Today, on #SchoolLunchHeroDay , we celebrate our school meal champions! 🍎🥪 To all the incredible school nutrition staff who prepare meals for our students—thank you. Your dedication ensures every child has the energy they need to learn and grow. #SMFA

#SchoolLunchHeroDay is Friday, 5/3! Let's share our gratitude and celebrate the school nutrition professionals who help keep our nation's 50 million students fed!

Use the FoodCorps link to download/print a special thank you card! 😃 foodcorps.org/school-nutriti…

“(School Meals for All) has provided essential nutrition to children, but also helped families struggling to provide this on their own.” #CALeg should prioritize #SchoolMealsforAll in this year’s budget, writes a Poway parent for S.D. Union-Tribune #CABudget tinyurl.com/muzmsnc3

Thank you for your leadership Nancy Skinner on #SchoolMealsForAll ! California continues to lead the nation, showing that it's possible to combat hunger and improve educational readiness with freshly prepared school meals! #HungerActionDay #BiteBackAgainstHunger

Deeply honored to be named the “2024 Legislative Hunger Fighter” by the CA Hunger Action Coalition. And proud of the progress CA has made in fighting hunger, including being 1st state to provide 2 free meals a day to all public school students — an effort I was privileged to lead

California's leadership on SB 348 (2023) embraced Dept. of Agriculture's new standards for limiting salt + and added sugar.

More #HealthySchoolMealsForAll will encourage students to achieve better health, academic, and life outcomes. #SchoolMeals4All @CAGov #CALeg
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It's not too late to help fight food insecurity in CA!✊📣 #SchoolMealsForAll MUST remain a priority in the #CABudget to ensure that NO child in our state goes hungry! 🍎🥦

Send a quick email to #CALeg urging them to support schoolmealsforall!

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April 22-26 is Every Kid Healthy Week, when we celebrate how schools help improve kids' health and wellness. #SchoolMealsForAll ensures all students get the nutritious food they need to succeed by offering breakfast and lunch to every student! #EKHW24

More paperwork = less support for CA kids in need. #SchoolMealsForAll fills an important gap that helps families on the margins of poverty. Check out this piece from Children's Advocacy Inst. in San Diego Union-Tribune Opinion. tinyurl.com/3pxdyc5j

Sen Budget Sub 1 members just heard how important #SchoolMealsforAll is for California’s families and kids. Please support California Governor Gavin Newsom's #CABudget proposal and help feed CA students! Senator John Laird Senator Dave Min Scott Wilk #CALeg #CABudget

'Imposing bureaucratic paperwork requirements on parents...for (their kids’) school meals will inevitably result in our most vulnerable children...going hungry.' Read why #SchoolMealsForAll is so important: tinyurl.com/3pxdyc5j San Diego Union-Tribune Opinion Children's Advocacy Inst. #CABudget #CALeg

#SchoolMealsForAll ensures that students get two delicious meals a day & removes barriers to food access for CA's most vulnerable. No budget deficit is worth depriving families of this much-needed program, says Robert Fellmeth Children's Advocacy Inst. for San Diego Union-Tribune Opinion tinyurl.com/3pxdyc5j

“We don't get a second chance to raise a child. Let's make sure they have all the food they need to succeed.” Robert Fellmeth Children's Advocacy Inst. makes the case for #SchoolMealsForAll in the San Diego Union-Tribune Opinion. #CABudget #CALeg tinyurl.com/3pxdyc5j

School nutrition leaders like Fred Espinosa from San Diego Unified see the benefits of #SchoolMealsForAll firsthand. Every investment into the program is a commitment to supporting the health, education, and growth of California's kids. #CALeg #CABudget

Please join the 130+ organizations who signed the 2024 #SchoolMealsforAll Coalition Letter, which supports California Governor's proposal to fully fund #SMFA by April 10th at noon – in advance of the Sen Budget Subcommittee on Education hearing. bit.ly/3U5qhPH

Thank you, Itzúl Gutierrez and the California Association of Food Banks, for your tireless advocacy on behalf of CA's children! We applaud you! Itzúl Gutierrez California Association of Food Banks #SchoolMeals4All #NationalNutritionMonth #CALeg #CABudget

Thank you, Dr. Christina Hecht, UC Nutrition Policy Institute, for your expertise and commitment to children's health and nutrition! #NationalNutritionMonth #SchoolMeals4All #CABudget #CALeg Christina Hecht UC Nutrition Policy

Thank you Asm. Kevin McCarty for your leadership and stalwart defense of California's children! We applaud you! #SchoolMeals4All #CABudget #CALeg

Thank you Kim Frinzell CA Department of Education for your leadership and commitment to California's children! We applaud you! #NationalNutritionMonth #SchoolMeals4All #CABudget #CALeg

Thanks again to the many SMFA coalition & school nutrition leaders who spoke up for universal school meals! Your efforts are integral to ensuring that California kids have the nourishment they need to grow and learn! #NationalNutritionMonth #CALeg #CABudget #SchoolMeals4All