Other Articles from Yum-o!
Marathon Kids
Now in its sixteenth year, Marathon Kids® is a free school and community-based fitness program for K-5th graders and their families that combines endurance-building running/walking, nutrition and schoolyard gardening programs. The goal of the program is for children to develop the love and habit of moving through space and to carry forward the power of […]
Healthy Fare for Kids
The Healthy Fare for Kids initiative is a Chicago-based grassroots project that encourages restaurants to offer healthier food for children on their menus. Launched in the Lincoln Park area of Chicago at the end of 2011, Healthy Fare for Kids now has more than 35 participating restaurants and is embarking on a citywide effort to […]
Hunger Hits Home Documentary
Food Network and Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry® Campaign have teamed up on a new documentary, Hunger Hits Home. The film takes a first-hand look at the crisis of childhood hunger in America through the eyes of the parents, children and others on the frontlines of the battle. It powerfully shows the impact hunger has on a child and provides an urgent call to action.
Metro Parks Tacoma Free Summer Meal Program
Like many park districts around the country, Metro Parks Tacoma, Tacoma, Washington’s park district, partners with the USDA to offer a Free Summer Meal Program for children. However, in many areas, the meals provided by park districts barely meet USDA nutritional standards. Setting itself apart, Metro Parks Tacoma has gone a step further in partnering […]
The Kids Cooking Corner
The Kids Cooking Corner (KCC) provides children ages 3-18 the opportunity to experience and learn the joy and art of cooking daily by offering cooking and gardening classes, summer and winter camps and hosted birthday parties throughout southwestern Washington state and the Portland, Oregon metro area. Participants learn about proper nutrition, kitchen safety, proper food […]
Rachael Ray’s Yum-o! Organization Shares Its Strength
Yum-o!’s Director, Andrew Kaplan, reflects on what inspired Yum-o! to get involved with helping kids gain access to school breakfasts on Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry blog…
Recipe for Success Foundation
Houston-based Recipe for Success Foundation is dedicated to combating childhood obesity by changing the way children understand, appreciate and eat their food, and by educating and mobilizing the community to provide healthier diets for children. The organization has developed a comprehensive experiential learning program that makes healthy food fun, and works to make healthy food […]
School of Eating Good
Motivated by the growing rate of obesity among young people, Ronnie Trowbridge and Sharon Badian were inspired to create a Boulder, Colorado-based nonprofit organization called the School of Eating Good. In partnership with the University of Colorado, the program provides small, hands-on classes on basic cooking skills and shows young adults that cooking good food […]
Rachael Ray Joins First Lady Obama and Parklawn Elementary School Students for a Yum-o! Lunch
(Alexandria, VA) — Rachael Ray joined First Lady Michelle Obama and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Senior Policy Advisor for Healthy Food Initiatives Sam Kass at Parklawn Elementary School in Alexandria, VA for a Yum-o! school lunch with the students, as First Lady Obama and Secretary Vilsack announced new standards for school meals that will result in healthier meals for kids across the nation.
Rachael Ray and Yum-o! Fight Childhood Hunger in the Classroom with Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry® Campaign
(New York, NY) — To help combat hunger in the classroom, Rachael Ray and her Yum-o!® organization are teaming up with Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry® Campaign, a national movement to end childhood hunger in America. In addition to raising awareness about the issue, Yum-o! is donating $100,000 to support Share Our Strength’s work to increase participation in school breakfast programs.