A Very Important Birthday Wish & PCRM’s Healthy School Lunches

Our Compass’s Arthur Poletti has an upcoming birthday and birthday wish! Please visit HERE for information and a very important message to help animals and what you can do to participate!

Also, please sign President Obama, You And Your Family Should Stop Eating Animal Flesh

From PCRM’s Healthy School Lunches

CAMPAIGN UPDATES:

• Bob Harper Urges Congress to Pass Healthy School Meals Act
• Doctors Call On Congress to Seize Historic Opportunity

The Healthy School Lunch Campaign, sponsored by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM), is dedicated to improving the food served to children in schools by educating government and school officials, food service workers, parents, and others about the food choices best able to promote children’s current and long-term health.

The campaign’s key message: Foods served in schools should promote the health of all children.

Menus in most school lunch programs are too high in saturated fat and cholesterol and too low in fiber- and nutrient-rich fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and legumes (see PCRM’s 2008 School Lunch Report Card). Major changes are needed to encourage the health of the nation’s youth and to reverse the growing trends of obesity, early-onset diabetes, and hypertension, among other chronic diseases, in children and teens.

The Healthy School Lunch Campaign encourages schools to offer more healthy low-fat, cholesterol-free options, including reimbursable meals and beverages, a la carte items, and vending machine items. The PCRM Healthy School Lunch Team works with school districts across the country and organizes meetings and presentations for school boards, PTAs, and student groups. We can provide marketing materials, meal planning and recipes ideas, and other resources upon request.

If you are interested in having The PCRM Healthy School Lunch Team work with your school district, start by taking these easy steps.

Please join us to become a Healthy School Lunch Advocate and ask your Member of Congress to support H.R. 4870, the Healthy School Meals Act of 2010, which makes it easier for schools to offer healthful plant-based options and gives them an incentive to do so. Anyone can be a school lunch advocate!

Want to Do More?
Host a call-in party before or after school for students, parents, and concerned citizens in your area.

Questions about becoming a School Lunch Advocate? Contact Ruby Lathon, Ph.D., PCRM’s nutrition policy manager, at rlathon@pcrm.org.