{"id":11796,"date":"2022-03-07T17:20:19","date_gmt":"2022-03-07T17:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/state.nokidhungry.org\/south-carolina\/?p=11796"},"modified":"2025-04-09T18:45:24","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T18:45:24","slug":"nsbw22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/state.nokidhungry.org\/south-carolina\/2022\/03\/07\/nsbw22\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrate National School Breakfast Week"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"11796\" class=\"elementor elementor-11796\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-28e168e5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"28e168e5\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7f94c6b0\" data-id=\"7f94c6b0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-418ecdcf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"418ecdcf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 style=\"text-align: left\">School Breakfast Matters<\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As the nation continues to grapple with the pandemic, 1 in 6 kids could face hunger this year and may be heading to school with empty stomachs. Hunger has long-term ramifications on children, including lower test scores, weaker attendance rates, and a higher risk of hospitalizations and chronic diseases.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Luckily, we have a powerful tool to combat childhood hunger at our disposal: nutritious school breakfasts. School breakfast is a critical way to ensure kids get the consistent nutrition they need to feel better, learn more and grow up strong.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">School breakfast is intertwined with student success. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/schoolnutrition.org\/uploadedFiles\/About_School_Meals\/What_We_Do\/Breakfast-Benefits-final.PDF\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Studies show<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> that kids who eat school breakfast are more likely to excel academically, be more alert, and have better concentration and memory.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We also know that <a href=\"https:\/\/bestpractices.nokidhungry.org\/programs\/school-breakfast\/implement-breakfast-after-the-bell\">innovative breakfast models<\/a> like breakfast in the classroom, grab and go, and second chance breakfast break down common barriers to student participation in breakfast and increase the number of students eating breakfast each morning.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9335da1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9335da1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Success Story: Lexington One School District<\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Here in South Carolina, even as they face an immense set of challenges, including supply chain disruptions and labor shortages, school nutrition staff have adapted to ensure kids get a healthy meal to start the day.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For example, in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lexonefsn\/\">Lexington One School District<\/a>, they operate grab-and-go breakfast programs at White Knoll and Gilbert High Schools that allow students to pick up their breakfasts from mobile carts placed in common areas and take them to their classroom, as well as breakfast in the classroom programs in their elementary schools. Lexington One School District has also partnered with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wholespire.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">WholeSpire<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (formerly Eat Smart, Move More South Carolina) to engage students in the marketing of the program.<\/span><\/p><p>Since launching this program, breakfast participation has increased by 10%.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89644b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"89644b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"538\" src=\"https:\/\/state.nokidhungry.org\/south-carolina\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2022\/03\/image2-e1646760148867-1024x538.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-11800\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/state.nokidhungry.org\/south-carolina\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2022\/03\/image2-e1646760148867-1024x538.png 1024w, https:\/\/state.nokidhungry.org\/south-carolina\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2022\/03\/image2-e1646760148867-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/state.nokidhungry.org\/south-carolina\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2022\/03\/image2-e1646760148867-768x403.png 768w, https:\/\/state.nokidhungry.org\/south-carolina\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2022\/03\/image2-e1646760148867.png 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0263e16 elementor-widget elementor-widget-testimonial\" data-id=\"0263e16\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"testimonial.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-content\">\"Students thoroughly enjoy the grab-n-go breakfast options.&nbsp;We have seen a significant increase in breakfast participation. The mobile breakfast carts and the breakfast-in-the-classroom programs have made a big difference in growing our breakfast program. The nursing staff shares they are seeing fewer student referrals for headaches and stomach issues typically associated with \"transient hunger\" now that more students are eating breakfast.&nbsp; Teachers say students are more alert when they eat breakfast and the tardiness days have decreased since we have introduced the grab-n-go breakfast and breakfast in the classroom models.\"<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-meta elementor-has-image elementor-testimonial-image-position-aside\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-meta-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/state.nokidhungry.org\/south-carolina\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2022\/03\/download-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-11798\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/state.nokidhungry.org\/south-carolina\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2022\/03\/download-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/state.nokidhungry.org\/south-carolina\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2022\/03\/download.png 224w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-name\">Sally Nicholson, RDN, LD<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-job\">Lexington One School District Food Service Director<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20402b9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"20402b9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-61980a9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"61980a9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1b1a5e2\" data-id=\"1b1a5e2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a3fa8e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0a3fa8e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 style=\"text-align: left\">Join Us and Celebrate School Breakfast<\/h2><p>This National School Breakfast Week, we celebrate the importance of school breakfast and the critical role school nutrition professionals play in helping children succeed in and out of the classroom. Feeding kids today is one of the smartest investments we can make to ensure they\u2019re ready to face the challenges of tomorrow.<\/p><p>Join us as we celebrate National School Breakfast Week, highlighting the importance of school breakfast and the critical role school nutrition professionals play in helping children succeed in and out of the classroom. <br \/><br \/>Here are some simple ways to do that:<\/p><ul><li>Thank school nutrition staff on social media using #NSBW22 and use some of these <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/sh\/vqnrxgeyrnk76m3\/AABuug-HFV9jbcTBtDlxgzVFa?dl=0\">photos<\/a> for the post. Don\u2019t forget to tag us at @NoKidHungry.<\/li><li>Share this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nokidhungry.org\/blog\/school-breakfast-still-our-secret-weapon-feeding-kids\">blog post<\/a> about the importance of school breakfast.<\/li><li>Check out these <a href=\"https:\/\/schoolnutrition.org\/meetings\/events\/nsbw\/2022\/\">great<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/schoolnutrition.org\/meetings\/events\/nsbw\/2022\/\">resources from SNA<\/a> for more ideas.<\/li><\/ul><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\u00a0<\/li><\/ul><p>If you are interested in exploring innovative service models or need support for your school breakfast program, No Kid Hungry South Carolina is here to help. 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