales, a registered dietitian from Douglas County School District Nutrition Services in Colorado, and Christopher Byrd, executive chef from Jefferson County School District in Kentucky, have been named as the two Josephine Martin National Policy Fellows for 2022. Learn More
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From Woah to Wow
School district meal programs are surviving (and thriving) despite shortages of food, supplies, equipment and staff. Read how operators have made school lunch lemonade from supply chain lemons. Read the article