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Funding Opportunity for School Salad Bars

January 3rd, 2011

Let's Move Salad Bars to Schools (http://saladbars2schools.org/) is a comprehensive grassroots public health effort to mobilize and engage stakeholders at the local, state and national level to support salad bars in schools. Our vision is to significantly increase salad bars in schools across the country until every child has the choice of healthy fruits and vegetables every day at school. Let's Move Salad Bars to Schools is an initiative of the Food Family Farming Foundation, National Fruit and Vegetable Alliance and United Fresh Produce Association Foundation to support First Lady Michelle Obama's Let's Move initiative. The goal of the Initiative is to fund and award 6000 salad bars over the next three years.

Who May Apply? http://saladbars2schools.org/guidelines

Any K-12 school district or individual school participating in the National School Lunch Program is eligible to apply. Schools/districts with Bronze status or above in the Healthier US School Challenge (HUSSC), will have priority in receiving a fully funded salad bar as money is raised; with the stipulation that the school desires and can support a salad bar every day in school lunch.

How Does This Process Work?

1.    Submit Application

2.    Application Approved for Funding

3.    Fundraising Site for Your School Goes Live

4.    You and the Initiative Raise $2500 for Your Salad Bar

5.    Once Funded, Your Salad Bar is Ordered for Shipment

6.    Your Kids Eat More Fruits and Vegetables

Grant Eligibility Applications Will Be Accepted Beginning January 1, 2011.

All applications must be submitted electronically. The application can be found at http://www.saladbars2schools.org