Q2 Presentation

Connecting Smart People in Small Rooms

COMMUNITY

Celebrate | Educate | Collaborate

Sweet Crackers

1 Grain EQ

120 Bags Per Case

Breakfast

Start the day with education

by pairing Educational Snacks with yogurt kids love to dip! Raspberry yogurt and Rutherford B. Hayes is one of our favorites!

Lunch

Celebration Calendar

If you’re looking for a “monotony buster” you’ve come to the right place because every bag contains a different mix of snacks and gives your students the opportunity to learn something new every day.

After-School

Homework never tasted so good

Just about every school we work with starts with Educational Snacks in their after-school program…it simply makes too much sense…and a lot of fun too!

Build a national coalition of passionate, difference-making partners willing to collaborate with Dick & Jane on customized marketing to bring recognition, dignity & respect to school nutrition programs while creating the best educational experience possible for students.

COMMUNITY

Enrichment & Customization Alhambra, AZ Apache Junction, AZ Casa Grande, AZ Laveen, AZ Palominas, AZ Tucson, AZ Desert Sands, CA Duarte, CA Gridley, CA Hesperia, CA Jurupa, CA Rocklin, CA Sacramento, CA San Diego, CA

Greeley-Evans, CO Alachua, FL Broward, FL Citrus, FL Dixie, FL Flagler, FL Lee, FL Sumter, FL Barrow, GA Butts, GA Clarke, GA Clayton, GA Columbia, GA DeKalb, GA

Gainesville City, GA Greene, GA Muscogee, GA Des Moines, IA Urbandale, IA Waukee, IA Manchester, IN Jefferson, KY Okemos, MI Port Huron, MI Wake, NC Santa FE, NM Amherst, OH Brown, OH

Canton, OH Minerva, OH Tusky, OH Greenwood, SC Laurens, SC Dallas, TX Pasadena, TX Franklin Pierce, WA Norfolk, VA & counting!

Celebrate Wellness Wednesdays each Wednesday in March with our Food & Nutrition snacks and receive FREE, customized enrichment in the form of a digital magazine.

CUSTOM ENRICHMENT WED

March

Step 1 - Featured Foods Choose your four (4) featured foods for Wellness Wednesdays in March.

Oranges

Spinach

Apples

Carrots

Step 2 - Nutrition Education Choose the corresponding nutrition you’d like to feature with each food.

Vitamin C

Vitamin A

Fiber

Potassium

Carbohydrates

Vitamin C

Vitamin C

Vitamin A

Fiber

Iron

Vitamin E

Vitamin K

D I G I T A L

M A G A Z I N E

CUSTOM EDITION TM

Tucson Unified School District Teaching Kids the Importance of Nutrition Education

E N R I C H M E N T

Arizona

Tucson Unified School District is proud to be participating in Wellness Wednesdays serving healthy foods & promoting nutrition education.

Tucson USD’s Wellness Policy

Teaching Kids the Importance of Nutrition Education.

Vitamin C

Iron

Fiber

Vitamin A

Oranges Oranges are a type of citrus fruit with most of them grown in the U.S. from FL, CA, TX & AZ.

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Popular Types of Oranges:

1. Navel 2. Hamlin 3. Valencia

Orange season is 9 months long…

October - June!

Oranges thrive in a lot of sunshine and warm temperatures.

600+

varieties of oranges.

85% of all oranges are juiced.

Sub-tropical areas have ideal climate for growing oranges.

Most oranges are harvested by hand.

Vitamin C Vitamin C supports the immune system the body’s defense against infections.

ENERGY booster!

Vitamin C helps to heal wounds.

Vitamin C is also referred to as “ascorbic acid.”

Vitamin C helps keep you happy & healthy!

What do you call a vitamin that improves your eyesight?

A Vitamin C! Vitamin C is a very important vitamin for healthy gums & teeth.

Spinach Spinach is a nutritious, leafy green vegetable.

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Main Types of Spinach:

1. Savoy 2. Semi Savoy 3. Flat-Leaf

The U.S. harvests around 960,000 pounds of spinach each year.

Spinach is a part of the “goosefoot family” because of the shape of its leaves.

F R E S H spinach is the B E S T spinach!

Spinach loses half of its major nutrients 8 days after harvesting.

Flat-Leaf spinach is the best known & most popular.

Spinach prefer to grow in cooler climates.

Late spring/early summer is peak spinach season.

Spinach thrives when grown in sandy soils.

Iron Iron carries oxygen in the blood, supports the immune system & proper brain function.

2 forms of iron: Heme & Non-heme.

Heme comes from animal meat and is easily absorbed into the body after eaten.

Non-heme comes from plant foods like spinach!

Non-heme sources of iron are best absorbed into the body when eaten with a source of vitamin C, like an orange.

Iron helps muscles function by carrying oxygen to their cells.

Supports a healthy immune system.

Human blood is RED because of iron and oxygen reacting with each other.

Iron helps carry oxygen in the blood…similar to how backpacks carry books!

Apples Apples are one of the most widely cultivated tree fruits.

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of the Most Popular Varieties of Apples:

1. Red Delicious 2. Gala 3. Granny Smith 4. Fuji 5. Golden Delicious

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apples make 1 gallon of cider.

Most apples are harvested & sold fresh.

The U.S. is home to approximately 322,000 acres of apple orchards.

2,500

varieties of apples are grown in the United States.

21% of apples are juiced.

An apple blossom is the flower that comes from an apple tree.

Most An apple tree apples takes at least are 4 years to start HANDproducing fruit.

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Fiber Fiber supports movement through the digestive system.

Fiber is a type of carbohydrate that the body doesn’t digest, it simply passes through.

Soluble fiber dissolves in water…it helps regulate blood sugar levels and removes cholesterol form the blood stream.

2

types of fiber:

1. Soluble fiber 2. Insoluble fiber

Fiber helps to regulate the body’s use of sugar.

Fiber is ONLY found in plant foods.

Insoluble fiber does not dissolve in water…it helps food move throughout the digestive system.

BOTH forms of fiber are important & beneficial to overall health.

Carrots Carrots are a type of root vegetable a vegetable that grows underground.

Carrots are the second most popular vegetable in the world.

Carrots are 88% water.

Carrots can be orange, purple, red, yellow or white.

2,000 carrot seeds fit in 1 teaspoon.

Carrots thrive in cooler temperatures.

Carrots can survive entire WINTERS underground!

The world record for the longest carrot is over 19 feet!

Carrots are biennials, which means they have a 2-year life cycle.

Vitamin A Vitamin A supports good vision, growth & immunity.

Vitamin A helps improve eyesight to see better at night and experience more vivid colors during the day.

How far can you read down this eye chart?

Vitamin A has antioxidant properties.

Vitamin A is a fat-soluble vitamin.

Vitamin A can help speed up the healing process of cuts & scraps.

How do you know carrots are good for the eyes?

You never see a rabbit wearing glasses!

Vitamin A supports the immune system to fight off infections.

Milk Milk is a type of dairy product – most commonly made from cows.

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Breeds of Dairy Cows:

1. Ayrshire 2. Brown Swiss 3. Guernsey 4. Holstein 5. Jersey 6. Milking Shorthorn

1 cow produces around 6 gallons of milk/day.

1 serving of milk contains 13 essential nutrients.

ALL 50 states have dairy farms!

The U.S. produces ~227 BILLION pounds of milk each year.

Holstein cows all have a unique pattern of spots!

The reason milk is white is because it contains “casein” - a type of protein.

Milk is the source of ALL dairy products!

Calcium Calcium supports healthy bones & teeth as well as proper blood & muscle function.

Calcium is the 5th most abundant chemical element in the Earth’s crust.

Calcium helps keep muscles working properly.

99%

Supports

of the body’s calcium is stored in the bones.

The other 1% is found in the blood, muscles & other tissues.

Calcium helps to heal cuts & wounds.

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Food & Nutrition

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