Hazel Dell, Noble Crossing, and White River elementary schools are being recognized for what they do each day to promote healthy eating and active lifestyles.
The schools participated in the HealthierUS School Challenge sponsored by the USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service. Each one received a Silver Award. The award includes a prize of $1,000, a plaque, and a banner marking the achievement.
The HealthierUS School Challenge is a voluntary national certification initiative for schools that participate in the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program. It supports First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move campaign by recognizing schools that are creating healthy school environments through their promotion of good nutrition and physical activity. It also encourages all schools to take a leadership role in helping students make healthier eating and physical activity choices that will last a lifetime.
Schools – including Hazel Dell, Noble Crossing, and White River – that champion the HealthierUS School Challenge work hard to ensure that the food served for lunch and breakfast is nutritious and healthy and to provide students with nutrition education as well as physical education and opportunities for physical activity.
