School lunch buddy program

Athletics CMUChippewas. Find Info Sign-In. Mary Ellen Brandell Volunteer Center. Lunch Buddies. Page Content. Toggle navigation. There is no contact in person, by phone, text or email with the students outside of the school at any time. There is no contact with the parent or guardian of the student. What is the process for getting started?

Application and Orientation. You will be contacted by the district School Volunteer Office to verify your placement. You will attend an orientation session or be emailed mentor orientation materials to read and complete the online volunteer application. Once the application and orientation is complete, school staff pairs the mentor with a student and set a mutually agreed upon day of the week and time for the student and volunteer to meet. First Visit. What are the ongoing procedures? Once established, the expectation is that the volunteers are committed to meet with their students on the scheduled day and time each week for the school year.

If a volunteer cannot attend on the scheduled day, they contact the Mentor Liaison and if possible, arrange to meet with their student on a different day that week. It is understood that there may be an occasion when the volunteer will miss a meeting.

The Mentor Liaison will try to contact the volunteer if their student will not be in school. Lunch Buddies. Page Content.

Toggle navigation. Contact Us Email: volunteer. Visit: Bovee University Center Follow Us On Social Media. It also came as school leaders were doing more to ensure equity and inclusiveness at the school. While the federal government subsidizes the cost of school lunches, districts must manage meal programs carefully because the margins are so thin. Both Moffat Consolidated and the charter school kicked in part of the money for the new lunch program using federal COVID relief dollars for schools.

The district also pays half the cost of the employee who delivers the lunches to the charter school and brings the dirty dishes back for washing. School and district officials credit each other for a flexible partnership that has produced an increasingly popular lunch program.

When the program started in August, about 40 students participated. Of course, there have been a few bumps in the lunch program process. Some charter school parents initially were nervous about their kids eating processed, non-organic, and non-local foods, or high-sugar items. Cleary said the school sends out lunch menus in advance so parents know what will be served, ensures vegetarian options are available, and provides white milk and almond milk, but not chocolate. District Food Service Director Tina Serna and her team make a lot of the food from scratch, including lasagna, smothered burritos, and chicken stir fry.