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National
Food
Safety
Education
Month
2004
SAMPLE IDEAS USED BY EDUCATORS FOR NFSEM OBSERVANCES
From basic to fancy, many creative ideas have been implemented by educators
for past National Food Safety Education MonthSM observances. Below are some
examples of what others have done throughout the United States to get the food
safety message out to their various communities.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Carole Sweeter from South Dakota State University Cooperative Extension
Service, Edmunds County, Ipswich, South Dakota, had a news column placed in
six local newspapers.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 children's
handwashing class using the Fight BAC!TM puppets. He also used the Bacteria
Bob character to perform for a local television children's show.
- 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.
- 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.
SM International Food Safety Council
* Distributed May 2002 for use in September 2002
as part of the International Food Safety Council's National Food Safety
Education Month.
* Also distributed by the Partnership for Food Safety Education
for use in September 2004 as part of the National Food Safety Education
Month.
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