From basic to fancy, many creative ideas were implemented
by educators for National Food Safety Education MonthSM
2000. Below are some examples of what others did throughout the
United States to get the food safety message out to their various
communities.
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Lou Hankins from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food
and Nutrition Service, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, produced and
distributed 19,000 calendars that included Fight BAC!TM
information.
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Fort Ransom Elementary School, Fort Ransom, North Dakota, used
clip art from the Planning Guide to notify parents of
upcoming announcements and to emphasize the NFSEM food safety
theme. Detailed information was sent home to parents and mentioned
in the school newsletter. Games were duplicated and sent to
the age-appropriate classrooms. Grades K-3 learned the food
safety song and presented it at a lunchtime program.
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Sarah Ward from the Windsor Re-4 School District, Windsor,
Colorado, posted temperature safety zones in all school kitchens.
She also distributed copies of the Fight BAC!TM brochures
and the home safety survey during National School Lunch Week
in October.
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Linda K. Eades from St. Isidore School, Farmersville, Illinois,
put up signs, obtained local press coverage for 3 radio broadcasts,
did interviews to inform the public of upcoming classes, and
sponsored a coloring contest.
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Roberta L. Schimek from Laramie High School, Laramie, Wyoming,
conducted food safety and sanitation courses in cooking and
nutrition. She used videos, handouts, and readings to generate
classroom discussions.
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Joyce Ashmore from Holy Family Elementary School, Hays, Kansas,
gave a review of cooking, cooling, and reheating procedures
to the nutrition staff at the school.
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John Devault from St. Mary Elementary School, Clinton, Massachusetts,
displayed the NFSEM poster in the school cafeteria and held
discussions on sanitizing, cross-contamination, storing foods,
and using food thermometers.
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Rosalyn Scruggs from the Little Rock School District, Little
Rock, Arkansas, teamed up with the Cooperative Extension Service.
They jointly presented a mini food safety course to 11 classrooms,
which involved 4 teachers and 238 students.
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Suzanne Driessen from the University of Minnesota Extension
Service, Morrison County, Little Falls, Minnesota, sponsored
a quiz that appeared in "Recipe Corner" of the Morrison
County Record Newspaper. Food Safety Wheels and food thermometers
were given away as prizes.
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Janice Shelton from the University of Arizona Cooperative Extension
Service, La Paz County, Parker, Arizona, set up a 2-week display
on food safety at the public library and the senior center.
She sent out press releases to all three news publications in
the county and had an article published in one. She also presented
food safety education programs at three Rotary clubs, several
4-H clubs, and the Civic Women's Club.
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Carolyn Hoot from the Mississippi State University, Cooperative
Extension Service, Grenada County, Grenada, Mississippi, generated
a series of NFSEM events. She did radio spots at local stations
WYKC and B-100. Other activities included distributing food
safety flyers to consumers at the Wal-Mart SuperCenter, Piggly
Wiggly, Grocery Basket, and Spain's food stores.
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Carole Sweeter from South Dakota State University Cooperative
Extension Service, Edmunds County, Ipswich, South Dakota, had
a news column placed in six local newspapers.
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Bob Barr from the Ector County Health Department, Odessa, Texas,
held a meeting with cafeteria managers to promote National Food
Safety Education MonthSM. He presented the NFSEM
Proclamation to Ector County Commissioners Court to proclaim
the month of September as National Food Safety Education MonthSM.
He also did a window display of the coloring pamphlets at the
Ector County Health Department.
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Linda Lucassen from the Morgan County Health Department, Jacksonville,
Illinois, distributed 300 copies of the NFSEM material to consumers
at a local KMart. She also obtained media coverage from a local
cable company.
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Ken Pearson from the Knox County Department of Public Health,
Knoxville, Tennessee, did press releases, distributed NFSEM
material, took pictures of events, published articles in newspapers,
and obtained TV news coverage. One newscast gave direct credit
to USDA for endorsing NFSEM. Pearson held a childrens
handwashing class using the Fight BAC!TM puppets.
He also used the Bacteria Bob character to perform for a local
television children's show.
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Donna Head from Somerville-Cambridge Elder Services, Watseka,
Illinois, gave 20-minute presentations on food safety to seniors
participating in the Elderly Nutrition Congregate Meal Program,
"It's Your Food: Make It Safe to Eat." She discussed
cross-contamination while demonstrating a stir-fry chicken and
vegetable dish. She also used jelly beans in a jar to demonstrate
to children how quickly germs multiply.
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Janice Ronan from the Lake Erie Food Safety Partnership, Erie,
Pennsylvania, mailed packets of food safety information to 33
families and to consumer science teachers. The folders included
reproducible information about Thermy and a descriptive listing
of all food safety related Web sites.
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