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BreakingBREAKING NEWS: 


It was a packed house at the Vienna Elementary School cafeteria on May 23 for the opening of the first Real Food for Kids elementary school salad bar in Fairfax County. Kevin Concannon, Undersecretary for Food, Nutrition & Consumer Services at the USDA was on hand for the ribbon cutting celebration. 




"Fairfax County Public Schools Food and Nutrition Services Department is excited to be teaming up with Real Food For Kids™ to launch the first of 141 elementary school salad bars," said Rodney Taylor, Director of Food and Nutrition Services for Fairfax County Public Schools. "The RFFK salad bar will serve as the catalyst for transforming school food throughout FCPS."


Additional salad bars are expected to roll out at elementary schools across Fairfax Country during the 2016-2017 school year. Stay tuned for more details on this exciting program and how you can help!
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Rodney Taylor, FCPS & Jenny Hein, RFFK
CeleryRFFK Taste Test: Look at Me I'm Celery
 
It was tall and green and crunchy-and a great big hit! Real Food for Kids Alexandria City held a very successful celery taste tests at both John Adams Elementary School and Mt. Vernon Community School. The students loved the celery so much volunteers had to dash out to get more! Many thanks to the parents who participated. 

 
 
BenefitRFFK Supports DC Greens at Annual Benefit
The RFFK Team 
(R-L: Jenny Hein, Jocelyn Hsu, Diana Nash, Mary Pope and JoAnne Hammermaster)




The Real Food for Kids Board attended the second annual Spring Dig Benefit Dinner to support our partner DC Greens. The dinner was held at Washington's Union Market. DC Greens uses the power of partnerships to support food education, food access, and food policy in the nation's capital.


 
Have a great Summer! 


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