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Child Nutrition Spotlight

 
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The New York State Education Department (SED) Child Nutrition Program Office would like to recognize and celebrate the hard work being done to provide nutritious school meals to students across New York State!

Use the form below to share your best practices, creative solutions, fun ideas or to nominate yourself or a school food service employee/director to be recognized for their excellence. 

You can also share information about your programs including photos to CNSpotlight@nysed.gov. If students are in photos and the SFA does not already have their own photo release consent forms on file, please complete and send this consent form with your email.

SED may use the information to highlight and promote Child Nutrition Programs on the Child Nutrition Knowledge Center (CNKC) website and share with USDA and partner organizations.

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For example, food tasting, themes/games for food service lines, etc.

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  3. Email: program.intake@usda.gov.

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