HAYWARD, Calif., Oct. 28, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The San Francisco 49ers and Dairy Council of California continued their wealthy histories of supporting native communities on October twenty fifth by presenting Hayward Unified School District with a $10,000 Fuel Up to Play 60 Hometown Grant throughout a Dairy Council of CA Mobile Dairy Classroom Assembly.
“It’s so exciting to see the world-renowned San Francisco 49ers be so supportive of Bay Area communities,” stated Tammy Anderson-Wise, CEO, Dairy Council of California. “By supporting California school districts through increasing access to healthy foods such as milk and dairy and educating on sustainable healthy eating patterns, it’s going to make a difference in many lives for years to come.”
This grant was awarded within the type of an outsized test to Hayward Unified School District after Dairy Council of California’s Mobile Dairy Classroom meeting at Eldridge Elementary School, with over 300 college students in attendance.
“We appreciate the support of the NFL and the Dairy Council in helping support nutrition and student health,” stated Hayward Unified School District Interim Superintendent Chien Wu-Fernandez. “HUSD is committed to providing our students healthy, delicious and sustainable meals, which is why we are redesigning our menus and moving away from prepackaged foods. Balanced, nutritious diets are not only important for our students’ health, but they are essential to ensure our students perform well in school.”
The authentic Farm to School program, the Mobile Dairy Classroom meeting originated in Southern California within the Nineteen Thirties and teaches college students in a novel approach the place their meals comes from — by bringing a working cow to faculties. Mobile Dairy Classroom teacher Brandon Roberts stated, “Our interactive assembly comes at no cost to schools and is always a hit with students, many of whom have never seen a cow in person. It’s incredibly rewarding to teach children about where their food comes from.”
“49ers PREP, a direct program of the 49ers Foundation, along with the National Football League is committed to making today’s students the most active and healthy generation that it possibly can be,” stated Tucker Baksa, 49ers PREP senior supervisor. “We are honored to support Bay Area schools through the Hometown Grant to build a foundation of lifelong nutrition education.”
While college students and employees at Eldridge Elementary School had been excited to rejoice Farm to School Month with the Mobile Dairy Classroom and the Fuel Up to Play 60 Hometown Grant presentation that includes 49ers mascot Sourdough Sam, Anderson-Wise spoke to how the 49ers dedication to assist more healthy generations is in keeping with Dairy Council of California’s trigger. “Dairy Council of California aims to elevate the health of children and families in California through the pursuit of lifelong healthy eating habits,” she stated. “$10,000 can make a meaningful difference in the health of children and families in the Hayward Unified School District. I commend the 49ers for this important work and partnering with us.”
About Dairy Council of California
For over a century, Dairy Council of California has empowered stakeholders, together with educators, well being professionals and group leaders, to elevate the well being of kids and households by way of the pursuit of lifelong wholesome consuming habits. Funded by California’s dairy farm households and native milk processors and below the steering of California Department of Food and Agriculture, Dairy Council of California’s free science-based vitamin training assets, Mobile Dairy Classroom assemblies, coaching packages and on-line assets educate tens of millions of scholars and households in California and all through the United States. Learn extra at HealthyEating.org.
About the 49ers PREP Program
49ers PREP, offered by U.S. Bank, empowers Bay Area youth to lead wholesome existence by partaking in bodily exercise and nurturing the expansion of student-athletes past the taking part in area. With grassroots efforts that embody management and mentoring packages, digital and in-person free youth well being and wellness programming 49ers PREP strives to enhance health throughout all 9 Bay Area counties and past. 49ers PREP, a direct program of the 49ers Foundation, has impacted greater than 130,000 members, with a selected deal with leveling the taking part in area for kids from traditionally underserved communities. 49ers PREP’s principal goal is to promote a tradition of teamwork by creating protected alternatives for kids of all backgrounds to play, develop and have enjoyable for free of charge.
About Fuel Up to Play 60 Hometown Grants
This fall, Fuel Up to Play 60 and the NFL are coming collectively for the ninth 12 months behind the Hometown Grants program.
The NFL, by way of Fuel Up to Play 60, will present $10,000 per NFL membership market ($320,000 complete) in grant cash to assist college districts/particular person faculties facilitate sustainable bodily exercise and wholesome consuming modifications. These grants are an excellent alternative for NFL golf equipment and native dairy councils to collaborate and construct stronger relationships whereas serving to children “Fuel Good” for his or her our bodies, group and the planet.
Media Contacts:
San Francisco 49ers – Tucker Baksa, 49ers PREP Senior Manager
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Dairy Council of California – Alyssa McClelland, Partnerships and Programs, Program Director
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