CACFP Week in Action

I wrote letters to my two Senators and one to my State Representative in support of the CACFP in Child Nutrition Reauthorization Act.

At Neighborhood House, we believe good food fuels healthy lives. That’s why we’re proud to celebrate National CACFP Week! Through the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), we serve over 140,000 balanced meals each year to children, seniors, and adults with disabilities.

We took our Pre-K class to HEB to explore a variety of international fruits and vegetables and expand our knowledge of healthy lifestyle habits.

During the month of March, in support of Nutrition Month, we held various activities at our centers. We provided and shared photos of some of these activities, both educational and in the form of workshops, where our participants developed skills and learned about healthy snack alternatives.

Staff and participants at Lee County Disability and Special Needs Board joined in celebrating National CACFP Week.

CACFP Week has been a week about getting our children and families involved in taste testing some of our menu items. We had each of our sites conduct a taste testing event where the children became our professional taste testers.

At my program, I take pride in serving nutritious meals and snacks. We have celebrated CACFP week for two years and plan to again this year!

We are celebrating CACFP Week with our talks about Spring. We spoke about rain showers, planting seeds in Spring for flowers to grow , trees getting their leaves back, animals waking up from hibernation and bees helping in pollination.

We created the cottage cheese fruit bowls for our snack. The kids love the fruit and a couple enjoyed the cottage cheese. But it was still a good snack!

Community Action of South Eastern West Virginia would like to honor our Nutritional Services Department for their dedication and hard work for making healthy meals twice a day for our 400+ children. Happy CACFP Week 2023!