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| Media Advisory No. 4331.10 |
Contact:
USDA Office of Communications
(202) 720-4623
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President Obama to Sign the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010
WASHINGTON, December 9, 2010 – On Monday, December 13, President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama will deliver remarks and the President will sign into law the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 at Harriet Tubman Elementary School located in Washington, D.C. The President and the First Lady will be joined by Cabinet Secretaries, Members of Congress, and advocacy group leaders who worked diligently to promote and ultimately pass the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act. Teachers, students, and parents from Harriet Tubman Elementary School and from local schools will also participate in the event.
The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 will improve the quality of school breakfasts, lunches and other foods sold in schools while also strengthening nutrition programs that serve young children, including WIC and the Child and Adult Care Food Program. The bill is an important advancement of the Obama Administration’s goal of solving the problem of childhood obesity within a generation, which First Lady Michelle Obama has championed through the Let’s Move! Initiative.
The event will be live streamed on WhiteHouse.gov.
| WHAT: |
The President and First Lady deliver remarks, the President signs the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 |
| WHO: |
President Barack Obama
First Lady Michelle Obama |
| WHEN: |
Monday December 13, 10:25 AM ET
Media Pre-set: 6 AM - 6:30 AM (All equipment must be dropped at the site. Media will not have access to the equipment from 6:30 AM to 8:30 AM.)
Media Access: 8:30 AM - 9 AM. (All media must be on site by 9 AM.) |
| WHERE: |
Harriet Tubman Elementary School
3101 13th Street Northwest, Washington, D.C. |
| RSVP: |
The event will be open to correspondents and pooled for cameras. Members of the media whowish to attend this event should RSVP with their name, outlet and email to media_affairs@xxxxxxxxxxx no later than Friday, December 10, at 12 PM ET. A confirmation email will be sent to confirmed attendees before the event. |
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