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| Media Advisory No. 4218.10 |
Contact:
USDA Office of Communications
(202) 720-4623
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USDA Official Visits California to Highlight Efforts to Improve School Meals
and Health of Nation's Children
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 7 – TOMORROW, USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) Deputy Administrator for Special Nutrition Programs Audrey Rowe will visit Francisco Middle School to celebrate San Francisco’s Unified School District’s commitment to improve its school nutrition programs. Rowe, joined by California school officials, will also participate in a roundtable discussion to highlight the Obama Administration’s priorities for improving school meals and the health of children across the nation. During the visit, Rowe will also eat lunch with students and school staff.
Improving USDA's child nutrition programs on behalf of 32 million kids across the nation is a top priority of the Obama Administration. Strengthening the Child Nutrition Act, which authorizes USDA’s child nutrition programs including the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs, is the legislative centerpiece of First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! campaign. This legislation will serve as a down payment in battling hunger and food insecurity while providing critical resources to raise a generation of healthy children. To learn more about the First Lady’s Let’s Move! campaign, visit www.LetsMove.gov.
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Wednesday, September 8, 2010
12 p.m. – 12:40 p.m. – Roundtable
12:50pm – 1:30 p.m. – Tour and Lunch |
| WHO: |
Audrey Rowe, FNS Deputy Administrator for Special Nutrition Programs
Jack O'Connell, State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Carlos Garcia, San Francisco Unified School District Superintendent |
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USDA FNS Deputy Administrator for Special Nutrition Programs Audrey Rowe will participate in a roundtable discussion with school officials, teachers, and community leaders and followed by lunch with the students. |
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Francisco Middle School
2190 Powell Street
San Francisco, CA |
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