Ready, Set, Whisk! Cooking up Change National Contest Opens to High School & College Students
HSC is proud to announce that we´re teaming up with the National Farm to School Network to create a national version of our signature event, Cooking Up Change!
Teams of high school and college students are invited to design their own versions of a healthy school lunch: a meal that tastes great, meets high nutrition standards, and incorporates at least one locally-produced item.
Teams will enter online in a qualifying round of competition, and six teams chosen from this national pool of applicants will compete in the finals in May 2010 at Taking Root, the 5th National Farm to Cafeteria conference in Detroit, Michigan.
We´re also thrilled to welcome Karen Duncan, wife of Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, and Christie Vilsack, wife of Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, as National Honorary Co-Chairs of Cooking up Change 2010!
Please join us in making this exciting new event a success!
- Help invite high school and college students to participate! We welcome teams of students to show off their culinary chops on our national stage. To learn more about forming a team, click here.
- Help spread the word! Send an email to your network, Tweet about Cooking up Change, mention it in your Facebook status, add a badge to your blog or website, or simply mention it at a meeting. For tips, badges, flyers and other materials to help spread the word, click here.
In addition to spotlighting remarkable student talent, Cooking up Change brings attention to the challenges of serving fresh, healthy school food and the need for reform in our school food system. This focus is especially important and timely as Congress prepares to consider the reauthorization of the Child Nutrition Act and leaders across the US respond to first lady Michelle Obama’s call to action to end childhood obesity in a generation -- especially her focus on school food.
HSC will host our annual flagship Cooking up Change culinary competition in Chicago on Nov. 4, 2010. Save the date!
To learn more and get involved in Cooking up Change, visit www.cookingupchange.org.
Tilden Students to Bring Cooking up Change Lunch to Congress
Student chefs present their award-winning jalapeno cornbread on Jan. 29, the day their meal was served in Chicago high schools
The student chefs of Tilden Career Community Academy High School will bring the healthy, great-tasting school lunch they designed – which won first place at HSC’s Cooking up Change healthy cooking contest – to Congress on March 2.
The students will showcase their meal at a Capitol Hill briefing on the future of school food where HSC’s founding executive director Rochelle Davis will moderate a panel of speakers including:
- Christie Vilsack, National honorary co-chair of Cooking up Change and wife of Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack
- Karen Duncan, National honorary co-chair of Cooking up Change and wife of Secretary of Education Arne Duncan
- Tilden High School culinary student from the Cooking up Change winning team
The tasty lunch of chicken-vegetable jambalaya with jalapeno cornbread and cucumber salad will be served that day at the Longworth cafeteria in the House of Representatives office building. The healthy student-designed lunch is part of HSC's advocacy for a strong reauthorization of the Child Nutrition Act.
Look out next week for more details about how you can take action for school food on March 2!
Registration Open for HSC's 2010 Chicago Marathon Team
Registration is now open for the 2010 Bank of America Chicago Marathon!
This world-class athletic event – to be held this year on 10-10-10 – brings together more than 45,000 runners and 1.5 million cheering spectators from across the globe. HSC invites you to be part of the Healthy Schools marathon team! All runners who raise $500 receive:
- A personal fundraising website
- A Healthy Schools Campaign Team singlet
- An indoor race day friends and family meeting space near the start line, with breakfast and lunch provided and secure storage for your belongings
- Fundraising packet with materials and ongoing support leading up to the event
- A team blog to share training tips and motivational stories with others on the team
- Motivation from the HSC cheering section, encouraging and cheering you on at the race
- A special award from HSC for completion of the marathon
To learn more or join the team, click here or contact HSC’s Alicea Miller at 312-419-1810.
PS: Check out "26.2 Miles of Motivation: Why I’m Running a Marathon for Healthy Schools Campaign" by HSC 2008 marathon team member Anne Honzel.
Vote for HSC in the Ideas for Change in America Competition
Your vote can help make HSC’s vision for healthy school food one of the “Top 10 Ideas for Change in America.” HSC has been selected as a non-profit partner in the Ideas for Change in America competition by Change.org. The competition employs a crowd-sourcing model to build momentum around innovative ideas for addressing the challenges our country faces. To advance to the next round of competition, HSC’s idea, "Give All Children Fresh, Healthy, Sustainable School Food" needs to be voted one of the top three ideas in its category by Feb. 25, 2010. Please take a moment to vote for HSC’s idea!
Help HSC Meet the $25,000 Challenge
HSC is excited to announce a $25,000 challenge grant from an anonymous donor! To meet the challenge, we must raise $25,000 in gifts from new donors, or gifts in higher amounts from previous donors. This is an amazing opportunity to leverage $50,000 in crucial support for our work. Please consider making a first-time gift to support HSC, increasing your annual gift, making a personal gift if you usually give through your company, and asking your friends, family and colleagues to support the organization.
Your gift will help us do the important work of making schools healthier places in which to learn and work.
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