This toolkit provides background, research, and policy recommendations on a range of SNAP topics. It also offers messaging guidance, tips for community engagement, and examples of campaign materials. All fact sheets can be downloaded and printed or shared electronically with stakeholders.
Providing testimony at public hearings can be a powerful advocacy strategy. This customizable testimony, written from a parent’s perspective, supports improved nutrition standards in school meals.
A sign-on letter allows multiple organizations to come together with a formal request to a government agency. This customizable sign-on letter urges Congress and the USDA to expand access to healthy school meals for all children and protect and strengthen evidence-based nutrition standards for school meals and other foods sold in school.
Once you’ve achieved your goal of policy passage, acknowledgement and celebration are in order. This customizable press release celebrates the passage of a new policy that strengthens nutrition standards.
Petitioning the school board allows advocates to demonstrate how many parents support their policy priorities. Use this customizable template to collect signatures, names and addresses of fellow parents who support strengthening nutrition standards in school meals.
This document contains quotes and links to audio stories from experts in the field sharing why they support healthy school meals for all. These stories can be posted on social media, used in print materials, or shared in emails.
Use this resource to kickstart your campaign’s social media presence. Sample customizable posts and tips for success for your online media presence are provided. Topics include nutrition standards (specifically, sodium, whole grains, and added sugars), healthy school meals for all, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on school meals programs.
Now that the school day looks different due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with lunch in the classroom, increased safety protocols in the cafeteria, and remote learning, sufficient Time to Eat (TTE) is more important than ever.
