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The 2024 Great Big Crunch is back!

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Crunch to celebrate healthy school food! 

This year, throughout the month of March, many thousands will gather in
person in their school, at home, at work and online with friends and
colleagues to highlight the importance of healthy food at school and call
for a Healthy School Food Program for Canada.

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We invite you to host your own crunch or join the Coalition for Healthy
School Food and students from coast to coast to coast for a Virtual Great
Big Crunch on MARCH 7, 2024, AT 1:00 PM EST, register for the event HERE
[5]. We are so pleased that MINISTER OF FAMILIES, CHILDREN, AND SOCIAL
DEVELOPMENT, JENNA SUDDS, will be joining this year’s Great Big Crunch.

Get your apples or other crunchy fruit or vegetable ready to crunch LOUD!

Learn more [4]

 

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Register your crunch

Whether you are crunching by yourself, with friends, with your class, or
with colleagues, we want to keep track of your crunches. Make sure you
register them HERE [7], and send us pictures and videos through the
REGISTRATION FORM [7] or to [email protected] so that we
can share them. 

Want to invite a school or class to participate in the Great Big Crunch?

You can use this template letter invitation here. [8]

Register your crunch [7]

 

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Use our activity toolkit

Celebrate healthy school food using our GREAT BIG CRUNCH ACTIVITIES TOOLKIT
[9]! You'll find fun curriculum-linked activities for kids of all ages. You
can even congratulate them on their participation by printing a CERTIFICATE
OF PARTICIPATION [10]!

Download the Activity toolkit [9]

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Share your crunches on social media!

We created a COMMUNICATION GUIDE [11] with countless resources - templates
for social media posts, graphics, Twibbons, invitations for school, and
more.

Download it HERE [11] and use it to your liking! Make sure to spread the
word and invite people to crunch as well!

Download the
Communication Guide

 

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JOIN OUR VIRTUAL CANADA-WIDE CRUNCH WITH FAMILIES, CHILDREN AND SOCIAL
DEVELOPMENT MINISTER, JENNA SUDDS

REGISTER [12] for the Canada-wide Great Big Crunch that will take place on
Thursday, MARCH 7 AT 1 - 1:30 PM EST! Together, we will make some noise for
a healthy school food program across Canada. The Crunch will take place at
around 1:25 pm.

Register for the virtual Great Big Crunch [5]

 

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SCHOOL FOOD - RECENT NEWS AND REPORTS

Several members & partners of the Coalition have been recently interviewed
in the media.

* Free school meals ‘cut obesity and help reading skills’ in England,
study finds [14], Michael Savage, The Guardian, February 4, 2024
* Provincial funds sought for struggling School Nutrition Program
[15],Tyler Clarke, Sudbury.com, Feb 1, 2024
* School meal program on menu in Manitoba next fall [16], Maggie
Macintosh, Winnipeg Free Press, Jan 30, 2024
* It takes a Community Crew to feed students in Thorold schools [17],
Bernard Landsbergen, Thorold Today, January 30, 2024
* Manitoba takes first steps in universal school nutrition program [18],
Edward Djan, City News Winnipeg, January 30, 2024
* North Okanagan-Shuswap school district learns more students are dealing
with food insecurity issues [19], Darren Handschuh, Castanet, Jan 27, 2024
* Letter: National school food program needed in Canada, Bay Today [20]
(PDF version [21]), David Thompson, Bay Today, Jan 26, 2024
* TDSB/TCDSB/Toronto Youth Cabinet Advocate for a Youth-Friendly City
Budget [22], Toronto District School Board, Jan 25, 2024
* ‘A massive crisis’: Demand builds for national meal program [23],
Hadassah Alencar, Canadian Affairs,  January 24, 2024
* Saskatchewan Rivers board supports advocating for National Framework
for a School Food Program [24], Michael Oleksyn, Prince Albert Daily
Herald, Jan 18, 2024
* LETTER: Small schools need school lunch programs just as much as big
ones [25], Petrina Daley, Saltwire News, Jan 17, 2024
* A national school food program would do more than feed students [26], 
Amberley T. Ruetz and Evan Fraser, Policy Options, January 3, 2024
* The Year Ahead: Food in 2024 [27], HG Watson, Maclean’s Magazine,
December 28, 2023

Other school food news & updates [13]

 

Questions or comments? Contact Debbie Field, Coalition Coordinator, by
replying directly to this email or call 416-537-6856. 

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Join the Coalition, BECOME A MEMBER [28] | Support our work, DONATE [29]

 

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La Grande croquée 2024 est de retour!

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Croquez pour célébrer la saine alimentation scolaire

Cette année encore, tout au long du mois de mars, plusieurs milliers de
personnes se réuniront en personne dans leur école, à la maison, au
travail et en ligne avec leurs amis et collègues pour souligner
l'importance d'une alimentation saine à l'école et réclamer un programme
de saine alimentation scolaire pour le Canada.

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Nous vous invitons à organiser votre propre croquée ou à vous joindre à
la Coalition pour une alimentation scolaire saine et aux élèves d'un bout
à l'autre du pays pour une Grande croquée virtuelle LE 7 MARS À 13 H
HNE. INSCRIVEZ-VOUS ICI. [5]

Nous sommes ravis que la MINISTRE DES FAMILLES, DES ENFANTS ET DU
DÉVELOPPEMENT SOCIAL, JENNA SUDDS, se joigne à l'événement la Grande
croquée de cette année.

Préparez vos pommes ou tout autre fruit ou légume croquant pour croquer
fort !

En apprendre plus [31]

 

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Enregistrez votre croquée

Que vous croquiez seul.e, avec des amis, avec votre classe ou avec des
collègues, nous voulons garder une trace de toutes vos croquées.
Inscrivez-les ici [7], et envoyez-nous des photos et des vidéos de votre
croquées pour que nous puissions les comptabiliser à
[email protected]

Souhaitez-vous inviter une école ou une classe à la Grande croquée ?

Vous pouvez utiliser ce modèle de lettre d'invitation ICI [32].

Enregistrez votre croquée [7]

 

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Utilisez notre boîte à outils d'activités

Célébrez la saine alimentation scolaire en utilisant NOTRE TROUSSE
D'ACTIVITÉS [33]! Vous y trouverez des activités amusantes liées au
programme scolaire. Vous pouvez même les féliciter de leur participation
en imprimant un CERTIFICAT DE PARTICIPATION [34]!

Téléchargez la boîte à outils d'activités [33]

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Partagez vos croquées sur les médias sociaux

Nous avons créé un GUIDE DE COMMUNICATION [35] avec d'innombrables
ressources: modèles de publications médias sociaux, graphiques, Twibbons,
modèles d’invitations, et plus encore. Vous pouvez la télécharger ICI
[35] et l'utiliser à votre guise!

Téléchargez le guide de communication [35]

 

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Participez à notre Croquée virtuelle à travers le Canada

Inscrivez-vous [12] à la Grande Croquée virtuelle, qui aura lieu le JEUDI
7 MARS DE 13H À 13H30 HNE. Ensemble, nous ferons du bruit pour un
programme de saine alimentation à travers le Canada. La Croquée aura lieu
autour de 13h25.

Inscrivez-vous à la Grande croquée virtuelle [5]

 

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ALIMENTATION SCOLAIRE - NOUVELLES ET RAPPORTS RÉCENTS

* Le Manitoba augmente le financement des programmes de repas scolaires
[38], Raphaëlle Laverdière, Radio-Canada, Jan 30, 2024
* Free school meals ‘cut obesity and help reading skills’ in England,
study finds [14], Michael Savage, The Guardian, February 4, 2024
(disponible en anglais seulement)
* Provincial funds sought for struggling School Nutrition Program
[15],Tyler Clarke, Sudbury.com, Feb 1, 2024 (disponible en anglais
seulement)
* It takes a Community Crew to feed students in Thorold schools [17],
Bernard Landsbergen, Thorold Today, January 30, 2024 (disponible en anglais
seulement)
* Manitoba takes first steps in universal school nutrition program [18],
Edward Djan, City News Winnipeg, January 30, 2024 (disponible en anglais
seulement)
* North Okanagan-Shuswap school district learns more students are dealing
with food insecurity issues [19], Darren Handschuh, Castanet, Jan 27, 2024
(disponible en anglais seulement)
* Letter: National school food program needed in Canada, Bay Today [20]
(PDF version [21]), David Thompson, Bay Today, Jan 26, 2024(disponible en
anglais seulement)
* TDSB/TCDSB/Toronto Youth Cabinet Advocate for a Youth-Friendly City
Budget [22], Toronto District School Board, Jan 25, 2024 (disponible en
anglais seulement)
* ‘A massive crisis’: Demand builds for national meal program [23],
Hadassah Alencar, Canadian Affairs,  January 24, 2024 (disponible en
anglais seulement)
* Saskatchewan Rivers board supports advocating for National Framework
for a School Food Program [24], Michael Oleksyn, Prince Albert Daily
Herald, Jan 18, 2024 (disponible en anglais seulement)
* LETTER: Small schools need school lunch programs just as much as big
ones [25], Petrina Daley, Saltwire News, Jan 17, 2024 (disponible en
anglais seulement)
* A national school food program would do more than feed students [26], 
Amberley T. Ruetz and Evan Fraser, Policy Options, January 3, 2024
(disponible en anglais seulement)
* The Year Ahead: Food in 2024 [27], HG Watson, Maclean’s Magazine,
December 28, 2023 (disponible en anglais seulement)

Lisez d'autres nouvelles sur l'alimentation scolaire [37]

 

Questions ou commentaires? Contactez Debbie Field, coordonatrice de la
Coalition en répondant directement à ce courriel ou par téléphone au
416-537-6856.

THE COALITION FOR HEALTHY SCHOOL FOOD IS A NETWORK COORDINATED BY FOOD
SECURE CANADA [39]

La Coalition pour une saine alimentation scolaire est un réseau coordonné
par le Réseau pour une alimentation durable [40]

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