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| Media Advisory No. PENDING |
Contact:
USDA Office of Communications
(202) 720-4623
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TODAY 2PM ET: Background call regarding The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010
WASHINGTON, December 10 - On Monday, December 13, the President will sign into law the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, which 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.
In advance of the bill signing on Monday, join us TODAY at 2:00 PM ET for a background briefing about what the bill means for America’s children. To attend the call, please RSVP to firstladypress@xxxxxxxxxxx and put “Conference Call” in the subject line.
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Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture
Sam Kass, Senior Policy Advisor for Healthy Food Initiatives
Tim Cipriano, Executive Director of Food Services for New Haven public schools |
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WHEN: |
TODAY Friday, December 10, 2:00 PM ET |
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DIAL IN: |
RSVP to firstladypress@xxxxxxxxxxx with the subject line “Conference Call” for dial in information to the White House call.
Remarks from the President and First Lady, as well as the bill signing, will be streamed live at whitehouse.gov/live at 10:25am ET on Monday, December 13th. |
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