Yum-o! and the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation (NRAEF) Announce 2011 Scholarships

(Chicago, IL) — In partnership with the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation (NRAEF), Rachael Ray’s Yum-o! organization is pleased to announce Yum-o!’s 2011 scholarship initiative, which will provide funds to high school students committed to pursuing a career in the restaurant and foodservice industry. 

This summer, Yum-o! will award ten $2,500 scholarships to graduating high school seniors who are planning to enroll in a post-secondary foodservice program. Applications will be accepted through August 17, 2011.

Build Healthy Kids

Build Healthy Kids is an organization dedicated to providing families an easy way to understand, organize and improve their kids’ diet and activity levels in ways that make a positive impact on their long term health. To help parents build their healthy kids, Build Healthy Kids’ website keeps busy parents in mind by offering information […]

Balance Bands

Designed to teach the MyPyramid initiative, Balance Bands are a fun, visual way to help establish healthy eating habits when it comes to fruits and veggies and can be used at home and at school. To participate, you put all your Balance Bands on your right wrist first thing in the morning. Throughout the day, […]

New York City Housing Authority Vocational Cooking Classes for Teens

With support from Rachael Ray and Yum-o!, the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) launched cooking classes last summer in partnership with the Sylvia Center and Children’s Aid Society to help young people develop cooking skills, become conscientious consumers and make healthier food choices. This spring, NYCHA started a new job readiness program with The Sylvia Center specifically for youth ages 14-20 that not only promotes healthy nutrition, but also introduces food service and culinary arts as potential career paths. Yum-o! recently checked in with The Sylvia Center’s Director of Education and Learning Strategies Hollie Greene to see how things are going…

Become a Champion: End Childhood Hunger

In 2009, nearly 1 million children didn’t get enough to eat in the United States. Sometimes it’s hard to remember that some children in America do not have enough food to eat, since most of the pictures we see in newspapers or on television are of hungry kids in other countries that are poorer than […]

Root 4 Kids

Root 4 Kids brings to life Annie’s Homegrown foods’ wish to nurture kids by inspiring families to eat more real food together. As childhood obesity rates continue to rise, encouraging kids and their families to eat real food is more important now than ever before. The goal of Root 4 Kids is to become a […]

<i>Lunch Line</i>

The new documentary film, Lunch Line, offers a fresh perspective on a 60-year-old government initiative that feeds more than 31 million children every day: the National School Lunch Program. Lunch Line is the first documentary to capture the full history of the school lunch program and reframes the school lunch debate through an examination of […]

Meal Makeover Moms

If you struggle to get your family to eat healthy meals, you’ll want to stop by the Meal Makeover Moms website, where you’ll find kid-friendly recipes, tips for picky eaters, lunch, snack and dessert ideas, and practical advice on bringing good nutrition to the dinner table. Dietitians Janice Newell Bissex, MS, RD and Liz Weiss, […]

Special thanks to Gerber!

A very special thank you to Gerber for their generous donation to Yum-o! in support of the FEED component of our mission to feed hungry kids. Thanks to the overwhelming response from more than 222,000 Yum-o! supporters on Facebook, Gerber was inspired to donate $500,000 to fight hunger and nurture a healthier generation of kids!

The Lunch Tray

Bettina Elias Siegel is a writer who is passionate about school food reform. Her blog, The Lunch Tray, initially launched as a journal of her school food reform initiatives in Houston, TX; it now draws readers from all fifty states and as many foreign countries who are interested in children and food and the relationship […]