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Get involved to support your school
Five Easy Steps to Support Your School
School lunch affects every community, and with just a little extra effort we can all work together to make it better. Take action now to bring better meals to a district or school in your neighborhood.

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Step 1: Perform a school district wellness check
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Since 2006, every school district is required to provide a wellness policy to outline their approach to meal programs, nutrition and physical activity. Request a copy of this policy and read it.
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Step 2: Get a taste of reality
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Eat lunch at your local school to get a taste of what kids are really eating. Is this how you want kids in your community to be fed? Is it food you would want to eat? Does it align with the district’s wellness policy?
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Step 3: Build awareness
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Share your concerns about the local school food with the school board, administrators, teachers and others in your community. Get the attention of concerned parents, many of whom may not even realize what their kids are eating at school. Organize a coalition of people who care and meet regularly to divvy up the effort to mobilize more people.
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Step 4: Get the word out
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There are so many ways to disseminate information, mobilize and energize your community around this issue!
* Contact local media.
* Write to legislators. Vote.
* Email everyone you know a link to this website.
* Create an online community people can join.
* Encourage people to donate to The Lunch Box online or at Whole Foods Market stores.
* Urge people to watch our videos.
* Organize a local screening of a documentary about school lunch.
* Get creative about other ways to build excitement.
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Step 5: Pitch In
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School lunch reform is a big job. Few schools have the resources to do it alone. Join Whole Foods Market to support this effort, check out our friends who support healthy school lunches, and get involved at your local school. Volunteer to teach a cooking class or help plant and maintain a school garden. Talk to teachers and administrators about your own ideas for incorporating hands-on food experiences into the usual curriculum.

See Advocates and Resources for more information.