got breakfast?(R) Foundation Announces Advisory Board

WOODBURY, N.Y., March 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Today the got breakfast?® Foundation announced its newly-formed Advisory Board that will provide guidance to the foundation for future resources, projects and funding options. The prestigious 14-member board of school foodservice directors and other industry experts will have their first meeting this week on March 10.

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"What better way to kick off National School Breakfast Week than with the announcement of this team of professionals who are dedicated to raising awareness about the benefits of the School Breakfast Program and other Child Nutrition Programs?" says Sonya Kaster, R.D., L.D.N., S.N.S., Grant Administrator for the got breakfast? Foundation.  "We hope to expand our school breakfast message to stress the importance of classroom and alternate site breakfasts as one answer to feeding hungry children and fighting childhood obesity."

The 2010 got breakfast? Advisory Board members are:

    
    
    Carol Chong
    Director, Food and Menu Management
    M-DCPS Department of Food & Nutrition
    Miami, FL
    
    Tami Cline, Ph.D., R.D., S.N.S.
    Cline Consulting and Y-Pulse, LLC
    Alexandria, VA
    
    Jon Dickl
    Asst. Director, Child Nutrition
    Clarksville-Montgomery Public Schools
    Clarksville, TN 
    
    Cecelia Enault
    Child Nutrition Coordinator
    Jefferson Parish Public Schools
    Marrero, LA 
    
    Steve Gallagher
    Director, Child Nutrition Services
    Oklahoma City Public Schools
    Oklahoma City, OK 
    
    Tony Geraci
    Director, Child Nutrition
    Baltimore City Public Schools
    Baltimore, MD 
    
    Wanda Grant
    Director, Child Nutrition
    Palm Springs Unified School District
    Palm Springs, CA
    
    Joanne Kinsey
    Director, School Nutrition Services
    Chesapeake Public Schools
    Chesapeake, VA 
    
    Kymm Mutch
    Administrator, School Nutrition Services
    Milwaukee Public Schools
    Milwaukee, WI 
    
    Brian Parsley
    WeSkill
    Charlotte, NC
    
    Sally Spero
    Supervisor, Food Management
    San Diego Unified School District
    San Diego, CA
    
    Dr. Vista Suarez
    Director, Nutrition Services
    Memphis Schools
    Memphis, TN
    
    Sonya Kaster, R.D., L.D.N., S.N.S.
    Grant Administrator
    got breakfast?
    Syosset, NY
    
    Brian Mullen
    Managing Director, Meal Programs
    ES Foods
    Woodbury, NY

Established in 2006, the got breakfast? Foundation's mission is to ensure  that every child, regardless of background, starts the school day with a nutritious breakfast in order to learn, grow and develop to his or her fullest potential.   By bringing together the public, private and non-profit sectors, got breakfast? will educate communities across the country on the lifelong benefits of eating nutritious meals and help children lead healthy and strong lives.

Last month, the got breakfast? Foundation awarded eight school districts with Silent Hero Grants to implement classroom breakfast programs as a way to increase participation in the School Breakfast Program.  According to the Food Research and Action Center's School Breakfast Scorecard for 2008-2009, districts using breakfast in the classroom have the highest participation rates.

The Silent Hero Grant Program was created to encourage schools and non-profit organizations to expand the reach of underutilized child nutrition programs, including the School Breakfast Program and Summer Nutrition Programs.

For information about the got breakfast? Advisory Board or the Silent Hero Grant Program contact [email protected] or visit the www.gotbreakfast.org website.

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