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Healthy Food Programs Earn Schools National Honors



Source: Reedsburg Times Press – October 22, 2011

Third-graders Nicholas Rizzio and Maxwell Beale scarfed down their lunches at Westside Elementary School on Friday, tearing apart turkey ham slices and making orange smiles with their quartered oranges.

“My favorite lunch time food is pizza!” Rizzio declared. “No! Pizza poppers with toast!”

“Mine is carrot sticks!” Beale said.

“Ooh, and cucumbers,” Rizzio added. “Those are really good, too.”

Many might be surprised that the boys like carrots and cucumbers as much as pizza. But for Debra Wollin, food services director for the Reedsburg School District, their love of vegetables is a testament to her efforts over the last two years.

She has worked to bring more fresh fruits and vegetables, healthy meats and whole-wheat grains to cafeterias across the district.

That effort, in addition to helping kids eat their vegetables, led to four schools in the district winning Gold Awards in the Healthier U.S. School Challenge

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