Barbara Belmont, Executive Director, School Nutrition Association (SNA) said "Individual determination can achieve great things. Individual determination multiplied can generate amazing results! That’s why a team approach to any goal is so critical to its ultimate success." The Columbia County (Ga.) School Nutrition Association demonstrated the essence of teamwork by coordinating a district-wide effort to raise money for last year’s Change Our World campaign to benefit the efforts of the Global Child Nutrition Foundation (GCNF).

Twenty-three schools in the Columbia County district participated in various activities (including "Collecting Change for Change," "Hats Off to Change," votes for school lunch and handpainting projects) that were designed to generate donations to the worthy cause. The enthusiasm and commitment—and teamwork—of Columbia County’s child nutrition professionals, principals, staff and students efforts raised a whopping $7,500! This astonishing donation has made the Columbia County district the second leading contributor in the 2008 Change Our World Campaign. GCNF greatly appreciates this generosity as it will support our efforts to establish school feeding programs in developing countries throughout the world.

On October 23, 2008, Columbia County’s School Assistant Superintendent, Mr. Robert Jarrell, Board of Education Chair, Regina Buccafusco and School Nutrition Director, Dr. Jane Wiggins presented a check of $7,500 to Georgia’s School Nutrition Director and SNA’s Vice President, Nancy Rice. Congratulations and thank-you to this fantastic team.

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2009 A Possible Dream Gala
Please join GCNF on Tuesday, March 3, 2009 for the 6th Annual A Possible Dream Gala.  A highlight of the evening will be the presentation of the 2009 Gene White Lifetime Achievement Award for Child Nutrition. [Read More]

11th Annual Global Child Nutrition Forum
In May 2009, GCNF and Joint Aid Management (JAM) are partnering together to host the 11th Annual GCN Forum in Cape Town, South Africa.  The theme for the Forum is: A Catalyst for Development: Linking Sustainable School Feeding and Local Farm Production.  Thirty delegates will be invited from African, Latin American and South Asian Countries. [Read More]

2009 Change Our World Campaign.  
Find out how you can help bring school feeding programs to developing countries by participating in the second annual Change Our World campaign. [Read More]

GCNF visits School Feeding Site in Mali
Rachel Winch, the Mickey Leland International Hunger Fellow at GCNF, is currently in Mali on the first in a series of site visits to school feeding sites around the world as part of a Photo Advocacy Project. [Read More]
 
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