The School Nutrition Foundation awarded twenty-three (23) Professional Development scholarships for the 2021-2022 school year. Every year the School Nutrition Foundation provides education scholarships for SNA members with funding for tuition and books for the following school year. See this year's recipients.

An SNA analysis of the newly released USDA data shows that between March and December 2020, schools nationwide served 1.77 billion fewer meals compared to the same timeframe in 2019, equating to a $2 billion loss in federal revenue for school meal programs. Learn More

#ANC21 will host 100+ exhibitors showcasing culinary trends and cutting-edge equipment and service solutions as well as multiple opportunities to chat and connect with leading industry representatives. Check back to see who will be participating this year. Learn more and register!

The SNA Strive to Thrive Wellness App, sponsored by Jennie-O Turkey Store, was designed to enhance your physical and mental well being and keep you moving in the right direction, step by step, activity by activity. Download the app today to take part in the Spring Challenge with a chance to win prizes!

Join us Wednesday, May 19, at 3 pm EDT for A Guide to Reopen Schools: Best Practices in Food Safety and COVID-19 Prevention. In this session, speakers provide an overview of best practices for COVID-19 mitigation and school-reopening. CDC and USDA representatives will:

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Plan an End of Spring Celebration with the SN Promotion Calendar 

Ready to start wrapping up the 2020-2021 school year with revelry? Mark your calendar for merriment-worthy celebrations such as Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month, National Barbecue Month, National Egg Month and happening this week—Children’s Book Week (May 3-9). Check out the entire Promotion Calendar to plan your celebration today!

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) created a tool kit to help schools implement the Voluntary Guidelines for Managing Food Allergies in order to prevent and manage severe allergic reactions in schools. The toolkit includes tip sheets, training presentations, and podcasts for school superintendents, administrators, teachers and paraeducators, school nutrition professionals, school transportation staff, and school mental health professionals. Learn More

On April 28, the White House announced President Biden's proposal to allow more schools to participate in the essential Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) as part of The American Families Plan. Read More

On April 26, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced its expansion of the Pandemic Electronic Benefits Transfer (P-EBT) benefits program to help provide adequate nutrition to more than 30 million children over the summer. Read More

Following the recent Senate hearing on Child Nutrition Reauthorization, we need you to raise your voice once again; let your Senator and Representative know the importance of keeping school nutrition programs viable! Take Action.

The School Nutrition Foundation’s (SNF) first annual Walk With a Purpose walkathon united school nutrition professionals and their families and friends across the country during April 15-22, 2021. Participating individuals and teams raised almost $43,000 that will help provide scholarships, grants and professional development to SNA members. Learn More

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Foundation is seeking participants for a focus group with school foodservice workers (e.g., food servers, foodservice directors, district-wide managers, school nutritionists, etc.) scheduled for Wednesday, May 19, from 7:00 to 8:30 pm ET. The goal of the focus group is to help the CDC Foundation learn how foodservice workers have safely provided healthy meals, supported students’ food needs during the COVID-19 pandemic, and recommendations for consideration for providing meals to students for the upcoming 2021-2022 academic year. Learn More

The continued drop in virtual this week was driven by grades 6-12 as the "Always Virtual" areas with long phase-ins offered in-person to more of these students. This week we review the regions of the country that have not yet offered traditional in-person this year and summarize the obstacles and unknowns around a nationwide return to traditional in-person next Fall.  Learn More

School Lunch Hero Day is this week! Make Friday, May 7, an extra special celebration this year to recognize the heroic efforts of school nutrition professionals across the country as they continue to do whatever it takes to feed America’s kids on the frontlines of a global pandemic. If you need a little help, SNA has many recognition ideas on the website. Be sure to capture the big moment on social media with the hashtag #SchoolLunchHero—we may share your content! Learn More

Over the past year, there’s been a great deal of attention on the food and beverage supply chain—but we’ve heard considerably less about the impact on another part of the K-12 supply chain: equipment manufacturers...until now. Get insight from equipment manufacturers on how the pandemic has affected their operations with "Equipped with Resilience," a new supplement from School Nutrition Magazine, supported by AccuTemp.