No Kid Hungry NC hosted an annual statewide School Breakfast Challenge for many years to encourage traditional preK-12 public schools to feed more kids breakfast. The Challenge was focused on raising participation by changing HOW breakfast is served in a school or school district.
The Challenge winners were announced annually at the NC Child Hunger Leaders Conference. The event, and prizes for the winners, were supported by The Dairy Alliance.
Congratulations to all of the winners over the years!
Click here to see the impact that Breakfast in the Classroom has had on 2016 winner Pasquotank Elementary.
2018 Challenge
Click here to see the one-pager with the winners.
2017 Challenge
Click here to see the one-pager with the winners, and click here to the breakdown of districts that were also recognized for surpassing the 70 percent milestone.
2016 Challenge
Click here to see the one-pager with the winners, and click here to the breakdown of districts that were also recognized for surpassing the 70 percent milestone. You can also view a press release about the challenge results
2015 Challenge
Click here to see the one-pager with the winners.
Highlights:
2014 Challenge
Highlights:
Congratulations to the 2014 NC Breakfast Challenge Winning Schools, to the Top 50 Schools overall, all of which had a breakfast participation increase of more than 36%, and to the Top 15 Districts with the greatest participation in school breakfast.
- More than 62% of North Carolina’s 2,500 public schools enrolled in the 2014 Challenge!
- Of the 1,567 schools enrolled in the Breakfast Challenge, 633 were CEP (Community Eligibility Provision) schools.
- Of the Top 50 Breakfast Challenge winners, 31 were CEP schools, and 46 were schools with innovative breakfast models or served “universal” breakfast (free to all students).
- Statewide, NC had a 36% school breakfast participation rate in October 2014 among all its students, representing an average increase of 2.3% over October 2013.
- Schools in the Breakfast Challenge saw a 40% participation rate in October 2014, representing a 3.8% average increase over October 2013. In contrast, schools that were NOT enrolled in the Challenge had a 28% participation rate, on average, representing essentially no change from October 2013.
- CEP schools had a 57% participation rate in October 2014, representing an average increase of 7.3% from October 2013!
2013 Challenge
Highlights:
- All of the top 50 schools adopted an innovative, alternative breakfast service model such as Breakfast in the Classroom, Grab and Go, or Second Chance (Breakfast served after the bell)
- All of the top 50 schools in the Challenge had participation increases ranging from 30% to 66%.
- The participation of schools statewide (including those not participating in the Challenge) increased an average of1%.
- Among all of the schools who participated in the Challenge, the average increase was 4%.
- Of the 920 schools who signed up for the Challenge, more than 180 schools adopted a non-traditional, new method of serving breakfast at the start of the 2013-2014 school year, and among those schools the average increase in participation was 15%.
- The winners were selected based on the greatest increase in breakfast participation for October 2013 compared to October 2012.
- Thanks go to our great partners in the Challenge and to SUDIA for generously providing grants and prizes.
