Minnesota School Nutrition Association

With over 2,700 state members and industry partners, the professionals of he Minnesota School Nutrition Association are working hard to help children by advancing school nutrition programs. Together, we can made a difference - in our communities, our state and nation.

Saturday night, Mike Draper of Hawkeye Foods (formerly Draper Foods) was killed in an automobile accident by Fairmont. I'm sure that many of you know Mike or have met him through the many years that Mike has been in the food business. He was a wonderful guy to work with and will be missed.

Many of you knew Bill Walsh from the Food and Nutrition Services, MDE.
Sadly, Bill passed away on Sunday. The funeral notice follows:

Walsh, William P. "Bill" Beloved Son, Brother and Uncle Age 55 of St Paul Died on 8-24-08. Preceded in death by his mother, Maxine. Survived by father, Steven; sisters, Colleen Dunphy-Komar (Dennis) and Mary Kaehler (Allen), many nieces, nephews other relatives and friends. Funeral Service 9AM Thursday at the Roseville Memorial Chapel, 2245 N. Hamline Ave. Visitation Wednesday 4-8 pm and one hour prior to the service. Interment Roselawn Cemetery. In memory of his mother, Maxine, memorials are preferred to the Alzheimer's Association. 651-631-2727

Anoka Hennepin's Food for Thought!
Allison Bradford, director of District 11's Child Nutrition Programs (CNP), and Chuck Holden, administrative services director, delivered some food for thought during the school board?s regular meeting Aug. 11.

When students sit down to lunch in the school cafeteria, healthy morsels and mouth-watering flavor is served in heaping helpings. To read more click on link.

New National Dues in effect October 1, 2008
The House of Delegates voted on and approved a membership dues increase at ANC. The new dues will go into effect October 1, 2008. Please contact SNA's Service Center to request updated new member applications. The dues increase is as follows:
?Affiliates: $2 increase to $12
Employees: $1 increase to $26
Students $1 increase to $26
Retired $1 increase to $26
Managers: $1 increase to $28
Directors: $5 increase to $95

The official voting website for Vote for School Lunch 2008 - Presidential Edition is now open for voting. Check out www.VoteForSchoolLunch.org and get your students to vote for their favorite candidate.

Voting runs from August 1 - October 17 (last day of National School Lunch Week).

Also available, is the member resource website www.schoolnutrition.org/vote. Visit the site to get celebration ideas and to download the informational toolkit and menus. Also available are logos, banner adverts, press releases and much more.

SNA's Redesigned Website Now Live!
SNA launched a redesigned website in July. The new website incorporates a fresh, inviting look and feel with numerous enhancements to provide an all-encompassing resource for members and visitors. In addition to the site's new design, a variety of new tools and resources are available, including the means for members to share ideas and comment on a variety ofdiscussion boards and news articles.

MSNA has developed a new program that focuses specifically on our tagline, “Hunger ends on our Watch.” With that in mind “ A World of Hope: One Potluck at a Time” was developed. With this new program you will be able to do your part in trying to end global hunger. To find out more about this program, please visit our website by clicking here.

How many times have we asked “what happens to our donations to Global Hunger”? See the heartwarming story that appeared on Jason Davis, “On The Road” featuring the founder of “Kids Against Hunger” in Haiti. See where our donations go!

Recently there was a story in the Hutchinson Leader featuring John Neisen, founder of the local area “Kids Against Hunger”. John’s group was the team that spearheaded our packaging at Rochester and Inver Grove Heights. Read his story.

MSNA DVD “Visions and Values” is now available through the Learning ZoneXpress.
This video is an inspiring look into the work of all school foodservice professionals. Minnesota School Nutrition Association hired Tom Whitney, to create a video about “their” story. The video expresses their mission, vision and values to: members, Potential members, Industry, School Boards and Legislators. You can order online at www.learningzoneexpress.com and enter the product number #3472. Cost $39.95