Many schools offer meal and snack programs and include food in fundraising activities like hot lunch days, barbecues and tuck shops. The Health Unit has developed healthy food guidelines to make sure the food served and sold is both safe and healthy.
Click on one of the links below for more information:
The guidelines can be found in a new Health Unit resource "Food at School". Copies have been delivered to all schools in Thunder Bay and District. The resource can also be downloaded from this site by clicking here. Here’s what you will find inside:
- School Nutrition Programs (meal and snack)
- School Milk Programs
- Special Lunches
- Barbecues
- Field Days and Sports Events
- Meetings and School Events
- Tuck Shop Sales
- Bake Table Sales
- Vending Machines
- Fundraising
- Classroom Rewards
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If your school serves or sells meals or snacks, operates a tuck shop or is holding a special event such as a barbecue please complete a Food at School form and submit it to the Health Unit. This form should be submitted BEFORE the event. Click here for a copy.
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Health Unit staff are available to provide education sessions and/or consultations on food safety and nutrition. Please call the Health Unit and ask to speak to a school nurse; 625-5900 or 1-888-294-6630.
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