The Official Publication of the School Nutrition Association of Michigan Winter 2018
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THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE SCHOOL NUTRITION ASSOCIATION OF MICHIGAN WINTER 2018 TABLE OF WINTER 2018 DEPARTMENTS PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE ............................................... 4 EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK ............................................... 5 FROM THE OFFICE .................................................. 6 ADVERTISER INDEX ................................................ 23 FEATURES PAINTING THE WAY TO SCHOOL NUTRITION SNAM’S 2017 ANNUAL CONFERENCE! ................................. 8 STEP UP TO THE CHALLENGE TODAY ............................... 10 MICHIGAN FARM FRESH SKILLS #160 TEACHES CULINARY SKILLS ........ 11 WARREN CONSOLIDATED SCHOOLS PUTS THE GAME ON GRANT FUNDS TO GOOD USE! ....................... 13 CHANGING HOW WE FEED KIDS, FOR THE BEST! ..................... 14 RECIPE FOR SUCCESS .............................................. 15 EDUCATION AND NUTRITION PARTNERSHIPS ........................ 16 SCHOOL DISTRICTS TAP STUDENT CHEFS TO CREATE UNIQUE RECIPES TO SUPPORT CULTIVATE MICHIGAN ................ 17 WATERVLIET CELEBRATES 2017 APPLE CRUNCH DAY! ................. 18 LEADERSHIP ACADEMY ........................................... 19 MEMBER AND INDUSTRY PROFILES ................................. 20 A SALUTE TO ALL OF OUR VETERANS ............................... 21 10 CENTS A MEAL ................................................. 22 SNAM 2018–19 OPEN POSITIONS .................................... 23 PRESIDENTS MESSAGE MARY KURKOWSKI • SNAM PRESIDENT PORT HURON SCHOOLS EXECUTIVE BOARD MARY KURKOWSKI, PRESIDENT RICHARD BROWDER, PRESIDENT ELECT This year’s conference, “Painting our way to Child Nutrition” was an CAROLYN THOMAS, VICE PRESIDENT amazing experience. Thank you to everyone that attended and helped RACHELLE BENDALL, SECRETARY make the conference a venue for education, professional growth, and BRENDA JANSEN, TREASURER good times with old and new friends. I am so blessed and thankful to be DAN GORMAN, NUTRITION CHAIR JESSICA ENDRES, MEMBER SERVICES CHAIR part of such an amazing professional organization. JENNIFER MATTISON, COMMUNICATIONS CHAIR As your President, I look forward to working with all of you in making our XAVIAR JARAMILLO, INDUSTRY CHAIR organization a strong voice in advocating for child nutrition. I encourage SARA SIMMERMAN, LEGISLATIVE CHAIR all of you to get involved because creating a safe haven with healthy DAN CONNORS, PROFESSIONAL options for our children will change your life. DEVELOPMENT CHAIR PEG PANICI, CHAIR OF AREA REPRESENTATIVES We will continue to provide great service to our students and communities. Please share your CARL HOPP, INDUSTRY REPRESENTATIVE experiences as we all learn and grow. I am very excited to announce that SNAM will be working with SNA and the Michigan Department of Education to enroll 200 Michigan school nutrition REPRESENTATIVES CARL WILLIAMS, AREA I professionals by October 25, 2018. Let’s celebrate this goal together as this is the weekend of MARLA ERNST, AREA II our next School Nutrition Association of Michigan Conference in Lansing. CAROLINE DYLEWSKI, AREA III MARCI FABER, AREA IV Share and grow by participating in the Steps Challenge at www.school nutrition.org/steps and SUE MALIN, AREA V start your personal wellness program today. We had twenty-six members participate in the early KORRIE PERKINS, AREA VI morning walking tour of Grand Rapids at our past conference. Let’s increase this number to fifty GEORGE SIEDIS, AREA VII participants for 2018. Get your staff to sign up and model good nutrition to our students. Get CHRISTINE LUCE, AREA VIII CATHY KIERCZYNSKI, AREA IX healthier, happier, and more active with this free program from SNA. LISA ARCHEY, AREA X BARBIE WARD-THOMAS, AREA XIII Membership is very important to the growth and sustainability of our organization. I encourage all of you to look at getting your district signed up through District Wide Membership (SDM). STAFF Show your staff that you value and respect them as professionals. District wide membership SCOTT LITTLE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR is cost effective and easy to maintain. Membership is the first step to maintaining professional WHITNEY HAUGHEY, ADMINISTRATIVE standards. ASSISTANT I would like to thank each and every one of you for being committed to feeding our children CONTACT INFORMATION healthy, nutritious meals every day. We are no longer a lunch program, but a Child Nutrition SCHOOL NUTRITION ASSOCIATION OF program that fuels our children so they are ready to learn and further their knowledge. We MICHIGAN not only provide meals through the school breakfast, lunch, snack and after school supper 1001 CENTENNIAL WAY, SUITE 200 program, we are able to now service students through the summer food program and the great LANSING, MI 48917 start readiness program. We as a whole community are committed to feeding the Whole Child PHONE | 800.677.8955 FAX | 517.327.0768 the Whole Year! I had the great privilege in presenting our “Whole Hearts” to the Michigan Association of School Boards at their annual conference. Diane Golzynski, MDE Interim EMAIL | [email protected] Director and Carolyn Thomas, Macomb/St.Clair Food Service Consultant partnered with me. WWW.MICHIGANSNA.ORG SCHOOL NUTRITION ASSOCIATION We have the greatest mission in the world my friends— Feeding our children. 120 WATERFRONT ST, SUITE 300 Thank you for your work today, tomorrow and the many great years to come. Please do not NATIONAL HARBOR, MARYLAND 20745 hesitate to contact me if SNAM can better serve you. PHONE | 800.877.8822 FAX | 703.793.3915 EMAIL | [email protected] All the Best, WWW.SCHOOLNUTRITION.ORG Mary Kurkowski, President Fall went by so fast it is hard to believe winter is upon us. I have been busy and so have many of you. You will see in this edition of the magazine all of the great things districts are doing across the state! I am happy and proud to say that my district finally completed the Smarter Lunch Room grant process. I worked with Diane Rellinger at MSU Extension to complete the process. We were able to add some menu boards, signage, and paint to our kitchens and cafeterias this fall. I purchased paint with the Smarter Lunch Room grant money and asked the High School Art Department to draw a mural on the wall. I reached out to the Armada Area High School building trades teacher, Mr. Patrick Defever and assistant Sharon Caudill, they assembled the building trades class to work before school opened to complete the project. This was a great use of grant money along with involving the students; it gave everyone ownership of the project, the students learned a ton about the National School Lunch Program from the food service staff, and it made it possible to have it painted without an additional cost. We are truly proud of the process and are excited about working with building trades in the future. I wanted to share this; it is nice to see different resources within the school used, along with Departments within the district working together. I have learned that it never hurts to ask if you need help, so many times people step up to the plate! Missy Elliott, First Hand News Editor ARMADA AREA SCHOOLS MISSY ELLIOTT • SUPERVISOR OF FOOD SERVICES As always, it’s hard to believe we are already approaching the holiday season. I hope all of you find time to relax and recharge, and are blessed with family and friends with whom to share your holidays. In October we held our SNAM Annual Conference in Grand Rapids, MI. It was a great location and a great conference with many highlights. We had strong attendance at over 365 and a great exhibit show, with 132 booths to visit. We had inspirational keynote speakers, moving us to look at how we treat others in this world and how we treat ourselves, to be healthier both physically and emotionally. We also had many informative breakouts with great speakers that helped everyone learn and grow professionally, but also personally. Another great occasion was the recognition of some very special people: Distinguished Industry Partner, Carl Hopp, Gordon Food Service; Employee of the Year, Candi Debrowsky, from Warren Woods Public Schools; Manager of the Year, Kathy Guiney, from Richmond Community Schools; and Director of the Year, Mandy Sosnowski, from Utica Community Schools; and the recipient of the 2017 President’s Award, Whitney Haughey, from SNAM. These ladies and gentleman were selected from many deserving applicants. We know there are many others out there that do outstanding work every day - above and beyond the normal call of duty, so consider nominating a deserving person next year, who you feel is worthy of special recognition. Speaking of next year, our Annual Conference will be October 25-28, 2018, at the Lansing Center in Lansing, MI. It’s a great setting and we plan to have another great conference. Another date to get down is SNAM’s Industry Conference, March 14, 2018 at the Eagle Eye Golf Club, Bath, MI. We’re excited to have Ken Wasco confirmed to speak. Ken has been heard around the state, but he’s always incredibly popular with a great message. This will be right after the SNA Legislative Action Conference (LAC), as well, so we’ll hear firsthand the latest updates from Washington D.C. We’ll also be joined by Industry partners. This is a great event for your business manager to attend, as well. So many issues now expand beyond the food service area, that it’s important for other administrators to be aware of these matters, too. Registration will be available in early 2018. SNAM is your organization. Please take advantage of the resources available through training, conferences, website – www.michigansna.org , and your peers. We’re a phone call or email away – don’t hesitate to contact us. Scott 6 WINTER 2018 FIRST HAND NEWS SCHOOL NUTRITION ASSOCIATION OF MICHIGAN WINTER 2018 7 PAINTING THE WAY TO SCHOOL NUTRITION SNAM’S 2017 ANNUAL CONFERENCE! BY SARA SIMMERMAN, FOOD SERVICE DIRECTOR, HURON VALLEY SCHOOLS his year’s annual conference was educational and fun, filled Whitney Haughey won my Presidents Award which was very Twith great education sessions, and one of the largest food well deserved. She has been a huge asset to myself and our whole shows we have ever held.