Get Ready for Summer With Team Nutrition

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May 27, 2021

Get Ready for Summer With Team Nutrition

Motivate Kids and Families With These Summer Activities

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Provide families with tips and tools for a healthy summer with these activity guides:

Check out Team Nutrition’s Summer Food, Summer Moves webpage for additional activity guides, posters, flyers, recipes and more.

Celebrate Ten Years of MyPlate

On June 2, 2021, celebrate MyPlate’s birthday by sharing MyPlate resources with students, families, and peers. MyPlate reminds us that small changes matter, and every bite counts! Check out Team Nutrition’s MyPlate webpage for materials developed specifically for kids and families. Share your favorite MyPlate resource with us on Twitter @TeamNutrition.

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Recognize National Dairy Month With the CACFP Trainer's Tool: Serving Milk

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June is National Dairy Month and a great time to test your knowledge about CACFP meal pattern requirements related to milk! Use the CACFP Trainer’s Tool: Serving Milk bingo-style training game in English and Spanish at your next in-person or virtual training.   

Team Nutrition CACFP Organizations can request free printed copies of this resource. Click here to enroll or update your organization's contact information. Ordering information will be emailed to new members within five business days of the approved enrollment. 

 

Level-Up Your Next CACFP Meal Pattern Training

These ready-to-go presentation slides are now available in Spanish for in-person or virtual trainings:

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Also, watch these recently added recorded webinars:

  • Crediting Single-Serving Packages of Grains in the CACFP [English] [Spanish]
  • Crediting Store-Bought Combination Baby Foods in the CACFP [English] [Spanish Webinar Coming Soon]
  • Using the Nutrition Facts Label in the CACFP [English] [Spanish]

More CACFP Training Tools are available on Team Nutrition's website.

Update Your Calendars! New Date for CACFP Halftime Webinar

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Team Nutrition’s next CACFP Halftime: Thirty on Thursdays webinar on “Serving Snacks in the CACFP” has been rescheduled for Thursday, September 23, 2021. Registration will be available in August, with enhanced capacity to accommodate up to 3,000 attendees. The English and Spanish webinars will offer closed captioning during the presentation, and other accommodations may be available upon request.

For more information, and to watch recordings of previous webinars, please visit the Team Nutrition's CACFP Halftime: Thirty on Thursdays website. 

Special Enrollment Period for Health Insurance Coverage

In response to these challenging times, HealthCare.gov is available for a Special Enrollment Period (SEP) from February 15 - August 15, 2021. Anyone seeking health insurance can go here between now and August 15, 2021 to get the coverage they need.

 Two calendars showing the open enrollment period February 15 - August 15