Congratulations to the Green Cleaning Award Winners!
HSC extends sincere congratulations to the winners of the third annual Green Cleaning in Schools Awards! Winners in the school district category include:
HSC co-sponsored the awards program with American School & University magazine and the Green Cleaning Network. The criteria for judging the competition were based on the "five simple steps to a healthy school environment" outlined in HSC's Quick & Easy Guide to Green Cleaning in Schools.
We’re proud of the excellent programs that the award recipients represent, and are thrilled to see so many schools going green. The award winners are featured in a special issue of American School & University.
Learn more about the awards and read profiles of the winners at the Green Cleaning Award section of the AS&U site »
HSC has distributed more than 90,000 copies of The Quick & Easy Guide with the support of 22 partner organizations and more than 40 corporate green team sponsors. The guide has been cited as a resource in a diverse range of publications and has been instrumental in successful advocacy for state green clean schools policies. To learn more or get involved, visit www.greencleanschools.org of contact Sara Klinzing.
Winning Lunch from Cooking up Change Served in Chicago High Schools
The student chefs from Tilden high school enjoyed lunch with elected officials and community leaders on Jan. 27, the day that the lunch they designed was served in all Chicago public high schools. But their lunch was interrupted by a request: did they have any leftover jambalaya they could send to the school cafeteria? The meal they created was so popular that the cafeteria staff rushed to re-fill it in time for the next lunch shift.
The Tilden team’s meal – chicken and veggie jambalaya with jalapeno cornbread and cucumber salad – won first place in HSC’s Cooking up Change healthy cooking contest in Oct. 2009.
The lunch was served to more than 20,000 Chicago high school students on Jan. 27 and later in 2010 will be presented to members of Congress as part of HSC’s advocacy for a strong, well-funded reauthorization of the Child Nutrition Act. The team of student chefs will travel to Washington, DC to meet with White House assistant chef Sam Kass and speak up for healthy school meals.
Speakers at the Tilden celebration included Tilden culinary instructors Keith Morris and Dan Lesczcewicz; Tilden student Aljibri Reed; dietitian Katie Nowack of Chartwells-Thompson Hospitality; David Blackmon of the Chicago Public Schools Dept. of College and Career Preparation; Commissioner Bechara Choucair, MD, of the Chicago Department of Public Health; Illinois State Senator Mattie Hunter and HSC founding executive director Rochelle Davis.
Check out photos from the event at Tilden High School »
Plus: Read Illinois State Senator Mattie Hunter’s blog about her experience with the student chefs at Tilden »
In the News: Check out the Chicago Tribune article about the event and the tasty school lunch »
New Through Your Lens Photo Book Released
Student, Teacher Photos Show Reality of School Building Conditions
The 21st Century School Fund, Critical Exposure and Healthy Schools Campaign are pleased to announce the release of the Through Your Lens book!
This publication brings together the vivid photos and poignant stories of students and teachers across America to illustrate current school conditions, how our system reached this point, and what is possible for all students and teachers. Perhaps most important, it answers the question, "How can we change this?"
You can view the book online, download it or purchase a printed copy. Please take a moment to check out the book, then remind your legislators that school facilities matter.
Student photographers and Through Your Lens advocates have hand-delivered the book to leaders on Capitol Hill. Now, we need your help reaching out to let Congressional leaders and staffers know just how important the Through Your Lens message is to our nation’s schoolchildren and educators.
Please send a letter asking your Senators and Representatives to make safe, healthy school buildings a priority for all students and teachers.
Thank you for helping show our elected leaders the often unseen reality of our nation’s school building conditions.
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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