MISSION NUTRITION - Fruits & Veggies ROCK!
was launched at Kaufman Elementary School, Conroe ISD, September 2010.
The first day of the program an announcement went out over the school-wide televised broadcast,
"Kaufman Cougars - keep your eyes and your bananas peeled for the school nurse during lunch! She will be searching the cafeteria for students eating fresh fruits and vegetables!"
There will be celebration! There will be prizes! There will be nutrition!
Bedecked in her fruity hat and lab coat, the nurse entered the lunch room peppy and prepared to praise the perks of making pals with produce. Cherubic faces filled the cafeteria and beamed with pride; their hands clutching apple slices and baby carrots waved wildly amid the cheers "FRUIT LADY! FRUIT LADY!"
Wristbands reading "Fruits & Veggies ROCK!", scented stickers, erasers, and raffle tickets were dispersed and before long, the nurse couldn't walk the halls of the school without stumbling over swarms of small but dedicated fruit and veggie enthusiasts, simultaneously sharing their stories of healthy eating and promising to produce produce if the Fruit Lady would please just show up during lunchtime.
Wristbands reading "Fruits & Veggies ROCK!", scented stickers, erasers, and raffle tickets were dispersed and before long, the nurse couldn't walk the halls of the school without stumbling over swarms of small but dedicated fruit and veggie enthusiasts, simultaneously sharing their stories of healthy eating and promising to produce produce if the Fruit Lady would please just show up during lunchtime.
Mission Nutrition launched an exploration of what inspires our children to invite fruits and veggies into their daily lives.
BONUS: the endeavor also transformed the school nurse in the eyes of elementary students from the lady who might give shots to the one with the fun kind of stickers!
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