Eat Well to Excel, the Simcoe Nutrition Program For School-Age Children is grateful for your interest.
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Mission Statement
In consultation and collaboration with community partners, we promote the healthy development of school-age children in Simcoe County. We do so by helping to provide children with nutritious foods in the context of school nutrition programs, by helping to fund such programs, and by encouraging lifelong, healthy eating habits through nutrition-related education in the schools and the community.
WHAT'S NEW
October 1st; Launch of the new Eat Well to Excel FORUM
This Forum is to create more interaction and discussion between schools about Eat Well to Excel programs. From discussing and sharing information, the forum can encourage people to get involved in program activities, help develop skills and abilities and inform others of available community opportunities.
If you have lost the access codes or are unable to enter the site please email Cam Matthews (Administrative Support) for assistance. When signing up to the forum please check Spam/Bulk folders for confirmation email. Thank You
August 29/09: Barrie Examiner Local News "Cash-strapped families are facing back-to-school pinch" by N. Cruickshank. Click HERE for full article.
New scholarly research findings have come on the heels of related research over the past twenty years into the relationship between inadequate nutrition and a variety of adverse developmental outcomes in children. This interactive relationship between sufficient nourishment and brain function extends to the emotional and behavioral health of children. The body of evidence, drawn from more than 100 published research articles, provides the scientific basis for concluding that school breakfast programs are highly effective in terms of providing children with a stronger basis to learn in school, eat more nutritious diets, and lead more healthy lives.
Check out the new report, Commissioned by the Sodexo Foundation
Article on Benefits of Student Nutrition Program. (PDF 665KB)
