partnerships

Steal This Idea

Building bonds

To help build the bond between the two departments we started baking up a fresh batch of cookies after lunch and taking it to a clinical unit that we know has been having a hard day because of lots of patients or critical care issues.

Operations

Virginia district hires chef to revamp school meal program

WJCC Child Nutrition Services and the Williamsburg Health Foundation’s Student Health Initiative Program have partnered in an effort to improve the quality of school lunches — and raise healthier kids.

Two Chandler schools joined a new lunch program this year that caters restaurant meals directly to students.

The three-year-old facility, part of the St. Luke University Health Network, is getting as much as 80% of the produce its foodservice department uses from its own backyard.

University of Montevallo students who are tired of their on-campus eating options can spend their meal plan points at participating restaurants around town.

The University of Kentucky plans to set up an institute aimed at bolstering the consumption of locally grown food with the help of $5 million from the multi-national corporation Aramark, which recently took over the school's dining services.

Officials from the Rhode Island Department of Education say they are "unable to approve" a new three-year food service contract with city mainstay Sodexo, meaning school officials must abandon the deal or risk losing big reimbursement dollars.

Two Minnesota districts are working together for the betterment of their students.

With the help of the Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation, CAMA developed its Great Living Menu.

The hospital plans on growing 12 different veggies, including tomatoes, peppers and squash.

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