district 17: Kingsbury Chosen to Participate in USDA Fruit and Veg Program - 09/19/09 05:36 PM
Recently Kingsbury Elementary School announced they had been chosen to participate in the USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program.  The school was chosen along with 50 other schools in SC to split $1,172,650 in grant money from the USDA along with the SC Department of Education and the SC Department of Agriculture.

The program gives grants to selected schools to encourage healthy eating habits and to help in the fight on childhood obesity.  The fresh fruits and vegetables are passed out to the classes in the mornings as healthy snacks instead of cookies, crackers, etc.  I chuckled when I first … (0 comments)

 

Ron Bridges

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